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On the Effects of Employing Two Staged Recycle on Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer in Oxy-fuel Combustion Paper Title -fuel Combustion under Wet and Dry Recycle Conditions

Authored by: J. P. Smart, Consultant, and G. S. Riley, RWEnpower

Corresponding Author:  J. P. Smart, Consultant
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Long-time friend of the IFRF, John Smart, provides us with this excellent report on recent work conducted at the RWEnpower Combustion Test Facility.  He and co-author were studying the effect of flue-gas recycle strategies on the thermal performance of the burners and carbon burn-out for oxyfuel combustion of a bituminous coal.  A simulated flue gas was injected, rather than actual recycling.  Radiative and convective heat transfer rates were varied independently by changing the amount of recycle through the burner (primary) or the furnace (overfire).   Wet or dry recycling was reproduced by adding steam to the simulated flue gas.  A scaled version of an IFRF Aerodynamically Air Staged Burner (AASB) was used at a fixed swirl number.  Radiative and convective heat transfer rates were measured, and the overhead solids were analyzed for carbon content.

Key Words:
oxyfuel, coal, heat transfer, radiation, convection, burnout

Summary:
The effect of employing two staged recycle under oxy-fuel firing conditions has been studied under wet and dry recycle conditions firing a Russian high-volatile-bituminous coal.  The impact on radiative and convective heat transfer and carbon-in-ash by varying the primary zone recycle ratio at constant overall recycle ratio has been studied. Results are compared to air firing. 

Primary zone recycle ratio was adjusted between 65% and 72% for a constant overall recycle ratio of 72%.  The overall recycle ratio was controlled by injecting recycled gases through overfire air ports located downstream of the primary zone in the furnace under two staged recycle operation. Conditions were investigated with and without recycled gas injection through the overfire air ports. The dry recycle data shows an air equivalent radiative heat flux of 72% (no recycled flue gas injection through the overfire air ports) and 74% (with recycled flue gas injection through the overfire air ports). The convective heat flux data shows that an air equivalent heat flux can be obtained with an overall recycle ratio of circa  80%.  The wet recycle data shows that an air equivalent peak radiative heat flux can be obtained at overall recycle ratios between 70% and 72%, dependent on whether the recycled gas is introduced through the overfire air ports or not. The convective heat flux data for the wet recycle cases shows that an air equivalent heat flux can be obtained with an overall recycle ratio of circa 77%.  The difference in the air equivalent radiative heat fluxes under wet and dry recycle conditions is commensurate with the higher specific heat of the flue gases under wet recycle due to the presence of H2O. This increases the heat content of the flue gas per unit of mass flow.  For the majority of the oxy-fuel tests, the carbon-in-ash levels are below 1% and consistently lower than air firing for the same furnace exit O2. The primary zone recycle ratio has a positive impact on the burnout characteristics whilst the burnout is relatively insensitive to the overall recycle ratio and is primarily due to the oxygen enrichment in the primary zone on the coal’s overall oxidation rate.

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