Combustion of Pulverised Coal in a Mixture of Oxygen and Recycled Flue Gas

Book description

Combustion of Pulverised Coal in a Mixture of Oxygen and Recycled Flue Gas focuses on a niche technology, combustion of coal in an oxygen rich environment, which is one approach to obtaining ‘clean coal,’ by making it easier to capture carbon that is released in the combustion process. Toporov’s book breaks ground on covering the key fundamentals of oxycoal technologies, which have not yet been covered in this depth.

Combustion of Pulverised Coal in a Mixture of Oxygen and Recycled Flue Gas summarizes the main results from a pioneering work on experimental and numerical investigations of oxyfuel technologies. It provides the theoretical background of the process, the problems to be faced, and the technical solutions that were achieved during these investigations.

  • Summarizes results from investigations of oxyfuel technologies performed at Aachen University, Germany
  • Provides theoretical background, as well as the primary problems of these technologies and how they can be solved

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Tables
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Nomenclature
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction
    1. Abstract
  9. Chapter 2. Coal Combustion Technologies
    1. Abstract
    2. 2.1 Coal demand and coal reserves worldwide
    3. 2.2 Coal utilisation processes
    4. 2.3 Clean coal technologies
    5. 2.4 Carbon capture and storage technologies
    6. 2.5 Summary of Chapter 2
  10. Part 1: Theoretical Aspects
    1. Chapter 3. Theoretical Aspects of Burning Pulverised Fuel in CO2 Atmosphere
      1. Abstract
      2. 3.1 Differences between air and oxyfuel combustion
      3. 3.2 Coal devolatilisation and particle ignition
      4. 3.3 Heterogeneous reactions
      5. 3.4 Combustion of volatiles in CO2/O2 atmosphere
      6. 3.5 Emissions from combustion of pulverised coal in CO2/O2 atmosphere
      7. 3.6 Heat transfer in RFG/O2 atmosphere
      8. 3.7 Summary of Chapter 3
    2. Chapter 4. Mathematical Modelling and Model Validations
      1. Abstract
      2. 4.1 Turbulent combustion modelling
      3. 4.2 Coal particle modelling
      4. 4.3 Modelling of thermal radiation
      5. 4.4 Summary of Chapter 4
  11. Part 2: Experiments
    1. Chapter 5. Gaseous Combustion in CO2/O2 Atmosphere
      1. Abstract
      2. 5.1 Test facility for flameless gas combustion
      3. 5.2 Experimental results
      4. 5.3 Numerical results
      5. 5.4 Summary of Chapter 5
    2. Chapter 6. Coal Combustion in CO2/O2 Atmosphere
      1. Abstract
      2. 6.1 Oxycoal pilot-scale furnace
      3. 6.2 Burner design and flame stability
      4. 6.3 Oxycoal swirl flame properties
      5. 6.4 Burner scale-up
      6. 6.5 Summary of Chapter 6
    3. Chapter 7. NOx Emissions During Oxycoal Combustion
      1. Abstract
      2. 7.1 Test conditions
      3. 7.2 Influence of the excess oxygen ratio at the burner
      4. 7.3 Influence of oxidiser O2 concentration on NOx emissions
      5. 7.4 Influence of primary stream momentum on NOx emissions
      6. 7.5 Influence of the burner inlet temperature on NOx emissions
      7. 7.6 Influence of burner secondary stream momentum on NOx emissions
      8. 7.7 Discussion
      9. 7.8 Summary of chapter 7
    4. Chapter 8. Summary
      1. Abstract
    5. Chapter 9. Outlook
      1. Abstract
  12. Bibliography
  13. A. Appendix
    1. A.1 Global char reaction rates
  14. B. Appendix
    1. B.1 Plug flow reactor program

Product information

  • Title: Combustion of Pulverised Coal in a Mixture of Oxygen and Recycled Flue Gas
  • Author(s): Dobrin Toporov
  • Release date: May 2014
  • Publisher(s): Elsevier
  • ISBN: 9780081000045