Abstract:
A method and system is provided for the reduction of nitrogen and sulfur oxides emissions from carbonaceous fuel combustion flue gases. The method includes the injection of coal water slurry as a reburn fuel into furnace flue gases to partially oxidize the coal water slurry thereby producing reducing gas species in a reburn zone that convert flue gas nitrogen oxides to diatomic nitrogen. Optionally, sulfur oxides may also be removed from the flue gas by adding alkali compounds to the coal water slurry before injecting the slurry into the furnace, or by injecting the alkali compounds separately into the reducing reburn zone in the furnace created by the partial oxidation of the coal water slurry reburn fuel. The alkali compounds react with the sulfur species to produce alkali sulfite and sulfate particulate solids, which can be removed in a downstream particulate removal device such as an electrostatic precipitator or bag house.
Abstract:
Semi-permeable screens are installed in a pulverized coal burning boiler and rotatably driven by a high speed rotatable shaft. A first one of the screens is located above the main combustion zone of the boiler and a second one of the screens is located directly under the burnout zone of the boiler. The underside of the first rotating screen repels the larger and slower burning fuel particles that escape from the main combustion zone so that they are recycled for a complete burn-out. The smaller glowing particles suspended in the combustion gases pass through the first rotating screen and are micronized by the comminution effected by the spiral vortexes generated above this first screen. The second rotating screen positioned under the burnout zone provides for mixing and comminution of the gases and burning coal particles respectively. The vortexes generated by the screens homogenize the heat distribution in the upwardly moving stream of gas and solid particulates. The fuel may consist of micronized or pulverized particles or lumps of solids and may be combusted by itself or in admixture with sorbents for the flame scrubbing of SO.sub.x and NO.sub.x.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to an arrangement and a device for distribution of oxygen-containing gas (air) in a furnace, into which fuel is supplied as solid or fluid particles (1). The fuel consists of e.g. spent liquor from the pulp industry. Said liquor burns partly as char (2) on the floor (3), and partly as suspended particles and as volatiles. Horizontal rows of gas jets (4) activate the char burning on the floor. Vertically extended configuration of gas jets (5) higher up induces strong horizontal gas circulation but reduces vertical flow extremes. The improved horizontal mixing increases burning stability, capacity and energy efficiency, but reduces emission of SO.sub.x, NO.sub.x and TRS. Lowered vertical recirculation permits better concentration of burning in the lower furnace and less carry-over of fuel particles.
Abstract:
A staged oxy-fuel burner for producing a generally flat fuel rich flame overlying a highly radiative fuel lean flame, the burner having a fuel passage terminating in a nozzle, the fuel passage and nozzle having a generally elongated cross-section, a housing of complementary shape surrounding the fuel passage, so that when fuel is introduced into the fuel passage and an oxidizer is introduced into the passage defined by a space between the housing and the fuel passage a generally flat fuel rich flame is produced at the nozzle end of the fuel conduit and a staging nozzle for introducing oxidizer underneath and in a shape complementary to said fuel rich flame to produce a highly radiative fuel lean flame under said fuel rich flame. A precombustor having a cross-sectional shape complementary to that of flame end of the burner can be disposed on the flame end of the burner housing the precombustor having a nozzle underneath the flame end to introduce oxidizer underneath the fuel rich flame exiting the precombustor.
Abstract:
A circulating fluidized bed thermal reactor such as a boiler or gasifier, having the riser divided into a sequence of stages by a plurality of restrictions which create multiple beds dynamically suspended. Circulation occurs below transport velocity, solids distribution is substantially uniform, average bed density can be varied from near-zero to very high values, solids mobility is unrestricted, temperature is uniform. Gases follow multistage CSTR flow regime, specially suited for fuels which break down into volatiles upon heating, such as biomass, hazardous wastes and most fuels other than coal.
Abstract:
A method for reducing NO.sub.x produced by the burning of fuels includes providing a hydrocarbon and nitrogen mixture to a plasma arc generator for producing NO.sub.x reducing precursors which are, in turn, provided near the burning of the fuel for reacting and reducing NO.sub.x emissions. These precursors include N, H, HCN, CH.sub.i and NH.sub.i, etc.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from the products of combustion is provided in which a vortex generator introduces natural gas, or other fluid fuel into the upper portion of a combustion device. The fuel introduced forms vortices, such as vortex rings, and the fuel reacts with the nitrogen oxide in the combustion products to form ammonia-like compounds, hydrogen cyanide and similar compounds, and nitrogen. The ammonia and cyanide-like fragments react with additional amounts of nitrogen oxide in the combustion products to form nitrogen gas, water vapor and carbon dioxide. The vortex rings can be controlled and will maintain their integrity longer than puffs or simple jets of fuel.
Abstract:
In a process for reducing the nitric oxide emission during the combustion of solid fuels, the flue gases leaving from a main combustion zone (2) consecutively flow through two reduction zones (6,9). The first reduction zone (6) is operated hypostoichiometrically at temperatures above 1,000.degree. C. and while adding a reducing fuel, while the second reduction zone (9) is operated hyperstoichiometrically at temperatures from 950.degree. C. to 1,000.degree. C. and in the presence of nitric oxide-reducing substances.
Abstract:
A hybrid combustion system is provided combining advantages of a fluidized bed combustion portion and a pulverized coal combustion portion. The former portion includes a fluidized bed chamber, a coal mill without an air separator, a recycling duct connected to the coal mill, a coal supply duct, and a spray feeder. The fluidized coal combustion portion includes a pulverizing coal mill with air separator, a blowing duct for blowing ground coal, at least one pulverized coal burner and an air recycling duct for recycling combustion air. Fluidized bed combustion takes place in a lower part of the system and pulverized coal combustion takes place above the fluidized bed combustion. Each of the portions may be independently operated of the other. A main combustion chamber is common to both the fluidized bed portion and the pulverized coal portion. A related process is also described.
Abstract:
A method and firing equipment for burning solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels, especially pulverized coal. The method includes the steps of tangentially introducing main fuel via main burners into a combustion chamber, where the fuel is burned, introducing reducing fuel via reduction burners into the combustion chamber to reduce the nitrogen oxides produced during the combustion of the main fuel, with the reducing fuel being burned under partial stoichiometric conditions, and, to ensure the burning-out of the fuel introduced into the combustion chamber, introducing burn-air above the feed of the main fuel and the reducing fuel, with a helically rising flow being provided in the combustion chamber. The reducing fuel of a given reduction burner is mixed, at a given distance from the opening of the associated main burner, with the curved afflux leaving that main burner for helical flow about the center of the combustion chamber.