• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.40 no.10
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• pp.637-644
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of unburned carbon (UBC) and NOx emissions for pulverized coal when air staging combustion is applied. A two-staged drop tube furnace capable of applying air staging combustion was designed and installed. The combustion of sub-bituminous (Tanito) has been investigated. UBC and the NOx concentration were measured under various temperatures and stoichiometric ratios in unstaged and staged combustion. As a result, UBC decreased and the NOx concentration increased with an increase in stoichiometric ratio and temperature. In particular, the NOx reduction mechanism was activated when the temperature in the fuel rich zone increased. Both UBC and the NOx concentration decreased as the temperature increased in the fuel rich zone. A high NOx reduction effect was obtained, compared to the UBC increase, when the air staging technique was applied.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.587-597
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• 2010

Air-staged combustion is known to be one of the techniques of NOx reduction. The objective of this study is to determine the optimal ratio of air flow distributed for CCOFA and SOFA; at this optimal ratio, the combustion and exhaust emission characteristics of a pulverized coal-fired boiler are maintained at a satisfactory level. A numerical investigation was performed at various airflow ratios of 16.7/83.3%, 25/75%, 50/50%, 75/25%, and 83.3/16.7%. An inert gas was considered as a substitute for air to isolate the effects of the cooling process and chemical reaction on NOx reduction; during NOx reduction in air-staged combustion, both the effects typically occur simultaneously. The results of our study show that the optimum condition, under which the maximum NOx reduction and highest boiler efficiency can be obtained, corresponds to the equal splitting of the over-fire air between CCOFA and SOFA.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.473-474
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• 1999

일반적으로 NOx배출은 연소과정에 의해 강력하게 지배되고 있으며, NOx 저감 기술은 1970년대 후반부터 많은 연구들이 수행되어, 그 이론들이 확립되고 있다. 석탄 연소시스템에서는 공기 다단(air staging, OFA), 연료다단(fuel staging, reburning) 및 배기가스 재순환(FGR) 등이 대표적인 NOx 저감 기술이며 [1∼4], 그 중 배기가스 재순환법은 저산소 배기가스를 연소용 공기에 재혼입시키므로써 NO의 생성속도를 저하시켜 NOx를 저감시키는 기법이다.(중략)

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.115-125
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• 1995

본“천연가스 다단연소기술 연구”는, 공업적으로 널리 쓰이는 선회확산 방식으로 천연가스를 연소시킬 때 그 연소 특성과 발생되는 환경오염물질인 일산화탄소(CO)와 질소산화물(NOX)의 저감에 대한 연구로서, 천연가스의 난류확산화염과 선회확산화염의 유동장, 온도장, 농도장을 실험과 수치해석을 통하여 분석하여 각각 연소방식의 화염구조와 특성을 규명하고 해석하였다. 그리고 그 결과를 토대로하여 다단확산 연소실험 장치를 제작 다단확산연소의 중요한 인자인 1차당량비, 2차공기주입위치, 유속, 선회도 등을 변화시켜 질소산화물 저감과 높은 연소효율을 얻을 수 있는 최적의 연소조건을 찾아 내었다. 본고에서는 실험부분만을 간추려 발표하고 수치해석 부분은 다음 기회로 미루고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.38-40
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• 2003

본 연구에서 적용한 저 NOx 연소법의 NOx 저감 효과를 비교해 보면 다단 연소법이 지연연소 효과와 국부적인 최고 화염온도 감소, 고온부에서의 산소농도 감소효과 등이 동시에 나타나 저 과잉공기 연소법, 배기가스 재순환법, 이단 연소법 보다 더 큰 NOx 저감효과를 얻을 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 다만, 총 공급공기 량에 대한 분할 공급공기량의 비가 일정수준 이상으로 커지면 CO 발생량 증가로 효율저하 등의 문제점이 우려되므로 연소상태를 저하시키지 않는 공급비를 산정하는 것이 중요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.25-35
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• 2003

The objective of this research is to determine generally applicable design principles for the development of internally staged combustion devices. Utilizing a triple annulus combustor, the detailed combustion characteristics are studied. For this triple air staged combustor, the angular momentum weighted by it#s swirl number and air distribution ratio was observed to be the critical criteria of NOx emission. An internal recirculation zone which develops on the centerline of the flame immediately downstream of the burner entraps the fuel into a fuel rich eddy. Then sufficient heat must be transferred from the flame via radiation to the chamber heat transfer surfaces, such that the peak flame temperatures are suppressed when the second air is introduced. It is experimentally found out that the total NOx emission level in this type of burner is below 50ppm(3% Ref. O2) at optimum operating conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.77-78
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• 2011

A multi-step quasi-global mechanism is developed for the kerosene/oxygen combustion analysis including dissociation products. Reaction constants of the global reaction are determined to have agreement with experimental data. The mechanism is used for the numerical analysis of the combustion flow field of the kerosene/oxygen shear coaxial injector. The results from high-resolution numerical analysis confirmed qualitatively that the recess enhance the fuel/air mixing and combustion efficiency by the increased flow instabilities.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.963-969
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• 2014

Four coal sources that had different ash contents were evaluated in a drop tube furnace (DTF). Combustion experiments were conducted by using several sources with different particle sizes and excess air ratios under air-staging conditions to determine the optimized combustion conditions of high-ash coal, with an emphasis on the combustion efficiency and NOx emissions. The results show that the higher ash content results in a large amount of carbon remaining unburned, and that this effect is dominant when the largest particle size is used. Furthermore, the ash content of coal does affect the Char-NOx concentration, which decreases with the particle size. The results of this study suggest that an air-staged system can be useful to reduce the NOx emissions of high-ash coal and that control of the air stoichiometric ratio of the primary combustion zone (SR1) is effective for reducing NOx emissions, especially by considering unburned carbon contents.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.11b
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• pp.167-171
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• 2001

Air-staging combustion is a relatively well-known technique to reduce NOx emission and used in combination with other techniques nowadays. However, the design variables are still selected depending upon operating circumstances. Though the fuel-rich condition of the primary combustion zone is very helpful to NOx reduction, its range is known to be restricted by the increase of carbon monoxide. However, in many cases carbon monoxide level is so low not to be the restriction at all. So we tried to expand the equivalence ratio range to the richer condition in the primary combustion zone and make the function of each burner component and its contribution to the overall NOx production clear.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.283-290
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• 2010

The main goal of this study is to examine the use of a hybrid -fuel lean reburning system with air staging for $NO_X$ reduction. The experimental variables include the reburn fuel fraction, sizes of reburn- fuel-injection nozzles, oxygen enrichment ratio, and location of reburn- fuel- injection. The effect of the flow field induced by air- staging combustion on $NO_X$ reduction is considered, and then, the $NO_X$ reduction rate is compared with only fuel lean reburning system. On the basis of the effectiveness of each De-$NO_X$ process, the advantage of using the hybrid reburning system with air staging is determined and discussed.