Carbon combustion efficiency

Carbon Combustion Efficiency (Selection of Coal Feed Diameter)... 

The above simplified analysis was intended to provide a feel for the relative importance of the processes that govern carbon loading, and therefore carbon combustion efficiency. More complete treatments of AFBC s are available which consider the detailed population balance equations for the char particles coupled with an oxygen balance (41-50). These treatments have given results which parallel observations on operating AFBC s but... 

There are two more quantities that must be defined to complete the description of the fluidized bed combustor viz., the carbon combustion efficiency, ncCE> sulfur absorption efficiency, nsAE- These are ... 

The UT-Austin experimental tests have shown that high (98+ %) carbon combustion efficiency is possible in a fluidized bed combustor burning Texas lignite and operating on a once-through basis. Future tests incorporating recycle of elutriated material will be performed to determine the extent to which this increases carbon efficiency. 

Products of Incomplete Combustion Emission Limits. Products of iacomplete combustion typically are not directly measured duting the trial bum. Instead, levels of carbon monoxide (qv) emissions are used as an iadication of combustion efficiency. High combustion efficiencies are assumed to result ia acceptable levels of products of incomplete combustion. If carbon monoxide emissions are measured at less than 100 ppmv dry basis, the standard is met. However, if emissions are greater than 100 ppmv, no more than 20 ppmv of total hydrocarbons (qv) are allowed at the iaciaerator stack duting the trial bum. 

Soot. Emitted smoke from clean (ash-free) fuels consists of unoxidized and aggregated particles of soot, sometimes referred to as carbon though it is actually a hydrocarbon. Typically, the particles are of submicrometer size and are initially formed by pyrolysis or partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in very rich but hot regions of hydrocarbon flames conditions that cause smoke will usually also tend to produce unbumed hydrocarbons with thek potential contribution to smog formation. Both maybe objectionable, though for different reasons, at concentrations equivalent to only 0.01—0.1% of the initial fuel. Although thek effect on combustion efficiency would be negligible at these levels, it is nevertheless important to reduce such emissions. 

In AFBC units, heat is removed from the flue gas by a convection-pass tube bank. The particulates leaving the boiler with the flue gas consist of unreacted and spent sorbent, unburned carbon, and ash. Multiclones after the convection pass remove much of the particulate matter and recvcle it to the combustor, increasing the in-furnace residence time an improving combustion efficiency and sulfur retention performance. Bubbling PFBC units do not have convection-pass tube banks and do not recycle solids to the boiler. 

When primary fume capture is performed by the enclosure, furnace off-gas combustion efficiency is lower than experienced by furnace direct evacuation control. The off-gas, rich in carbon monoxide (CO), rises from furnace roof openings and partially burns and cools with enclosure air. Significant levels of CO have resulted in the enclosures and exhaust ducting from this type of combination. These levels are not explosive but present a potential hazard to personnel working in the enclosure or in downstream fume cleaning equipment. 

Furnace area and superheater slagging may occur at low furnace or superheater temperatures (below 450-500 °C) due to high vanadium content in fuel oil. These high levels of vanadium in the fuel reduce the eutectic temperature of the noncombustibles, creating a molten deposit that holds unbumed carbon and contributes to a thickening of the slag. The trapped carbon is unavailable for combustion, and this process consequently reduces the overall fuel combustion efficiency. 

In the complicated reaction networks involved in fuel decomposition and oxidation, intermediate species indicate the presence of different pathways that may be important under specific combustion conditions. While the final products of hydrocarbon/air or oxygenate/air combustion, commonly water and carbon dioxide, are of increasing importance with respect to combustion efficiency—with the perception of carbon dioxide as a... 

The combustion efficiency (Eq 3) is defined as the degree of carbon atoms in the conversion gas that are oxidized to carbon dioxide in the combustion system (Figure 11). Complete combustion corresponds to a combustion efficiency with a magnitude of one and that all carbon atoms in the conversion gas reacting to carbon dioxide, which form the flue gas. 

