Characterization of fuels for atmospheric fluidized bed combustion

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6152451

Daw, C S ^[1]; Rowley, D R; Perna, M A ^[2]; Stallings, J W ^[3]; Divilio, R J ^[4]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
2. Babcock and Wilcox Co., Alliance, OH (USA). Research Center
3. Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
4. Combustion Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA)

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has sponsored a fuels characterization program for the past several years with the intention of assisting utilities and boiler manufacturers in evaluating fuel quality impact on atmospheric fluidized bed combustion (AFBC) performance. The goal has been to provide an improved framework for making fuel switching decisions and consolidating operating experience. Results from this program include a set of bench-scale testing procedures, a fuel characterization data base, and a performance simulation model that links fuel characteristics to combustion performance. This paper reviews the major results of the fuels characterization program. The testing procedures, data base, and performance simulation models are briefly described and their application illustrated with examples. Performance predictions for the B W 1-ft{sup 2} bench-scale AFBC and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 20 MW(e) AFBC Pilot Plant are compared with actual test data. The relationship of coal rank to combustion is discussed. 11 refs., 12 figs., 5 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6152451
• Report Number(s): CONF-910424-2; ON: DE91005016
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11. international conference on fluidized bed combustion, Montreal (Canada), 21-24 Apr 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COAL RANK
DEVOLATILIZATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
OXIDATION
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
014000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Combustion