Assessment of pulverized coal-fired combustor performance. First quarterly technical progress report

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6737912· OSTI ID:6737912

Richter, W.; Clark, W.; Payne, R.

The objective of this program is to provide the engineering tools necessary for an authoritative assessment of the performance of industrial furnaces firing pulverized coal. The program incorporates two experimental tasks and is constructed around an analytical task which will identify and upgrade the family of computer programs required to undertake the performance analysis studies. These analytical tools will be used to predict the effect of parameters such as fuel type and furnace variables on combustor performance, and to identify those properties which have a major impact on thermal performance. The second task uses a combustion reactor to screen the key variables identified and to provide data on the properties of coal particulate matter which affect heat transfer performance. Verification of the engineering analytical approach will be provided by measurements made in a pilot-scale furnace. This present report discusses technical progress during the first three months of the program, and considers the selection of the appropriate analytical tools and preliminary details of the experimental system.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Santa Ana, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-80PC30297
• OSTI ID: 6737912
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30297-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOILERS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
DATA ANALYSIS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FURNACES
MATERIALS
OXIDATION
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES