摘要:
A method of operating a pulverized coal-firing furnace so as to achieve no more than a predetermined variation in the instantaneous vertical velocities of the flow exiting a combustion chamber of the furnace is provided. The method includes, in one variation thereof, providing a series of lower compartments for introducing therethrough one of air, fuel, and air and fuel into the combustion chamber. At least one upper compartment is disposed above the topmost compartment of the series of lower compartments at a relative disposition to the topmost compartment in a spacing range between a contiguous disposition to a more spaced disposition which is no more than twice the average spacing between any given compartment and an adjacent compartment. Air is injected from the at least one upper compartment generally in opposition to the swirling fireball along a direction which is offset to the other side of the diagonal in a manner such that the injected air promotes the evolution of the swirling fireball into an upward flow in the top half of the furnace characterized by portions thereof flowing upward at differing vertical velocities with a maximum variation of no more than thirty percent between the instantaneous vertical velocities of the portions of the upward flow as measured across a horizontal plane in the top half of the furnace.
摘要:
A method of operating a pulverized coal-firing furnace is provided which includes injecting air from an upper compartment generally in opposition to a swirling fireball. The method also provides the step of sensing a temperature characteristic of one side of a convection pass of the furnace. The sensed value, in accordance with the method of the present invention, is then evaluated to determine if the sensed value of the temperature characteristic exceeds an allowable value. In response to a determination that the temperature characteristic exceeds the allowable value, the momentum of the air injected through the upper air compartment is changed. After the step of changing the momentum of the air injected through the upper air compartment, the temperature characteristic of the one convection pass location is sensed to obtain a post adjustment value of the temperature characteristic and compared to an allowable value.
摘要:
A firing system for a thermal cracking furnace is provided. The firing system includes a plurality of air inlets for introducing air into the furnace interior, the air inlets being generally arrayed along a lengthwise row on the floor of the furnace at a predetermined proximity to one of the sidewalls, and a plurality of start up fuel ports disposed intermediate the row of air inlets and the radiant coils of the furnace. The firing system also includes a plurality of normal operation fuel ports disposed intermediate the row of start up ports and the radiant coils and an assembly for selectively controlling the overall supply of fuel to the start up fuel ports and the normal fuel operation ports to effect supply of fuel solely to the start up fuel ports during a start up mode of operation of the firing system and supply of fuel solely to the normal operation fuel ports during a normal mode of operation.
摘要:
An apparatus for detecting the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the effluent of a turbulent commercial combustion system for monitoring or controlling the composition of the effluent. The apparatus is a system for directyl selectively detecting the presence in the effluent high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic compounds having five or more rings by laser induced fluorescence. The system includes an illuminating source of select fluorescence excitation of wavelengths that induces substantial fluorescence by high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the gas phase. Sampling structure is constructed to provide optical access to the effluent stream to sample the effluent stream at a select position where high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic compounds having five or more rings may be present in sufficient amounts that the fluorescence from the effluent at the select position at the excitation wavelength is predominantly from high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic compounds having five or more rings, when the high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic compounds are present in sufficient amounts. A detector detects the fluorescent signal from the illuminated effluent and an analyzer analyzes the signal to directly selectively determine the presence of the high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons having five or more rings in the effluent.
摘要:
The flue gas temperature coming from an air preheater to a particulate collection device such as an electrostatic precipitation or fabric filter is reduced to improve the operation of the particulate collection device. This may be done by reducing the exit flue gas temperature from the air preheater or reducing the temperature after exiting. In one embodiment, air in excess of that needed for combustion is passed through the air preheater with the heated excess air either being dumped or used for a variety of purposes in the plant. A particular embodiment involves segmenting the air outlet side of a rotary regenerative air preheater and withdrawing the excess air from the segment where the dust loading is the lowest. Further, additional cooling of the flue gas can be provided by reducing the quantity of primary air that typically bypasses the air preheater and then providing other ways to control the primary air temperature to the pulverizers. The flue gas temperature may also be cooled after the air preheater by heat exchange or spray cooling with water.
摘要:
A minimum recirculation flame control (MRFC) solid fuel nozzle tip (12) that is suited to being cooperatively associated with a pulverized solid fuel nozzle (34) of a firing system in a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace (10). The MRFC solid fuel nozzle tip (12) includes a secondary air shroud (46), secondary air shroud support (50) operative for supporting the primary air shroud (48) relative to the secondary air shroud (46), and a splitter plate (52) mounted in supported relation within the primary air shroud (48).
摘要:
A method for effecting control over a radially stratified flame core burner that is particularly suited for employment in a firing system of a fossil fuel-fired furnace for purposes of reducing the NO.sub.X emissions from the fossil fuel-fired furnace. The subject method for effecting control over a radially stratified flame core burner enables the foregoing to be accomplished while yet at the same time minimizing CO emissions and the opacity of the exhaust from the stack of the fossil fuel-fired furnace without extending the envelope of the flame produced by the radially stratified flame core burner.
摘要:
An inverse combined steam-gas turbine cycle is disclosed. In the steam cycle, a fuel having a high nitrogen content such as coal or heavy fuel oil is burned in a boiler to raise steam to power a steam turbine. In the gas turbine cycle, a hydrocarbon fuel such as natural gas is burned in a gas combustor to power a gas turbine. The compressed exhaust gas (40. 42) from the steam cycle combustion is introduced into the gas combustor, where nitrogen oxides (NO.sub.x) in the exhaust gas may be reduced through reactions with the hydrocarbon fuel.
摘要:
Low NO.sub.x burners for the combustion of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels. The fluid dynamic principle of radial stratification by the combustion of swirling flow and a strong radial gradient of the gas density in the transverse direction to the axis of flow rotation is used to damp turbulence near the burner and hence to increase the residence time of the fuel-rich pyrolyzing mixture before mixing with the rest of the combustion air to effect complete combustion.
摘要:
Detecting the presence of PAC's in the effluent of a combustions system by detecting the presence of a high molecular weight PAC's having five or more rings. A position along the effluent stream is selected at which high molecular weight PAC's may be present. The effluent is illuminated with radiation having a wavelength absorbed by the high molecular weight PAC's in the gas phase. The fluorescence from the illuminated effluent is detected, and analyzed by comparison to the known fluorescence of high molecular weight PAC's in the gas phase to determine the presence of the PAC's in the effluent. The effluent composition may be controlled in response to the detection.