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Elsevier, Applied Thermal Engineering, 1(73), p. 1222-1235, 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.09.016

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Investigation of pollutant reduction by simulation of turbulent non-premixed pulverized coal combustion

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Abstract

h i g h l i g h t s The simulations of pulverized coal combustion is studied. The effect of some pollutant reducers is tested. Low temperature gives to improvement in reducing pollutant emissions. The NO x reduction in pulverized coal combustion is higher due to injection of CO 2. a b s t r a c t In this work, a computational model was developed and used to study NO x reduction during pulverized coal combustion. The finite volume method with a structured grid arrangement and a SIMPLE algorithm were utilized to model the pulverized coal combustion process. The effect of dilution of the oxidizer by participating gases including Air, Helium, Argon, Steam and CO 2 were studied, and the corresponding reductions in the rate of NO x production are compared. The cases when 10 and 20 percent of oxidizer was diluted by the participating gases were analyzed. The Probability Density Function (PDF) model was used for modeling the interaction between turbulence and chemistry, and the Discrete Phase Model (DPM) model was used for modeling the solid particle trajectory analysis including the interaction with tur-bulence. A QUICK scheme was adopted for the discretization of all convective terms of the advective transport equations. The static temperature, mass fraction of pollutant NO x and velocity distribution along the centerline of the burner as well as temperature and NO x contours for different dilution per-centages were presented. It was shown that as result of injection of CO 2 into the oxidizer the peak temperature and/or flow velocities of the combustion gases decrease more as compared to injection of steam or other neutral gases. Also, the results showed that the NO x reduction in pulverized coal com-bustion was highest due to injection of CO 2 into the oxidizer in comparison to injection of steam, Argon or Helium.