Development of a Vortex Containment Combustor: Pilot scale studies: Final report
This report documents the second phase of a Department of Energy sponsored research program for the development of a Vortex Containment Combustor (VCC). The VCC is a slagging precombustor which allow coal to be fired as the fuel of choice in existing gas- or oil fired boilers and furnaces, or in new coal-fired units. The first phase of this program consisted of scale up from a bench scale combustor (150,000 Btu/hr) to a prototype scale VCC (3 /times/ 10/sup 6/ Btu/hr). The scale up process included isothermal modeling and analytical analysis efforts along with combustor testing. The second phase efforts consisted of additional testing on the prototype scale isothermal model and combustor before design, construction and testing of a pilot scale combustor (10 /times/ 10/sup 6/ Btu/hr). 23 refs., 92 figs., 12 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-85PC80256
- OSTI ID:
- 6885223
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/80256-T1; ON: DE88016249
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BOILERS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
DATA
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
FLOW MODELS
FLOWSHEETS
FOSSIL FUELS
FOULING
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
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MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL DATA
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OXIDATION
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SLAGS
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