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Influence of primary air cone length on combustion characteristics and NOx emissions of a swirl burner from a 0.5 MW pulverized coal-fired furnace with air staging

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  • Ti, Shuguang
  • Chen, Zhichao
  • Li, Zhengqi
  • Kuang, Min
  • Xu, Guangyin
  • Lai, Jinping
  • Wang, Zhenfeng

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This paper presents experimental research on cold flow, combustion characteristics, and NOx emissions of a swirl burner with air staging. The aim of the research is to investigate the influence of primary air cone length on the swirl burner performance. Cold flow air experiments on a centrally fuel-rich swirl burner with an over-fire air ratio of 25% were performed, and it was observed that when the dimensionless primary-air cone length (i.e., Lp/Li, Lp and Li respectively denoting the primary-air cone length in the cold-modeling experiments and inner secondary-air cone length) increases from 0 to 0.75, the diameter and length of the recirculation zone reduces from 0.91 d and 1.51 d to 0.68 d and 0.57 d, respectively. An investigation was conducted in a 0.5 MW laboratory furnace in order to optimize the primary-air cone length of a centrally fuel-rich swirl burner. The flame stability, performance of ignition, and burnout are significantly improved by decreasing the primary-air cone length. The NOx emissions measured at the furnace exit with a cone length Lp/Li = 0 decreased by 50.3% compared to those measured with a cone length Lp/Li = 1.0. Based on the evaluation of flame stability, performance of the ignition, burnout, and low NOx emissions, the optimum value of primary-air cone length was observed to be Lp/Li = 0.

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  • Ti, Shuguang & Chen, Zhichao & Li, Zhengqi & Kuang, Min & Xu, Guangyin & Lai, Jinping & Wang, Zhenfeng, 2018. "Influence of primary air cone length on combustion characteristics and NOx emissions of a swirl burner from a 0.5 MW pulverized coal-fired furnace with air staging," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 211(C), pages 1179-1189.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:211:y:2018:i:c:p:1179-1189
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.014
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