The carbon content in the fly ash from most Chinese circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers is
much higher than expected, which directly influences the combustion efficiency. In the present
paper, carbon burnout was investigated in both field tests and laboratory experiments. The effect
of coal property, operation condition, gas−solid mixing, char deactivation, residence time, and
cyclone performance are analyzed seriatim based on a large amount of experimental results. A
coal index is proposed to describe the coal rank, having a strong effect on the char burnout. Bad
gas−solid mixing in the furnace is another important reason of the higher carbon content in the
fly ash. Some chars in the fly ash are deactivated during combustion of large coal particles and
have very low carbon reactivity. Several suggestions are made about design, operation, and
modification to reduce the carbon content in the fly ash.
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