Solid Fuel Blending
Principles, Practices, and Problems
- 1st Edition - March 21, 2012
- Latest edition
- Authors: David Tillman, Dao Duong, N. Stanley Harding
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 0 9 3 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 0 9 3 3 - 9
Create affordable solid fuel blends that will burn efficiently while reducing the carbon footprint. Solid Fuel Blending Handbook: Principles, Practices, and Problems describes a ne… Read more
Create affordable solid fuel blends that will burn efficiently while reducing the carbon footprint. Solid Fuel Blending Handbook: Principles, Practices, and Problems describes a new generation of solid fuel blending processes. The book includes discussions on such topics as flame structure and combustion performance, boiler efficiency, capacity as influenced by flue gas volume and temperature, slagging and fouling, corrosion, and emissions. Attention is given to the major types of combustion systems including stokers, pulverized coal, cyclone, and fluidized bed boilers. Specific topics considered include chlorine in one or more coals, alkali metals (e.g., K, Na) and alkali earth elements, and related topics.
Coals of consideration include Appalachian, Interior Province, and Western bituminous coals; Powder River Basin (PRB) and other subbituminous coals; Fort Union and Gulf Coast lignites, and many of the off-shore coals (e.g., Adaro coal, an Indonesian subbituminous coal with very low sulfur; other off-shore coals from Germany, Poland, Australia, South Africa, Columbia, and more). Interactions between fuels and the potential for blends to be different from the parent coals will be a critical focus of this of the book.
- One stop source to solid fuel types and blending processes
- Evaluate combustion systems and calculate their efficiency
- Recognize the interactions between fuels and their potential energy output
- Be aware of the Environmental Aspects of Fuel Blending
Power Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Energy Engineers, Energy Economist, Environmental Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Industrial Engineers
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to Fuel Blending
1.1 Overview
1.2 Fuel Blending for Solid Fuels
1.3 Objectives for Blending
1.4 Blending for the Steel Industry—The Development of Petrology
1.5 Typical Fuel Blends
1.6 Blends and Firing Systems
1.7 Conclusions
Chapter 2. Principles of Solid Fuel Blending
2.1 Introduction: Blending for Dollars
2.2 Designing the Most Favorable Fuel
2.3 Influences on the Most Favorable Fuel Blend
2.4 Developing a Fuel Blending Strategy
2.5 Formation of Pollutants
2.6 Fuel Blending Characteristics Influencing Deposition
2.7 Fuel Blending and Corrosion
2.8 Blending’s Impact on the Physical Characteristics of Solid Fuels
2.9 Management and Control of Fuel Blending
2.10 Conclusions
Chapter 3. Blending Coal on Coal
3.1 Introduction and Basic Principles
3.2 Blending of Coal for Combustion and/or Gasification Purposes
3.3 Combustion and Gasification Processes
3.4 Coals Used in Commercial Applications and Their Blending Potential
3.5 Kinetics and the Analysis of Coal Blend Reactivity
3.6 The Behavior of Inorganic Constituents
3.7 Managing the Coal-on-Coal Blending Process
3.8 Conclusions
Chapter 4. Blending Coal with Biomass
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Biomass and Coal Blending
4.3 Cofiring: Reducing a Plant’s Carbon Footprint
4.4 Other Reasons for Cofiring
4.5 Cofiring in the United States and Europe
4.6 Characteristics of Biomass
4.7 Reactivity Measures for Biomass
4.8 Ratios from Other Measures
4.9 Comparisons of Biomass to Coal
4.10 The Chemistry of Cofiring
4.11 Burning Profiles of Biomass–Coal Blends
4.12 Implications for Biomass–Coal Cofiring Systems
4.13 Case Studies in Cofiring
4.14 Conclusions
Chapter 5. Waste Fuel–Coal Blending
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Tire-Derived Fuel
5.3 Petroleum Coke
5.4 Waste Plastics and Paper
5.5 Hazardous Wastes
5.6 Conclusions
Chapter 6. Environmental Aspects of Fuel Blending
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Regulatory Climate as It Influences Blending and Cofiring
6.3 Blending for Environmental and Economic Reasons
6.4 Areas of Concern
6.5 Ash Management for Power Plants
6.6 Blending for Emission Benefits
6.7 Cofiring Biomass with Coal
6.8 Conclusions
Chapter 7. Modeling and Fuel Blending
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Purposes of Modeling
7.3 Specific Applications of Modeling
7.4 Principles of Physical Modeling
7.5 The Basic Approach of Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling
7.6 Modeling for Blending Purposes
7.7 Limitations of Modeling
7.8 Conclusions
Chapter 8. Institutional Issues Associated with Coal Blending
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Institutional Issues Associated with Fuel Blending
8.3 Economic Considerations Associated with Blending
8.4 Process Modifications
8.5 Future U.S. and World Coal Production
8.6 Conclusions
Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 21, 2012
- Language: English
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David Tillman
Affiliations and expertise
Easton, USANH
N. Stanley Harding
Affiliations and expertise
NS Harding & Associates, Salt Lake City, USARead Solid Fuel Blending on ScienceDirect