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Relationship of coal ash viscosity to chemical composition

Journal Article · · Combustion; (United States)
OSTI ID:6557764

Laboratory analyses of coal slags were used to predict the behavior of slag in power boilers. An attempt to relate slag composition (amount SiO/sub 2/, Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/, TiO/sub 2/, CaO, MgO, Na/sub 2/O, and K/sub 2/O) to the slag viscosity was made. A previous method cited was developed by the Bureau of Mines and describes the relationship of SiO/sub 2/ content of the slag and the slag viscosity over a given temperature range. Designated as the Equivalent Silica Percentage, the relationship is described by the following equation: (SiO/sub 2/ x 100)/(SiO/sub 2/ + Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/ + CaO + MgO) = Equivalent Silica Percentage. This correlation holds reasonably well for slags with SiO/sub 2/ to Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ratios not in excess of 1 to 4. The authors found that the point at which the slag viscosity increases at a significantly higher rate per unit decrease in temperature was described by the relationship: (Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/)/(Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/ + 1.11 FeO + 1.43 Fe) x 100. This relationship was termed the Ferric Percentage. At or above a Ferric Percentage of 20, the temperature at which the viscosity increases more rapidly becomes largely dependent on the content of Fe in the slag. A final method of estimating slag viscosity, the base to acid ratio, was also determined. As this ratio increases to 1, the viscosity of the slag decreases.

OSTI ID:
6557764
Journal Information:
Combustion; (United States), Journal Name: Combustion; (United States) Vol. 31:5; ISSN COMBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English