• 한국연소학회지
• /
• 제16권1호
• /
• pp.22-29
• /
• 2011

This paper focuses on the combustion characteristics of blended coals with bituminous and sub-bituminous coals under air and oxy-fuel combustion conditions. The effects of oxygen concentration and blending ratio on the combustion characteristics were experimentally investigated using a thermogravimetric analyser (TGA). Characteristic temperatures including ignition, burnout temperature and activation energy were determined from TG and DTG combustion profiles. As oxygen concentration increased and the presence of sub-bituminous coal, characteristic temperatures and activation energy decreased. The ignitability, reactivity and kinetics have all been greatly improved under oxy-fuel combustion conditions. Based on this, co-firing with bituminous and sub-bituminous coals under oxy-fuel combustion conditions may be suggested as an alternative method to the fuel flexibility and cost-effective power production with carbon capture and sequestration.

• 한국연소학회지
• /
• 제15권4호
• /
• pp.65-73
• /
• 2010

In order to provide fundamental information for developing reaction model in the practical blended coal power plants, effects of particle size and blending ratio on combustion characteristics and thermal reaction in co-firing with bituminous and sub-bituminous coals were experimentally investigated using a TGA and a laboratory-scale burner. Characteristic parameters including ignition, burnout temperature and activation energy were determined from TG and DTG combustion profiles. Distributions of flame length and mean particle temperature were investigated from the visualization of flames in slit-burner system. As coal particle size decreased and volatile matter content increased, characteristic temperatures and activation energy decreased. The ignition/burnout characteristics and activation energy are linearly influenced by a variation in particle size and blending ratio. These results indicated that the control of the coal blending ratio can improve the combustion efficiency for sub-bituminous coals and the ignition characteristics for bituminous coals.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
• /
• 제3권2호
• /
• pp.127-131
• /
• 2017

The present paper describes the slagging field data obtained with the one-dimensional process model for the 500 MW tangentially coal fired boiler in Korea. To obtain slagging field data in terms of thermal resistances [$m^2{\cdot}^{\circ}C/kW$], a number of plant data were collected and analyzed with the one-dimensional modelling software at 500 MW full load. The slagging field data for the primary superheater were obtained for six coal blends, and compared with two TMA (Thermo-Mechanical analyzer) slagging indices and the numerical slagging index, along with the conventional slagging indices which were modified with the ash loading. The advanced two TMA indices for six blended coals give a good slagging tendency when comparing them with the slagging field data, while the modified conventional slagging indices give a relatively poor agreement.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국연소학회 1999년도 제19회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
• /
• pp.27-46
• /
• 1999

Combustion test on two kinds of Indonesian sub-bituminous coals of single and blended with bituminous coal imported for power generation was carried out by using the test furnace at KEPRI. The main items of combustion test were temperature profiles of the inside furnace, the yield of unburned carbon, environmental pollution emissions, slagging/fouling tendency, and the comparison of heat loss of furnace. The test results showed that low sulfur and ash content characterized by the Indonesian coals were advantageous to environmental aspect, but high tendency of heat loss and slagging/fouling were disadvantageous to boiler operation. From the results, the necessity of proper coal blending to compensate these weak points was recommended.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국연소학회 2012년도 제44회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
• /
• pp.205-208
• /
• 2012

In this study, the thermal behavior and combustion characteristics of different ranks of coals and their blends were investigated to obtain information necessary for the evaluation of the co-processing of blends with low-rank coals. Thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) and differential thermal analysis(DTA) were carried out at different temperature from ambient temperature to $800^{\circ}C$, and a laboratory-scale pulverized coal combustion burner was used with coal feeing rate of $1.04{\times}10^{-4}kg/s$.

