Oxy-coal combustion produces a combustion environment that contains large amounts of CO2, H2O compared to conventional air combustion. Silica (SiO2) is a major component of the mineral impurities in coal and the vaporization of silicon containing species controls the initial phase of formation...

The H2O concentration in real oxy-fuel combustion atmospheres is significantly higher than that in conventional air combustion, which strongly affects the combustion characteristics of pulverized coal. This study studies the effect of H2O on pulverized coal combustion behaviour in O2/CO2...

Recently, oxy-fuel combustion has received increasing attention as one of the short-term solutions for capturing CO2 from power plants. Despite their quick development, there are several issues that need further research. Combustion characteristics, heat transfer, emissions levels, optimum...

The characteristics of the flame behavior of a non-premixed oxy-methane jet were investigated by increasing the carbon oxide (CO) mole fraction in a fuel jet. In the current study, a lab-scale furnace was used with a slot-type burner to modify industrial furnaces. The flow velocity was fixed at...

The thermal reactivity and kinetics of four coal chars (HVN, UM, SAB and BA) in an oxy-fuel combustion atmosphere (30%O2–70%CO2) were studied using a thermobalance. The coal chars were obtained by devolatilization in an entrained flow reactor (EFR) at 1000°C for 2.5s under 100% N2 and CO2...

Oxy-fuel combustion experiments have been carried out on an oxygen-fired 100kWth mini-circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) facility. Coal and petroleum coke were used as fuel together with different limestones (and fixed Ca:S molar ratios) premixed with the fuel, for in situ SO2 capture....

The devolatilisation step of coal is a vital stage in both air–coal and oxy-coal combustion and there is interest in whether methods of estimating the reaction parameters are similar for both cases. A network pyrolysis model, the FG-DVC (Functional Group-Depolymerisation Vaporisation...

In this study MgO-promoted Fe2O3 hematite oxygen carriers were synthesized from various Mg sources and evaluated for methane chemical looping combustion. Particles suitable for fluidized bed flow reactor studies were prepared in the lab. Cyclic CLC tests conducted in the fluidized bed with MgO...

The continuous increase in energy demand and the growing attention on global warming worldwide have aroused great research interest in a novel near zero emission energy utilization system which is based on CaO sorption enhanced gasification. This paper presents the experimental results of...

Caking coal is difficult to be gasified in fluidized bed (FB) because of the inevitable particle agglomeration caused by caking in the dense bottom of the bed. Literature studies have shown that pre-oxidizing the coal can suppress its caking propensity, while quick dispersion of coal particles,...