生物质燃烧发电过程中若干问题的探讨

介绍生物质燃烧发电过程中燃烧方式选择、生物质进料形态（散料或成型）、锅炉容量选择、结渣、积灰、腐蚀等问题，并进行探讨，提出符合国情的合理燃烧方式及锅炉容量。     

生物质发电有哪几种形式

正生物质燃料是指将生物质材料燃烧作为燃料,一般主要是农林废弃物(如秸秆、锯末、甘蔗渣、稻糠等),主要区别于化石燃料。是将农林废物作为原材料,经过粉碎、混合、挤压、烘干等工艺,制成各种成型(如块状、颗粒状等)的,可直接燃烧的一种新型清洁燃料。生物质发电是利用生物质所具有的生物质能进行的发电,是可再生能源发电的一种,包括农林废弃物直接燃烧发电、农林废弃物气化发电、垃圾焚烧发电、垃圾填埋气发电、沼气发电。那么,生物质发电     

循环流化床锅炉在农林生物质发电项目上的应用

生物质发电是利用生物质所具有的生物质能进行发电,是可再生能源发电的一种,是优化我国能源消费结构的最好途径之一。将农作物秸秆、薪柴、禽畜粪便、工业有机废弃物和城市固体有机垃圾等废弃物作为生物质燃料,充分利用循环流化床锅炉燃烧特性,克服生物质燃料挥发分偏低、热值波动大、水分高的特质。简述了循环流化床锅炉燃烧技术方案在生物质燃料发电项目上的应用,整理对比出优于常规生物质锅炉的技术特点,为同类型生物质发电锅炉选型提供参考。     

简谈1台燃高水分糠醛渣锅炉的设计

分析了糠醛渣物理特性、燃烧机制,介绍了笔者在锅炉设计中,采用V+4T生物质直燃高低差速床技术,通过合理布置尾部受热面,解决了在燃烧低灰溶点、高水分糠醛渣燃料时的结焦、积灰、磨损与腐蚀等多个技术难题。     

采用添加剂抑制生物质锅炉受热面沉积的探索与实践

针对生物质燃烧锅炉中的沉积问题,尝试采用添加惰性物质来抑制结焦的可能性,在CFB生物质锅炉的高温过热器、低温过热器区域采集沉积样品,研成粉状后分别添加一定比例抑制剂后在马弗炉中灼烧,通过扫描电镜(SEM)、X-射线衍射(XRD)等分析手段研究添加抑制剂后沉积物的微观结构、组成成分等,并在实际运行的CFB锅炉中添加该抑制剂以观察其对结焦的抑制效果,结果表明,在实验室内样品中添加惰性抑制剂对弱化结焦有比较明显的效果,但在实际运行的锅炉中添加该抑制剂后没有达到之前预期的效果.     

生物质直燃发电锅炉受热面沉积和高温腐蚀研究进展

生物质中含有比较活泼的钾氯等无机杂质,在生物质锅炉燃烧利用过程中会进入气相并在受热面表面形成沉积,阻碍受热面传热,引发受热面金属高温腐蚀,威胁燃烧设备正常运行.文章综述了国内外关于生物质锅炉受热面沉积和高温腐蚀的研究进展,阐明了沉积形成、高温腐蚀的机理、实际电厂中的情况以及控制方法.在生物质燃烧技术中,循环流化床燃烧技术具有一定的优势.生物质燃烧沉积和高温腐蚀问题以及减轻和解决的对策仍需要更加全面深入的研究.     

生物质燃料成份对生物质流化床燃烧的影响

基于流化床的生物质燃烧技术应用日益广泛.生物质燃料流化床的缺点是容易产生床体结焦.灰的组分和生物质燃料中的硫、氯是影响流化床锅炉烧结倾向、锅炉污染速率、灰沉积过程、结焦和过热器腐蚀的主要因素.以灰成分为基础划分生物质燃料,可分为具有显著的不同燃烧特性的3类.在实践的基础上,阐述了各类生物质燃料及其灰分特性,以及在流化床...     