• 에너지공학
• /
• 제23권2호
• /
• pp.42-48
• /
• 2014

미분탄의 연소 또는 열분해 과정으로부터 발생하는 tar-soot는 복사 열전달 및 질소산화물의 추가적인 발생 원인이라는 관점에서 의미 있게 다루어지고 있다. 최근 저열량탄이 증가함에 따라 시멘트의 원료로 재활용되던 석탄회에서 다량의 미연분과 tar-soot가 포함되어 오히려 다시 반입되는 사례가 빈번해지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 저열량탄 사용 확대에 따른 혼탄연소 조건에서 tar-soot의 배출특성을 살펴보기 위해 반응기로써 LFR(Laminar Flow Reactor)을 적용하였으며, 연료로는 현재 국내발전소에서 사용 중인 역청탄 2종(MOUNTAIN, MACARHTUR)과 아역청탄(KPU)을 이용하여 단탄별 tar-soot 배출특성과 혼소비에 따른 배출특성을 화염의 구조 변화와 함께 측정하였다. 휘발분이 많은 아역청탄의 soot cloud 길이는 역청탄에 비해 길었지만 전체적인 화염 길이는 짧아졌다. 단탄별 실험결과에서는 역청탄의 tar-soot 발생량이 아역청탄의 발생률보다 높았으며 역청탄 중 휘발분 함량이 많은 MOUNTAIN탄이 상대적으로 휘발분 함량이 적은 MACARHTUR탄의 tar-soot 발생률보다 높았다. 혼소시에는 단탄의 연소특성과는 다른 새로운 특성을 나타내었으며 저열량탄과 혼소되는 역 청탄의 종에 따라 tar-soot 발생량이 지배되는 것을 확인하였으나 혼소비에 따른 평균적 특성이 아닌 완전히 차별되는 배출특성을 나타냄에 따라 석탄의 등급에 따라 최적의 혼소비를 찾아서 연소시키는 것이 tar-soot 발생량을 줄일 수 있는 방법임을 의미한다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
• /
• 제6권1호
• /
• pp.67-72
• /
• 2012

The chemical characterization of water-soluble organic carbon in ash emitted from a coal combustion boiler has not been reported yet. A total of 5 ash samples were collected from the outlet of an electrostatic precipitator in a commercial 500 MW coal-fired power plant, with their chemical characteristics investigated. XAD7HP resin was used to quantify the hydrophilic and hydrophobic water-soluble organic carbons (WSOC), which are the fractions of WSOC that penetrate and remain on the resin column, respectively. Calibration results indicate that the hydrophilic fraction includes aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and carbonyls (<4 carbons), amines and saccharides, while the hydrophobic fraction includes aliphatic dicarboxylic acids (>4-5 carbons), phenols, aromatic acids, cyclic acid and humic acid. The average mass of the WSOC in the ash samples was found to depend on the bituminous coal type being burned, and ranged from 163 to 259 ${\mu}g$ C/g of ash, which corresponds to 59-96 mg C of WSOC/kg of coal combusted. The WSOC mass accounted for 0.02-0.03 wt% of the used ash sample mass. Based on the flow rate of flue gas produced from the combustion of the blended coals in the 500 MW coal combustion boiler, it was estimated that the WSOC particles were emitted to the atmosphere at flow rates of 4.6-7.2 g C/hr. The results also indicated that the hydrophilic WSOC fraction in the coal burned accounted for 64-82% of the total WSOC, which was 2-4 times greater than the mass of the hydrophobic WSOC fraction.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
• /
• 제39권1호
• /
• pp.53-59
• /
• 2015

본 연구에서는 발전소의 혼합연료로서 바이오매스인 호두껍질(Walnut Shell)에 대한 연소특성을 조사하기 위하여 열중량 분석기(TGA)와 분류층 반응기(DTR)를 이용하여 실험을 수행하였다. 바이오매스 WS는 기존 석탄과 비교하여 낮은 온도 영역에서 활발한 연소반응을 보였고, 활성화 에너지 또한 낮은 값을 가짐으로써 연소반응속도가 더욱 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다. 바이오매스 WS와 역청탄의 혼소에 있어서 고정층 분석에서는 혼소 영향이 선형적으로 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 그렇지만 분류층 반응기에서는 바이오매스 혼소율을 5%증가 시에는 UBC가 감소하다가 이후에 다시 UBC가 증가하는 Non-additive 현상을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 바이오매스의 급격한 연소로 주위에 산소 부족현상이 생겨 석탄의 연소가 지연되는 것을 보여준다. 이 현상을 해결하기 위하여 산소를 증가시켜주었을 때 더 높은 혼소율을 성취할 수 있음을 보여주었다.