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Formation and control of NO emissions from coal-fired spreader-stoker boilers

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6112392
The paper describes results of a study on the formation and control of nitrogen oxide (NO) in coal-fired spreader-stoker systems. (Stoker-coal-fired furnaces are significant in terms of coal consumption and environmental impact: however, they have received little research attention.) Three scales of experimental equipment were used to define the evolution and oxidation of fuel nitrogen in the fuel-suspension phase, the conversion of fuel nitrogen during fixed-bed combustion, and the coupling between the two combustion phases. Results indicate that NO emissions from spreader-stoker coal-fired furnaces are the result of relatively high conversions of fuel nitrogen evolved from particles of < 0.1 in. diameter in the suspension phase and low conversion of fuel nitrogen during fixed-bed combustion.
Research Organization:
Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
OSTI ID:
6112392
Report Number(s):
PB-86-117041/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English