富磷添加剂对生物质燃烧中积灰结渣和腐蚀作用的探析

文章探讨了富磷添加剂对生物质燃烧过程中锅炉受热面积灰、结渣和腐蚀的作用机理,分析了其作用效果,考察了燃烧温度、燃烧气氛、生物质种类、Ca/K摩尔比、P/K摩尔比等主要因素对作用效果的影响规律。结果表明,富磷添加剂可以将烟气中的碱金属(主要是钾)和氯元素固定于底灰中,生成高熔点化合物,减轻碱金属熔融结渣和氯腐蚀。同时,添加剂改变了灰的物理和化学性质,使灰松软不易烧结,从而有效减轻了生物质燃烧过程中锅炉受热面的积灰、结渣和腐蚀。     

生物质燃烧积灰、结渣与腐蚀特性

基于生物质及其与煤共燃过程中灰污和熔渣形成机制的复杂性,使其成为近年来国内外的研究热点.主要介绍了生物质及当与煤混燃时的积灰、结渣与腐蚀特性,从燃烧特性、形成机理、研究方法及改善措施等4个方面进行总结,以此加深对生物质燃烧过程中存在问题的系统认识.     

生物质锅炉受热面的防腐研究

生物质锅炉主要以秸秆、木屑等农林剩余物为燃料,燃烧后烟气中含有大量的氯化钾、氯化钠以及氨等较强腐蚀性的物质,对生物质锅炉受热面产生了较强的腐蚀风险。根据生物质锅炉燃料及运行特性,研究生物质锅炉的防腐措施和防腐涂料,以有效地控制生物质锅炉受热面的腐蚀速率,使锅炉达到安全稳定运行的要求。     

Potential applications of renewable energy sources,biomass combustion problems in boiler power systems and combustion related environmental issues

This paper describes the potential applications of renewable energy sources to replace fossil fuel combustion as the prime energy sources in various countries, and discusses problems associated with biomass combustion in boiler power systems. Here, the term biomass includes organic matter produced as a result of photosynthesis as well as municipal, industrial and animal waste material. Brief summaries of the basic concepts involved in the combustion of biomass fuels are presented. Renewable energy sources (RES) supply 14% of the total world energy demand. RES are biomass, hydropower, geothermal, solar, wind and marine energies. The renewables are the primary, domestic and clean or inexhaustible energy resources. The percentage share of biomass was 62.1% of total renewable energy sources in 1995. Experimental results for a large variety of biomass fuels and conditions are presented. Numerical studies are also discussed. Biomass is an attractive renewable fuel in utility boilers. The compositions of biomass among fuel types are variable. Ash composition for the biomass is fundamentally different from ash composition for the coal. Especially inorganic constituents cause to critical problems of toxic emissions, fouling and slagging. Metals in ash, in combination with other fuel elements such as silica and sulfur, and facilitated by the presence of chlorine, are responsible for many undesirable reactions in combustion furnaces and power boilers. Elements including K, Na, S, Cl, P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Si are involved in reactions leading to ash fouling and slagging in biomass combustors. Chlorine in the biomass may affect operation by corrosion. Ash deposits reduce heat transfer and may also result in severe corrosion at high temperatures. Other influences of biomass composition are observed for the rates of combustion and pollutant emissions. Biomass combustion systems are non-polluting and offer significant protection of the environment. The reduction of greenhouse gases pollution is the main advantage of utilizing biomass energy.     

Ash-related issues during biomass combustion: Alkali-induced slagging,silicate melt-induced slagging (ash fusion), agglomeration,corrosion, ash utilization,and related countermeasures

