Investigation of heat and mass transfer processes in the combustion chambe of industrial power plant boiler. Part 2. Distribution of concentrations of O2, CO, CO2, NO

Abstract

In the present paper, a study of furnace processes in the combustion chamber of the real energy boiler BKZ-160 of Almaty TPP-3 (Kazakhstan) using three-dimensional modeling methods has been carried out. Calculations of the combustion chamber for flame combustion of pulverized coal have been performed. The main purpose of this paper was to study the effect of fractional fuel composition on the concentration characteristics of the combustion process. Numerical simulation was carried out with two models of coal particle size distribution: monodisperse fuel flame (coal particle size identical and equal to 60 μm) and a polydisperse fuel flame (coal particle diameter varies from 10 to 120 μm). The polydisperse distribution corresponds to the fractional distribution (percentage of total coal particles) calculated for this boiler: the first fraction-10% with d p = 10 μm; 20% with d p = 30 μm; 40% with d p = 60 μm; 20% with d p = 100 μm; 10% with d p = 120 μm. The numerical simulation results of the influence of the pulverized coal particle size composition on concentration characteristics of combustion process are presented. The distributions of oxidizer (oxygen) and combustion products (NO, CO, CO 2) are shown. Areas with the greatest concentration of gas products of burning are determined, regularities of formation of products and their concentration at the exit of fire chamber are also determined. The effect of fractional fuel composition on the obtained characteristics is sufficiently large, the empirical data obtained directly at TPP-3 show better convergence with the result of the computational experiment that confirms simultaneously the adequacy of the used physical and mathematical statement of the problem, as well as the validity of using the model of polyfractional distribution.

3-D Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer Process During the Combustion of Solid Fuel in a Swirl Furnace

“…In this paper, using modern technologies of numerical methods [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], a comprehensive study of thermal processes and aerodynamic characteristics of the com- bustion chamber of an existing Kazakhstan energy facility (Shakhtinskaya thermal power plant (TPP), Kazakhstan) is carried out. Based on the numerical solution of the system of convective heat and mass transfer equations [19], taking into account the kinetics of chemical reactions, two-phase flow, nonlinear effects of convective and radiation heat transfer and 3D modelling methods, aerodynamic, thermal, and concentration characteristics are obtained over the entire volume of the combustion chamber, in its main sections and on an output from itits output [20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”