Numerical Study the NOx Emission Characteristics of 600MW Opposed Swirling Coal-Fired Utility Boiler

Abstract:

In this paper, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a 600 MW opposed swirling coal-fired utility boiler has been established to numerically study the NOx emission characteristics under different ratios of over fire air (OFA) and modes of in-service burner layers. The current CFD model had adopted a chemical percolation devolatilization (CPD) model and been validated by comparing the simulated results with the experimental data. The numerical simulation results show that, with increasing the ratio of OFA, the carbon content in fly-ash increase somewhat linearly and the NOx emission reduce significantly, and the OFA ratio of 30% is optimal with higher burnout of pulverized coal and lower NOx emission. The different in-service burner layer modes have different influences on the residence time of the pulverized-coal particles, effect of air staging in the burner region and flue gas temperature at the exit of the lower furnace. Stopping the upper burner layers can increases the residence time of the pulverized-coal particles, resulting in the reduction of the carbon content in the fly ash and the increase of the pulverized-coal burnout. The flue gas temperature at the exit of the lower furnace can also decrease, which would be helpful to reducing the slagging tendency on the surfaces of the platen superheaters.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1010-1012)
• Pages: 847-855
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1010-1012.847
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Ya Ming Liu*, Fang Yong Li, Qi Sheng Xu
• Keywords: Coal-Fired Utility Boiler, Nitrogen Oxides, Numerical Simulation, Opposed Swirling Boiler

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