Numerical simulation of bituminous coal combustion in a full-scale tiny-oil ignition burner: influence of excess air ratio

Abstract

The progression of ignition was numerically simulated with the aim of realizing a full-scale tiny-oil ignition burner that is identical to the burner used in an 800 MWe utility boiler. The numerical simulations were conducted for four excess air ratios, 0.56, 0.75, 0.98 and 1.14 (corresponding to primary air velocities of 17, 23, 30 and 35 m/s, respectively), which were chosen because they had been used previously in practical experiments. The numerical simulations agreed well with the experimental results, which demonstrate the suitability of the model used in the calculations. The gas temperatures were high along the center line of the burner for the four excess air ratios. The flame spread to the burner wall and the high-temperature region was enlarged in the radial direction along the primary air flow direction. The O₂ concentrations for the four excess air ratios were 0.5%, 1.1%, 0.9% and 3.0% at the exit of the second combustion chamber. The CO peak concentration was very high with values of 7.9%, 9.9%, 11.3% and 10.6% for the four excess air ratios at the exit of the second combustion chamber.

Keywords

numerical simulation / tiny-oil ignition burner / pulverized coal / temperature field

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (No. 2007AA05Z301), the Post-doctoral Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (LRB07-216) and Heilongjiang Province via the 2005 Key Projects (Contract No. GC05A314).

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