Retrofitting a 240 MWe front fired boiler for low-NOx and low UBC firing[UnBurned Carbon]
ENEL Sulcis No.3 is a 240 MWe coal fired unit located in southern Sardinia (Italy) and originally based on a combustion system of 24 circular, radial blade burners arranged in 4 rows on the boiler front wall, fed by 6 mills. In 1992--93 a first NOx reduction project was developed, involving the burners replacement with new XCL Low-NOx burners and the installation of OFA ports; this project was subsequently canceled, mainly due to strong expected problems in UBC control. As a result of the joint Ansaldo/ENEL effort in the development of a new coal fired Low-NOx burner (TEA-C), a new project was developed and implemented in 1996--97, involving the simple replacement of the existing burners with TEA-C, the removal of Y-splitters on coal pipes and the installation of rotary classifiers on the existing mills. The unit was brought back to service, after the burners' retrofit, in late summer 1997 and the progressive installation of rotary classifiers is still ongoing; Sulcis 3 is presently operating with 3 (out of 6) rotary classifiers installed, with outstanding results (NOx {lt} 0.53 lb/MBtu, UBC {le} 7% burning South American, low ash coals). The paper provides an overview on the design choices and describes the results obtained by field testing the newly installed Low-NOx combustions system.
- Research Organization:
- ANSALDO ENERGIA, Legnano (IT)
- OSTI ID:
- 20006880
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1999 International Joint Power Generation Conference, Burlingame, CA (US), 07/25/1999--07/28/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 1999 international joint power generation conference (FACT-vol. 23). Volume 1: Fuels and combustion technologies; Gas turbines; and Nuclear engineering, by Penfield, S.R. Jr.; Moussa, N.A. [eds.], 651 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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