Biomass is available from many sources or can be mass-produced. Moreover, biomass has a high energy-generation potential, produces less toxic emissions than some other fuels, is mostly carbon neutrality, and burns easily. Biomass has been widely utilized as a raw material in thermal chemical conversion, replacing coal and oil, including power generation. Biomass firing and co-firing in pulverized coal boilers, fluidized bed boilers, and grate furnaces or stokerfed boilers have been developed around the world because of the worsening environmental problems and developing energy crisis. However, many issues hinder the efficient and clean utilization of biomass in energy applications. They include preparation, firing and co-firing, and ash-related issues during and after combustion. In particular, ash-related issues, including alkali-induced slagging, silicate melt-induced slagging (ash fusion), agglomeration, corrosion, and ash utilization, are among the most challenging problems. The current review provides a summary of knowledge and research developments concerning these ash-related issues. It also gives an in-depth analysis and discussion on the formation mechanisms, urgent requirements, and potential countermeasures including the use of additives, co-firing, leaching, and alloying.Alkali species, particularly alkali chlorides and sulfates, cause alkali-induced slagging during biomass combustion. Thus, the mechanisms of generation, transformation, and sequestration of alkali species and the formation and growth of alkali-induced slagging, formed as an alternating overlapping multi-layered structure, are discussed in detail. For silicate melt-induced slagging (ash fusion), the evolutions of chemical composition of both the elements and minerals in the ash during combustion and existing problems in testing are overviewed. Pseudo-4D phase diagrams of (Ma₂O)-MaeO-P₂O₅-Al₂O₃ and (Ma₂O)-MaeO-SiO₂-Al₂O₃ are proposed as effective tools to predict ash fusion characteristics and the properties of melt-induced slagging. Concerning agglomeration that typically occurs in fluidized bed furnaces, melt-induced and coating-induced agglomeration and coating-forming mechanisms are highlighted. Concerning corrosion, seven corrosion mechanisms associated with Cl₂, gaseous, solid/deposited, and molten alkali chlorides, molten alkali sulfates and carbonates, and the sulfation/silication of alkali chlorides are comprehensively reviewed. The effects of alloying, salt state (solid, molten, or gaseous), combustion atmosphere, and temperature are also discussed systematically. For ash utilization, potential approaches to the use of fly ash, bottom ash, and biomass/coal co-fired ash as construction and agricultural materials are explored.Several criteria or evaluation indexes are introduced for alkali-induced slagging and agglomeration, and chemical equilibrium calculation and multicomponent phase diagrams of silicate melt-induced slagging and agglomeration. Meanwhile, remedies, including the use of additives, co-firing, leaching, alloying, and the establishment of regulations, are discussed.It is suggested that considerable attention should be focused on an understanding of the kinetics of alkali chemistry, which is essential for the transformation and sequestration of alkali species. A combination of heterogeneous chemical kinetics and multiphase equilibrium modeling is critical to estimating the speciation, saturation levels, and the presence of melt of the ash-forming matter. Further practical evaluation and improvement of the existing criterion numbers of alkali-induced slagging and agglomeration should be improved. The pseudo-4D phase diagrams of (Ma₂O)-MaeO-P₂O₅-Al₂O₃ and (Ma₂O)-MaeO-SiO₂-Al₂O₃ should be constructed from the data derived from real biomass ashes rather than those of simulated ashes in order to provide the capability to predict the properties of silicate melt-induced slagging. Apart from Cr, research should be conducted to understand the effects of Si, Al, and Co, which exhibit high corrosion resistance, and heavy metals such as Zn and Pb, which may form low-melting chlorides that accelerate corrosion. Regulations, cooperation among biomass-fired power plants and other industries, potential technical research, and logistics should be strengthened to enable the extensive utilization of biomass ash. Finally, alkali-induced slagging, silicate melt-induced slagging, agglomeration, and corrosion occur concurrently, and thus, these issues should be investigated jointly rather than separately.     

Design of solid biofuels blends to minimize the risk of sintering in biomass boilers

Biomass with high concentration of alkali/alkaline and silica components can lead to slagging/fouling, and sintering of the ash deposits, causing corrosion and erosion of the boilers. There are several methods to predict bed agglomeration such as slagging/fouling indexes. However, these indexes are developed to be used for coal ashes, which shows a different behaviour than biomass fuels. The aim of this work was to determine the suitable percentage of different species found in biomass blends in order to reduce the risk of slagging and sintering. We studied the ash behaviour of 24 blended biomass samples using two slagging indexes: the alkali index, and the % of bases in ashes index, and we validated these two indexes with the Bioslag test, and with the Hardness Index (%D₁). There is low risk of slagging in most of the samples, as well as a low sintering risk. However, some samples present moderate risk of sintering possibly due to SiO₂. The Bioslag test and the %D₁ test support our results. Samples showing risk of sintering exceed 25% of the total accumulated ash weight percentage ac%_1P>25%, and show a hardness of %D₁ > 0.7. These validations can be considered as useful tools for estimating slagging and sintering of woody biomass fuels in domestic pellet boilers.     

Combustion performance and slagging characteristics during co-combustion of Zhundong coal and sludge

Zhundong coal (ZDc) with a very large reserve is faced with severe problems of slagging and fouling during combustion in boilers because of the high-Na content. Sludge, the by-product of urban sewage treatment, is also faced with the problem in utilization. In this study, the co-combustion of ZDc and sludge was investigated in a laboratory-scale experimental apparatus before further studies in larger-scale setups. The experimental results confirm an interaction between ZDc and sludge during co-combustion, which was mainly caused by the Na catalytic action and improved the combustion performance of the co-fuels. The catalytic effect was particularly significant at low sludge mixing ratios. The reactions between Na-based compounds in ZDc and Si/Al/P-rich minerals in sludge, forming high-melting-point phosphates and aluminosilicates, not only increased Na retention in residual ash reducing the risk of fouling on tail-heating surfaces in boilers, but also raised the ash fusibility of the co-fuels avoiding low-temperature sintering. Even so, to prevent slagging, the high combustion temperature above 900 °C should be avoided during co-combustion because of the high Na retention in residual ash. Moreover, the high heavy metal retention in residual ash decreased the pollution caused by heavy metal volatilization during sludge combustion.     

