Firing microfine coal with a low NOx, RSFC burner in an industrial boiler designed for oil and gas

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:504661

Thornhock, D E; Patel, R; Borio, R W ^[1]; Miller, B G; Scaroni, A W ^[2]

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1. Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (United States). ABB Power Plant Labs.
2. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Energy and Fuels Research Center

ABB Power Plant Laboratories (ABB-PPL) working under a US Department of Energy-Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (DOE-PETC) contract has carried out tests with the Radially Stratified Flame Core (RSFC) burner which was licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who developed and patented the RSFC burner. Tests were carried out in a small industrial boiler, designed for oil and natural gas, located at the Energy and Fuels Research Center of Penn State University who was working as a subcontractor to ABB-PPL. The paper presents results from the long-term testing task in the DOE-PETC program with particular attention being paid to the challenges faced in maintaining high combustion efficiencies while achieving low NOx in a small industrial boiler designed for firing oil or natural gas. The paper will also address the issue of ash management when firing coal in a boiler designed for fuels having essentially no ash.

• OSTI ID: 504661
• Report Number(s): CONF-960954--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ASHES
BURNERS
COAL
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
GAS FURNACES
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OIL FURNACES
PERFORMANCE
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
WASTE MANAGEMENT