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Axial Concentration Profiles and NO Flue Gas in a Pilot-Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed Coal Combustor
Atmospheric bubbling fluidized bed coal combustion of a bituminous coal and anthracite with
particle diameters in the range 500-4000 Ãm was investigated in a pilot-plant facility. The
experiments were conducted at steady-state conditions using three excess air levels (10, 25, and
50%) and bed temperatures in the 750-900 °C range. Combustion air was staged, with primary
air accounting for 100, 80, and 60% of total combustion air. For both types of coal, high NO
concentrations were found inside the bed. In general, the NO concentration decreased monotonically
along the freeboard and toward the exit flue; however, during combustion with high air
staging and low to moderate excess air, a significant additional NO formation occurred near the
secondary air injection point. The results show that the bed temperature increase does not affect
the NO flue gas concentration significantly. There is a positive correlation between excess air
and the NO flue gas concentration. The air staging operation is very effective in lowering the
NO flue gas, but there is a limit for the first stage stoichiometry below which the NO flue gas
starts rising again. This effect could be related with the coal rank
Vito Flaker@Boj za (2012): Direktno socialno delo, (Oranžna zbirka). Ljubljana: Založba /*cf. 372 str. ISBN 978-961-257-047-7
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yields of NO from combustion of bituminous coal, lignite, and
biomass chars were investigated in O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> and
O<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> atmospheres. The experiments were performed
in a laboratory-scale fixed-bed reactor in the temperature range of
850–1150 °C. To minimize thermal deactivation during char
preparation, the chars were generated by in situ pyrolysis at the
reaction temperature. The NO yield clearly decreased and the CO yield
increased when the atmosphere was altered from O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> to O<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> at 850 °C, but only
small differences in NO and CO yields were observed between the two
atmospheres at 1050–1150 °C. To examine how CO influences
the NO yield, the effect of CO on NO reduction over char as well as
NO reduction by CO over ash was investigated in the fixed-bed reactor.
Furthermore, the influence of CO on the homogeneous oxidation of HCN,
possibly a product of the char-N oxidation, was evaluated using a
detailed chemical kinetic model. The results indicate that CO influences
the NO yield from char combustion through two paths at 850 °C:
(1) CO accelerates NO reduction over char and (2) CO accelerates HCN
oxidation, increasing the possibility of NO reduction over char. Both
effects were more pronounced at 850 °C than at 1050–1150
°C. The present work indicates that the effect of CO<sub>2</sub> on NO formation in oxy-fuel combustion in fluidized beds can partly
be attributed to heterogeneous reactions, whereas for high-temperature
pulverized fuel combustion, CO<sub>2</sub> mainly affects the volatile
chemistry