Ash effects during combustion of lignite/biomass blends in fluidized bed

Aiming at investigating the role of minerals in evaluating co-firing applications of low rank coals and biomass materials, agricultural residues characteristic of the Mediterranean countries, one lignite and their blends with biomass proportions up to 20% wt, were burned in a lab-scale fluidized bed facility. Fly ashes and bed material were characterized in terms of mineralogical, chemical and morphological analyses and the slagging/fouling and agglomeration propensities were determined.The results showed that combustion of each fuel alone could provoke medium or high deposition problems. Combustion of raw fuels produced fly ashes rich in Ca, Si and Fe minerals, as well as K and Na minerals in the case of biomass samples. However, blending of the fuels resulted in a reduction of Ca, Fe, K and Na, while an increase of Si and Al elements in the fly ashes as compared to lignite combustion, suggesting lower deposition and corrosion problems in boilers firing these mixtures. The use of bauxite as an additive enriched bottom ash in calcium compounds. Under the conditions of the combustion tests, no signs of ash deposition or bed agglomeration were noticed.     

A critical review of ash slagging mechanisms and viscosity measurement for low-rank coal and bio-slags

Gasification or combustion of coal and biomass is the most important form of power generation today. However, the use of coal/biomass at high temperatures has an inherent problem related to the ash generated. The formation of ash leads to a problematic phenomenon called slagging. Slagging is the accumulation of molten ash on the walls of the furnace, gasifier, or boiler and is detrimental as it reduces the heat transfer rate, and the combustion/gasification rate of unburnt carbon, causes mechanical failure, high-temperature corrosion and on occasions, superheater explosions. To improve the gasifier/combustor facility, it is very important to understand the key ash properties, slag characteristics, viscosity and critical viscosity temperature. This paper reviews the content, compositions, and melting characteristics of ashes in differently ranked coal and biomass, and discusses the formation mechanism, characteristics, and structure of slag. In particular, this paper focuses on low-rank coal and biomass that have been receiving increased attention recently. Besides, it reviews the available methodologies and formulae for slag viscosity measurement/prediction and summarizes the current limitations and potential applications. Moreover, it discusses the slagging behavior of different ranks of coal and biomass by examining the applicability of the current viscosity measurement methods to these fuels, and the viscosity prediction models and factors that affect the slag viscosity. This review shows that the existing viscosity models and slagging indices can only satisfactorily predict the viscosity and slagging propensity of high-rank coals but cannot predict the slagging propensity and slag viscosity of low-rank coal, and especially biomass ashes, even if they are limited to a particular composition only. Thus, there is a critical need for the development of an index, or a model or even a measurement method, which can predict/measure the slagging propensity and slag viscosity correctly for all low-rank coal and biomass ashes.     

大型电站锅炉采用切向燃烧方式燃用无烟煤的研究

无烟煤的特点是挥发分低，发热量高，着火温度高。在燃烧过程中存在的主要问题是着火困难、燃烧效率低、炉膛易结渣、NOx排放高。作为我国特定地区的一种动力用煤，燃用无烟煤的电站锅炉在设计时重点考虑着火、稳燃、提高燃烧效率、防止炉膛结渣、降低NOx排放。介绍了无烟煤的主要燃烧方式和大型锅炉采用四角切向燃烧技术燃用无烟煤的设计原则。此外，还介绍了上海锅炉厂有限公司设计的300MW自然循环、切向燃烧无烟煤锅炉的特点和运行结果，并对燃用无烟煤燃烧技术在600MW无烟煤锅炉上的应用前景做了预测。     

降低循环流化床锅炉结渣风险的准东煤配煤掺烧研究

针对循环流化床锅炉燃用准东煤带来的受热面结渣和沾污问题,从降低入炉煤碱金属着手,采用准东五彩湾煤掺烧不同比例的煤矸石、低钠煤、沙漠黄沙,探究不同掺烧物料及比例对锅炉受热面结渣和沾污的影响。研究结果表明:掺烧25%煤矸石时,炉内受热面沾污、结渣严重,且存在频发的爆管现象;掺烧38%艾维尔沟低钠煤时,各级受热面均比较干净,没有明显的结渣沾污现象,但锅炉运行成本显著增加;掺烧5%古尔班通特沙漠黄沙时,仅在一级蒸发管高温烟区出现了类似于沙子的大焦块,其余受热面均比较光滑、干净,没有结渣和沾污现象。