Small-scale combustion testing of synthetic fuels

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5945376

Gibbon, G A; Ekmann, J M; White, C M; Navadauskas, R J; Joubert, J I; Retcofsky, H L

In order to assess the possible environmental impact of substituting synfuels for petroleum in utility and industrial boilers, two experimental programs have been undertaken at the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center. First, a fully instrumented 20-hp firetube boiler capable of burning liquid fuels ranging in combustion characteristics from No. 2 to No. 6 petroleum has been installed in the Combustion Division. Second, a sampling and analytical methodology for the organic compounds present in the exhaust duct of the 20-hp boiler is being developed by the Analytical Chemistry Division. This report outlines the progress on this project to date: twenty-four successful combustion runs have been completed on the 20-hp boiler, using a variety of petroleum-based fuels and synfuels; a sampling protocol for organic vapors in hot exhaust gases has been developed; significant differences in the composition of the trace organics in the exhaust gases have been observed as a function of the fuel being burned, but total polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon levels are comparable for all fuels.

• Research Organization: USDOE Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, PA
• OSTI ID: 5945376
• Report Number(s): DOE/PETC/TR-82/1; ON: DE82002791
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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