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NOx formation in oxy-fuel combustion of lignite in a bubbling fluidized bed – Modelling and experimental verification

Abstract

This paper reports results of experimental and numerical studies of NOx formation in a 30 kWth lab-scale bubbling fluidized bed running in oxy-fuel mode. The numerical model is based on the GRI-mech 3.0 mechanism to compute the kinetics of homogeneous reactions of volatiles and char combustion products and takes into account the flue gas recirculation. The impact of the oxygen excess and of the fluidized bed temperature was examined. Both the numerical simulations and the experiments shown a significant correlation of NOx formation with the excess of oxygen, where a higher oxygen concentration enhances the fuel-bound nitrogen oxidation to NOx. It was also found that there is no correlation of the NOx formation and resulting emissions with the fluidized bed temperature in temperature range typical for bubbling fluidized bed combustors (840–960 °C), but the numerical simulations showed an increased NOx concentration when the temperature raised more (up to 1360 °C). The agreement of experimental and numerical results shows that the numerical model can provide useful insight into the mechanism of NOx formation. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Category

Academic article

Client

  • Research Council of Norway (RCN) / CZ08
  • Sigma2 / NN9121K

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • SINTEF Energy Research / Termisk energi

Year

2018

Published in

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

ISSN

1750-5836

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

76

Page(s)

208 - 214

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