Formation of Incrustations during the Cocombustion of Biomass in Fluidised Bed Boilers

In this article, we focus on causes of formation of incrustations in fluidised bed boilers that result from combustion of biomass-containing energy-producing raw materials and can significantly limit the efficiency of the respective power equipment operation. We applied laboratory procedures followe...

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Main Author: Petr Buryan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3869732
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description In this article, we focus on causes of formation of incrustations in fluidised bed boilers that result from combustion of biomass-containing energy-producing raw materials and can significantly limit the efficiency of the respective power equipment operation. We applied laboratory procedures followed for assessment of characteristic eutectics of mixtures of coal ashes, desulphurisation components (dolomite and limestone), and woodchip ashes. Our analysis proved that combustion of these (or similar) raw materials, accompanied by repeated heating and cooling of combustion and flue gas desulphurisation products, leads to the formation of unfavourable incrustations. These incrustations can grow up to several tens of centimetres in size, thereby significantly restricting the power equipment functionality. They arise due to incrust reheating that results in the formation of eutectics, which have lower melting temperatures than that during their first pass through the combustion process. The same holds for desulphuriation components themselves. Formation of these new eutectics can be attributed both to recycling of substances produced during the first pass through the furnace as well as to mixtures formed both from recycled materials and from components initially combusted in the boiler furnace.
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spelling doaj-art-dab6cfc017d649c3a1f7294ae808f40a2025-08-20T02:21:20ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712019-01-01201910.1155/2019/38697323869732Formation of Incrustations during the Cocombustion of Biomass in Fluidised Bed BoilersPetr Buryan0Department of Gaseous and Solid Fuels and Air Protection, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Praha 6, Czech RepublicIn this article, we focus on causes of formation of incrustations in fluidised bed boilers that result from combustion of biomass-containing energy-producing raw materials and can significantly limit the efficiency of the respective power equipment operation. We applied laboratory procedures followed for assessment of characteristic eutectics of mixtures of coal ashes, desulphurisation components (dolomite and limestone), and woodchip ashes. Our analysis proved that combustion of these (or similar) raw materials, accompanied by repeated heating and cooling of combustion and flue gas desulphurisation products, leads to the formation of unfavourable incrustations. These incrustations can grow up to several tens of centimetres in size, thereby significantly restricting the power equipment functionality. They arise due to incrust reheating that results in the formation of eutectics, which have lower melting temperatures than that during their first pass through the combustion process. The same holds for desulphuriation components themselves. Formation of these new eutectics can be attributed both to recycling of substances produced during the first pass through the furnace as well as to mixtures formed both from recycled materials and from components initially combusted in the boiler furnace.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3869732
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Formation of Incrustations during the Cocombustion of Biomass in Fluidised Bed Boilers
Journal of Chemistry
title Formation of Incrustations during the Cocombustion of Biomass in Fluidised Bed Boilers
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title_short Formation of Incrustations during the Cocombustion of Biomass in Fluidised Bed Boilers
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