• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.233-239
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• 2014

The slagging which generated from ash deposition on furnace wall and tube in boiler reduces the heat transfer efficiency and damages to safety of boiler. The slag flow behavior in boiler is affected by melting temperature which is related to ash compositions. In this study, the behavior of slag is researched by using ash fusibility test, called TMA (Thermo-Mechanical Analysis). The technique measures the percentage shrinkage as the function of temperature, T25%, T50%, T75%, T90%. These temperatures indicate different stages of melting. Then, the effect of ash chemical compositions measured from XRF (X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer) to ash fusion temperatures is discussed. Among the chemical compositions, refractory and fluxing influence on ash fusibility is described. High levels of refractory component and limited amount of fluxing components ($Fe_2O_3$, $K_2O$, CaO) increase overall melting temperatures. High $SiO_2/Al_2O_3$ ratio decrease high melting temperatures (T75%, T90%). Meanwhile, the presence of reasonable levels of fluxing components reduces overall melting temperature. A presence of fluxing component such as $K_2O$ and CaO is found to decrease the T25% values significantly. From this research, it is possible to make a reasonable explanation and prediction of ash fusion characteristic from analysis of TMA results and ash chemical compositions.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.433-441
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• 1992

Chemical composition and fusibility of coal ash were measured for 23 Korean anthracite coals. The relationship between chemical properties and fusion temperature of coal ash was investigated. The slagging and fouling in firing the pulverized coal for boiler was assessed for the coal samples. It was found that most ashes contained more than 80% of $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ whereas less than 1% of $Na_2O$. And also fusion temperature of ashes occured relatively higher for Korean coals. Therefore it can be predictable that the slagging and fouling formation has a little problem in a pulverized coal firing system. A base/acid ratio did show a good correlation with fusion temperature for these coal ashes.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.985-993
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• 1997

The effects of CaO and MgO fluxes on the fusibility of fly-ashes were investigated for two different fly-ashes. A fusion temperature of mixtures of selected fly-ashes and fluxes were measured by the ASTM test method(D1857) and the differential thermal analysis. IDT of these samples added CaO and MgO as a fluxing agent dropped in the range of 114 to $294^{\circ}C$ and 80 to $224^{\circ}C$, respectively. Compared with ash fusion temperature to Base/Acid ratio, the lowest ash fusion temperature were measured in the range of 0.7 to 0.8 for CaO-fly ash mixtures and 0.3 to 0.4 for MgO-fly ash mixtures. As a result, MgO in small addition acted as a more effective flux than CaO. A conventional Base/Acid ratio and liquidus point of ternary diagram did not show a good correlation with ash fusion temperature for these samples. In pure fusion temperature of fly ash-mixtures, DTA was better method than ASTM test method.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.427-434
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• 2012

The fuel characteristics and combustion behaviors of bituminous (Anglo) and sub-bituminous (Tanito) coals used in 500MW coal fired power plant have been investigated. With ashes of those coals, the ash fusibility is characterized with thermo mechanical analyzer, and the advanced ash slagging propensity, BHEL index, has been obtained. The melting-down of tanito coal ash happened in the temperature range of 1,200 to $1,250^{\circ}C$, and for anglo coal ash it occurred near $1,550^{\circ}C$. BHEL indices for two coals gives the high slagging propensity, and these are compared with the existing traditional indices which give different tendencies.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.179-190
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• 1997

To study the effects of chemical composition on the fusion temperatures of coal ashes, the chemical composition, mineral matter, and fusion temperature were studied with 54 kinds of coal ash samples including Korean anthracite coals. CaO, MgO and $Fe_2O_3$ were observed to be major fluxing elements in reducing and oxidizing atmosphere. The fluxing effect of $Fe_2O_3$ was increased more in reducing atmosphere. In a base/acid ratio, the fusion temperature decreased with increasing amounts of basic components. Nevertheless, the correlation between a fusion temperature and base/acid ratio was not shown well in a higher ratio of $Fe_2O_3/CaO$. The differences of fusion temperatures between oxidizing and reducing atmosphere showed close relationship with $SiO_2/Al_2O_3$ ratio rather than with $Fe_2O_3$ contents. Multiple regression was used to predict the fusion temperature of coal ashes, and it was established that the major predictors in oxidizing atmosphere were Base/Acid, $Fe_2O_3/CaO$, $SiO_2/Al_2O_3$, and $(SiO_2/A1_2O_3){\cdot}(Base/Acid)$ and Base/Acid, $Fe_2O_3/CaO$, $SiO_2$, and $TiO_2$ were major ones in reducing atmosphere.