MTCI acoustic agglomeration particulate control
- Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International, Inc., Columbia, MD (United States)
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
The overall objective of this project is to demonstrate pulse combination induced acoustic enhancement of coal ash agglomeration and sulfur capture at conditions typical of direct coal-fired turbines and PFBC hot gas cleanup. MTCI has developed an advanced compact pulse combustor island for direct coal-firing in combustion gas turbines. This combustor island comprises a coal-fired pulse combustor, a combined ash agglomeration and sulfur capture chamber (CAASCC), and a hot cyclone. In the MTCI proprietary approach, the pulse combustion-induced high intensity sound waves improve sulfur capture efficiency and ash agglomeration. The resulting agglomerates allow the use of commercial cyclones and achieve very high particulate collection efficiency. In the MTCI proprietary approach, sorbent particles are injected into a gas stream subjected to an intense acoustic field. The acoustic field serves to improve sulfur capture efficiency by enhancing both gas film and intra-particle mass transfer rates. In addition, the sorbent particles act as dynamic filter foci, providing a high density of stagnant agglomerating centers for trapping the finer entrained (in the oscillating flow field) fly ash fractions. A team has been formed with MTCI as the prime contractor and Penn State University and West Virginia University as subcontractors to MTCI. MTCI is focusing on hardware development and system demonstration, PSU is investigating and modeling acoustic agglomeration and sulfur capture, and WVU is studying aerovalve fluid dynamics. Results are presented from all three studies.
- Research Organization:
- Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International, Inc., Columbia, MD (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-89MC26288
- OSTI ID:
- 10185683
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/26288-94/C0359; CONF-9406131-14; ON: DE95000575; BR: AA0510000/AA3510100; TRN: AHC29424%%23
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Coal-fired power systems: advances in IGCC and PFBC review meeting,Morgantown, WV (United States),21-23 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACOUSTIC AGGLOMERATORS
DESIGN
EXHAUST GASES
HOT GAS CLEANUP
DESULFURIZATION
DEASHING
PULSE COMBUSTORS
COAL-FIRED GAS TURBINES
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
CYCLONE SEPARATORS
FLY ASH
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
REMOVAL
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
FLUID MECHANICS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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PURIFICATION AND UPGRADING
COMBUSTION