Assessment of pulverized-coal-fired combustor performance

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6775165· OSTI ID:6775165

Richter, W.; Clark, W.; Payne, R.

The objective of this program is to provide the engineering tools necessary for an authoritative assessment of the performance of industrial furnaces firing pulverized coal. The program incorporates two experimental tasks and is constructed around an analytical task (Task 1) which will identify and upgrade the family of computer programs required to undertake the performance analysis studies. These analytical tools will be used on combustor performance, and to identify those properties which have a major impact on thermal performance. The second task uses a combustion reactor to screen the key variables identified in Task 1 and to provide data on the properties of coal particulate matter which affect heat transfer performance. Verification of the engineering analytical approach will be provided by measurements made in a pilot-scale furnace in the third task. Technical progress during the second three months of the program effort (January to April 1981) is reported and considers the selection, documentation, and modification of the appropriate analytical tools and further details of the Task 2 experimental system. Details of the computer programs for the performance of analytical studies have been documented and presented in an interim report.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Santa Ana, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-80PC30297
• OSTI ID: 6775165
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30297-T3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HEAT TRANSFER
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
ENERGY TRANSFER
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SIMULATION
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