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Frontiers in Energy >> 2010, Volume 4, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11708-009-0059-0

Comparison of combustion characteristics of petroleum coke and coal in one-dimensional furnace

State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow of Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;

Available online: 2010-09-05

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Abstract

The effect of primary air fraction , outer secondary air swirl strength and excess oxygen coefficient on the combustion characteristics of petroleum coke, Hejin lean coal and Shenmu soft coal are researched on a one-dimensional furnace using a dual channel swirl burner. The results show that with the increase in primary air fraction , the NO emission concentrations of both Hejin lean coal and petroleum coke increase, and the combustion worsens in the earlier stage, but the burn-out rate of Shenmu soft coal is improved. The NO emission concentration obtains a minimum value with an increase in . The ignition and burn-out rate of petroleum coke and Shenmu soft coal are optimal when Ω is minimum and Ω=0.87, respectively. However, both the NO emission concentration of petroleum coke and Shenmu soft coal are minimum when Ω=1.08. The increase in excess oxygen coefficient delays the ignition of petroleum coke, worsens the combustion condition and increases the NO emission concentration, but it greatly decreases the NO emission concentration of Shenmu soft coal.

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