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http://dx.doi.org/10.14478/ace.2016.1094

Effects of Alkali Metals and Chlorine on Corrosion of Super Heater Tube in Biomass Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler  

Back, Seung-Ki (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoo, Heung-Min (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
Jang, Ha-Na (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
Joung, Hyun-Tae (POSCO E&C Research Center)
Seo, Yong-Chil (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.28, no.1, 2017 , pp. 29-34 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study provides the identification of corrosion cause substances in super heater tube from a commercial scale circulating fluidized bed boiler. Electricity is produced by the combustion of biomass mainly wood waste. The biomass, super heater tube, super heater tube ash, and boiler ash were collected and components associated with corrosion were analyzed. A large amount of oxygen-containing material was found due to oxidation. The chlorine content was analyzed as 6.1% and 4.3% in super heater tube ash and boiler ash respectively which were approximately 20 and 14 times higher than those of designed values. Also, alkaline metal contents (K, Na, Ca) were very high in ash samples collected from super heater tube and boiler. The tendency of slagging and fouling was predicted based on X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) results. Basicity that can lead to slagging was estimated as 3.62 and 2.72 in super heater tube and boiler ash, respectively. Slagging would occur with ash content when considering the designed value as 0.35.
Keywords
corrosion; circulating fluidized bed boiler; biomass; alkaline metal; chlorine;
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