Fundamental Combustion Studies of Hot Water-Dried Low-Rank Coal Slurries: Final Report, March 1984-August 1986

摘要

This contract for fundamental combustion studies of low-rank coal slurries was initiated March 1, 1984 and ended August 31, 1986. Slurries which were studied were primarily those produced from hot water-dried lignite coal provided by the University of North Dakota Energy Research Center through the Grand Forks Project Office of the United States Department of Energy. Contract work included virgin coal and slurry characterization, slurry spray and atomization measurements, parametric combustion optimization tests, laboratory reactor mapping combustion firings, and model computations. Included in the detailed map are space-resolved measurements of combustion products and pollutants for lignite coal slurries, and comparison of results with computer model predictions and with data obtained in an earlier study of the combustion of bituminous coal-water slurry under similar conditions in the same reactor. 46 refs., 60 figs., 9 tabs. (ERA citation 12:022168)