Commercial design development of amine enhanced fuel lean gas reburn (AEFLGR{trademark}) for NOx reduction in electric utility power boilers
Amine enhanced Fuel Lean Gas REburn (AEFLGR{trademark}) offers a highly cost effective, easily retrofitted technology for NOx Reduction. A commercial installation was recently started on two 320 MW electric utility boilers firing bituminous coal. NOx reductions of 60% were achieved from baselines of approximately 1 lb/10{sup 6} Btu. In a recent test program on a 605 MW unit firing Powder River Basin coal greater than 55% reduction from a baseline of 0.44 lb/10{sup 6} Btu was demonstrated. Each required tuning to the specific operating conditions of these units. Modeling techniques and injector development provide a basis for the AEFLGR{trademark} design technology. The equipment systems are simple, similar in cost to SNCR systems. Typically the candidate application will have sufficient natural gas capacity, e.g., start-up fuel, to accommodate the gas requirement of 7--10% of total fuel heat input. The amine equipment is essentially an SNCR system. The FLGR{trademark} and SNCR systems when combined in effect double the reduction that can be achieved separately by either process. Consequently, NOx reduction can be greatly increased over that of the separate processes while maintaining a low cost per ton of reduction.
- Research Organization:
- Fuel Tech, Inc., Batavia, IL (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20034361
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 25th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL (US), 03/06/2000--03/09/2000; Other Information: PBD: 2000; Related Information: In: 25th international technical conference on coal utilization and fuel systems: Proceedings, by Sakkestad, B.A. [ed.], 969 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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