Effects of coal properties on the production rate of combustion solid residue

D. Durgun and A. Genc

Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 11, 1976-1979

Abstract: The production rates of furnace bottom ash in a pulverized coal-fired power plant were monitored for a two-year period and its variations with respect to coal properties were analyzed. The power plant was originally designed to fire the coal sludge generated from a washing process; however, the coal sludge and its mixture with low-rank bituminous coal have been started to be used as the main fuel with time. The results of the hardgrove grindability measurements have shown that the grinding properties of sludge or its mixtures could not be predicted based on proximate analysis (moisture, ash, carbon and volatile contents); it could only be determined by experiments. The production rate of bottom ash in this particular power plant remained relatively insensitive to the high ash and moisture contents and could be estimated almost only by knowing the calorific value of the source coal. The evaluated dependency was linear.

Keywords: Pulverized power plant; Coal sludge; Bottom ash; Calorific value; Grindability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.08.005

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