Equation (4) states that, to quantify the combustion efficiency, the volume fractions of carbon monoxide and the total hydrocarbon (methane equivalents), the mass flow and the stoichiometry of conversion gas, and the volume flows of primary and secondary air need to be measured. The concept of combustion efficiency is a function of emissions, air dilution, and type of fuel. This concept can be applied to any type of continuous combustion system and any type of fuel. 

Some new concepts have been deduced in the context of the three-step model, for example, the conversion system, the conversion gas, the conversion efficiency, and the combustion efficiency. Two new physical quantities have been associated with the conversion gas. The physical quantities are referred to as the mass flow and the stoichiometry of the conversion gas. The conversion efficiency is a measure of how well the conversion system performs, that is, the degree of solid-fuel convertibles that are converted from the conversion system to the combustion system. The combustion efficiency is defined as the degree of carbon atoms being oxidised to carbon dioxide in the combustion system. In other words, the combustion efficiency is a measure of the combustion system performance. 

Fluidized-bed combustion systems use a heated bed of sandlike material suspended (fluidized) within a rising column of turbulent air to burn many types and classes of waste fuels. The vendor claims that this technique results in improved combustion efficiency of high moisture content fuels and is adaptable to a variety of waste -type fuels. The scrubbing action of the bed material on the fuel particle is said to enhance the combustion process by stripping away the carbon dioxide and char layers that normally form around the fuel particle. This allows oxygen to reach the combustible material much more readily and increases the rate and efficiency of the combustion process. 

Unburnt carbon is another minor component of fly ash. Ideally its content should be less than 1 wt%, but concentrations of 3-4 wt% or higher may be recorded if the combustion efficiency falls. Any trace elements contained within the unburnt carbon are likely to have condensed from the gas stream rather than inherited from the original organic matter. Loss of Hg from the gas stream due to unbumt... 

As regards actual combustion of jet fuels, the two critical combustion factors are fuel volatility and hydrogen/carbon ratio. As might be expected, fuels that are too heavy for the spray system and for the combustor design do not burn as well as more volatile fuels. Low hydrogen/carbon ratios also interfere with combustion efficiency, even though straight aromatics have been handled in specially adapted burners (5). 

That carbon may enter into these two combinations with oxygen is of utmost importance in the design of combustion equipment. Firing methods must assure complete mixture of fuel and oxygen, to be certain that all of the carbon bums to CO and not to CO. Failure to meet this requirement will result in appreciable losses in combustion efficiency and in the amount of heal released by the fuel, since only about 28% of the available heat in the carbon is released if CO is formed instead of CO . 

The Consolidated Edison test results, as shown in Table VI, indicated complete suitability of SRC-II coal liquids as a high quality boiler fuel. No operational problems were encountered and no deposits were observed. Combustion efficiency was comparable to that for the low-sulfur No. 6 fuel oil, as were the levels of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions. Modifications to burner equipment required to handle the SRC-II fuel oil are considered to be no more extensive than those required for similar variations in petroleum fuels. Particulate emissions for the SRC-II fuel oil were generally lower than for the No. 6 fuel oil, and were in all cases below the new source performance standards proposed by EPA (0.03 lbs/MM Btu). 

In the commercial preparation of hydrogen, since carbon dioxide is more easily removed than the monoxide, the aim will clearly be to work at a low temperature and thus reduce the fraction pcolpco, to a minimum. For the production of water-gas, on the other hand, with a maximum combustible efficiency, the percentage of carbon dioxide must be reduced to a minimum, and high temperatures are essential. 

O Ferrocene is the common name given to a unique compound that consists of one iron atom sandwiched between two rings containing hydrogen and carbon. This orange, crystalline solid is added to fuel oil to improve combustion efficiency and eliminate smoke. As well, it is used as an industrial catalyst and a high-temperature lubricant. 

The influence of carbon conversion efficiency on the requirement of limestone for a fixed value of sulfur absorption efficiency is also computed. The generation of sulfur dioxide is found to be directly related to the amount of carbon combusted. 

Fearnside, P. M., N. Leal Filho, and F. M. Fernandes. 1993. Rainforest burning and global carbon budget biomass, combustion efficiency, and charcoal formation in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres) 98(D9) 16733-16743. 

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