SRC burn test in 700-hp oil-designed boiler. Annex Volume F. Independent test evaluation. Final technical report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6754493

During 1982 and 1983, Phase II of the solvent-refined coal (SRC) burn tests was conducted at the US Department of Energy's Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (DOE-PETC). Babcock and Wilcox, under contract to International Coal Refining Company (ICRC), was involved in evaluating the combustion facility and test matrix, observing the burn tests, and evaluating the results. The burn tests were conducted over a 5-month period. During the test program, low-ash solvent-refined coal was fired in three different forms: SRC Fuel, SRC-Water Slurry, and SRC Residual Fuel Oil. The combustion facility was a 700-hp D-type package boiler, using a modified circular burner for the three fuel forms. The objectives of the program were to evaluate combustion characteristics and flue gas treatment of the three forms of SRC and of No. 6 fuel oil, and to assess the potential of the RC fuels as boiler fuels. Overall, the test program was successful; all three forms showed their potential as viable boiler fuels and their ability to replace oil or gas in industrial or utility boilers. In ranking the fuels with respect to handling and combustion, SRC Residual Fuel Oil was the easiest, followed by SRC-Water Slurry and SRC Fuel.

• Research Organization: Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (USA); Babcock and Wilcox Co., Barberton, OH (USA). Utility Power Generation Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-78OR03054
• OSTI ID: 6754493
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/03054-37-Annex-Vol.F; ON: DE84015199
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ATOMIZATION
BOILER FUELS
BURNERS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DATA
DISPERSIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL SLURRIES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
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LIQUEFACTION
MATERIALS HANDLING
MIXTURES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SLURRIES
SOLVENT-REFINED COAL
SRC PROCESS
SUSPENSIONS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES