Assessment of pulverized-coal-fired combustor performance. Task 3: pilot-scale studies test plan

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6759587

Bleiweiss, M; Payne, R

This research program is concerned with the provision of a technology base to expedite the conversion of industrial processes from oil and gas firing to coal and other pulverized solid fuels. It addresses primarily the impact of fuel type on the thermal performance of a combustor. The program incorporates two experimental tasks and is constructed around an analytical task (Task 1) which is using and upgrading a family of computer programs required to undertake thermal performance analysis studies. These analytical tools have been used to predict the effects 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 in Task 1 and to provide data on the properties of coal particulate matter which affect heat transfer performance. In the third task, pilot-scale studies will be performed in a small calorimetric furnace, to investigate the influence of fuel type and operational variables on thermal performance. The results of these tests, in combination with the more fundamental data output from Task 2, will be used to provide verification of the analytical furnace model, as well as to provide further data on detailed flame and furnace behavior for use in model upgrading and development. The specific objective of this document is to outline an experimental plan for the pilot-scale experiments. The test facilities, experimental measurements and test conditions that will be used in the pilot-scale experimental studies are described.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-80PC30297
• OSTI ID: 6759587
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30297-T9; ON: DE82021339
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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