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Pure Oxy-Fuel Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion by Controlling Adiabatic Flame Temperature Using Fuel Staging


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1 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
 

In the present study, a new method is proposed for temperature controlling by combustion staging. Two combustion stages can be used with two stages of fuel feeding. A high stoichiometric ratio (SR) λ > 1 is used at the first stage to mitigate adiabatic flame temperature (AFT) in case of high O2% in the oxidant. For validation, a series of experiments are conducted using mini-CFB (circulating fluidized bed), and an oxidant of 100% O2 concentration is used with three SR ratios, i.e. λ = 1.25, 2.0 and 3.0. The resulting average temperatures along the riser for biomass are 1031°C, 950°C and 798°C; and for coal 1129°C, 1051°C and 961°C respectively. The controlling of AFT with pure oxy-fuel combustion eliminates the recycled flue gas in oxy-fuel CFB combustion and flue gas recirculation section; this simplifies design, fabrication and installing-operating costs of the power plants. Familiarizing this concept can accelerate adapting oxy-fuel combustion in CFB power plants for carbon capturing and sequestration. This study can help commercialize the third generation of oxy-fuel CFB combustion with zero RFG. Finally, the concept of controlling AFT by SR is validated experimentally.

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Adiabatic Flame Temperature, Carbon Capturing and Sequestration, Circulating Fluidized Bed, Oxyfuel Combustion.
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  • Pure Oxy-Fuel Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion by Controlling Adiabatic Flame Temperature Using Fuel Staging

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Authors

Azd Zayoud
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
P. Mahanta
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
U. K. Saha
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

Abstract


In the present study, a new method is proposed for temperature controlling by combustion staging. Two combustion stages can be used with two stages of fuel feeding. A high stoichiometric ratio (SR) λ > 1 is used at the first stage to mitigate adiabatic flame temperature (AFT) in case of high O2% in the oxidant. For validation, a series of experiments are conducted using mini-CFB (circulating fluidized bed), and an oxidant of 100% O2 concentration is used with three SR ratios, i.e. λ = 1.25, 2.0 and 3.0. The resulting average temperatures along the riser for biomass are 1031°C, 950°C and 798°C; and for coal 1129°C, 1051°C and 961°C respectively. The controlling of AFT with pure oxy-fuel combustion eliminates the recycled flue gas in oxy-fuel CFB combustion and flue gas recirculation section; this simplifies design, fabrication and installing-operating costs of the power plants. Familiarizing this concept can accelerate adapting oxy-fuel combustion in CFB power plants for carbon capturing and sequestration. This study can help commercialize the third generation of oxy-fuel CFB combustion with zero RFG. Finally, the concept of controlling AFT by SR is validated experimentally.

Keywords


Adiabatic Flame Temperature, Carbon Capturing and Sequestration, Circulating Fluidized Bed, Oxyfuel Combustion.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi08%2F1560-1567