EERC pilot-scale CFBC evaluation facility Project CFB test results

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6552517· OSTI ID:6552517

Mann, M. D.; Hajicek, D. R.; Henderson, A. K.; Moe, T. A.

Project CFB was initiated at the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) in May 1988. Specific goals of the project were to (1) construct a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC) facility representative of the major boiler vendors' designs with the capability of producing scalable data, (2) develop a database for use in making future evaluations of CFBC technology, and (3) provide a facility for evaluating fuels, free of vendor bias for use in the - energy industry. Five coals were test-burned in the 1-MWth unit: North Dakota and Asian lignites, a Wyoming subbituminous, and Colorado and Pennsylvania bituminous coats. A total of 54 steady-state test periods were conducted, with the key test parameters being the average combustor temperature, excess air, superficial gas velocity, calcium-to-sulfur molar ratio, and the primary air-to-secondary air split. The capture for a coal fired in a CFBC is primarily dependent upon the total alkali-to-sulfur ratio. The required alkali-to ratio for 90% sulfur retention ranged from 1.4 to 4.9, depending upon coal type. While an alkali-to-ratio of 4.9 was required to meet 90% sulfur retention for the Salt Creek coal versus 1.4 for the Asian lignite, the total amount of sorbent addition required is much less for the Salt Creek coal, 4.2 pound sorbent per million Btu coal input, versus 62 pound/million Btu for the Asian lignite. The bituminous coals tested show optimal capture at combustor temperatures of approximately 1550[degree]F, with low-rank coals having optimal sulfur capture approximately 100[degree]F lower.

• Research Organization: Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States). Energy and Environmental Research Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-86MC10637
• OSTI ID: 6552517
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/10637-3313; ON: DE93000253
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
CIRCULATING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
BITUMINOUS COAL
CYCLONE SEPARATORS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
LIGNITE
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
RETENTION
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
SULFUR
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
BLACK COAL
BROWN COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
CONCENTRATORS
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INERTIAL SEPARATORS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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Lignite
& Peat- Combustion