The development of a coal-fired combustion system for industrial process heating applications

Technical Report · Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7153424· OSTI ID:7153424

PETC has implemented a number of advanced combustion research projects that will lead to the establishment of a broad, commercially acceptable engineering data base for the advancement of coal as the fuel of choice for boilers, furnaces, and process heaters. Vortec Corporation's Coal-Fired Combustion System for Industrial Process Heating Applications has been selected for Phase III development under contract DE-AC22-91PC91161. This advanced combustion system research program is for the development of innovative coal-fired process heaters which can be used for high temperature melting, smelting, recycling, and refining processes. The process heater concepts to be developed are based on advanced glass melting and ore smelting furnaces developed and patented by Vortec Corporation. The process heater systems to be developed have multiple use applications; however, the Phase HI research effort is being focused on the development of a process heater system to be used for producing glass frits and wool fiber from boiler and incinerator ashes. The primary objective of the Phase III project is to develop and integrate all the system components, from fuel through total system controls, and then test the complete system in order to evaluate its potential marketability. The economic evaluation of commercial scale CMS processes has begun. In order to accurately estimate the cost of the primary process vessels, preliminary designs for 25, 50, and 100 ton/day systems have been started under Task 1. This data will serve as input data for life cycle cost analysis performed as part of techno-economic evaluations. The economic evaluations of commercial CMS systems will be an integral part of the commercialization plan.

• Research Organization: Vortec Corp., Collegeville, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-91PC91161
• OSTI ID: 7153424
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/91161-T1; ON: DE93000306
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
COMBUSTION
FURNACES
DESIGN
MARKET
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
PROCESS HEAT
NUMERICAL DATA
PROGRESS REPORT
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HEAT
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
OXIDATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
014000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Combustion