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Title: Combustion tests of a turbine simulator burning low Btu fuel from a fixed bed gasifier

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10103325· OSTI ID:10103325

One of the most efficient and environmentally compatible coal fueled power generation technologies is the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) concept. Commercialization of the IGCC/HGCU concept requires successful development of combustion systems for high temperature low Btu fuel in gas turbines. Toward this goal, a turbine combustion system simulator has been designed, constructed, and fired with high temperature low Btu fuel. Fuel is supplied by a pilot scale fixed bed gasifier and hot gas desulfurization system. The primary objectives of this project are: (1) demonstration of long term operability of the turbine simulator with high temperature low Btu fuel; (2) measurement of NO{sub x}, CO, and particulate emissions; and (3) characterization of particulates in the fuel as well as deposits in the fuel nozzle, combustor, and first stage nozzle. In a related project, a reduced scale rich-quench-lean (RQL) gas turbine combustor has been designed, constructed, and fired with simulated low Btu fuel. The overall objective of this project is to develop an RQL combustor with lower conversion of fuel bound nitrogen (FBN) to NO{sub x} than a conventional combustor.

Research Organization:
General Electric Environmental Services, Inc., Lebanon, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-87MC23170
OSTI ID:
10103325
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/23170-94/C0244; CONF-930893-13; ON: DE94001915; BR: AA1510050/AA1520250
Resource Relation:
Conference: Joint contractors meeting on advanced turbine systems, fuel cells and coal-fired heat,Morgantown, WV (United States),3-5 Aug 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English