COAL PROPERTY EFFECTS ON N2O AND NOx FORMATION FROM CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION OF COAL

The effects of coal properties on N₂O and NO_x formation from circulating fluidized bed combustion of coal was examined through burning nine typical coals and a coal shale, widely used in China over a wide range of coal ranks, in a bench-scale circulating fluidized bed. It was found that N₂O and NO_x formation had similar dependence on coal rank. Fixed carbon content and nitrogen content were the most important coal properties to influence N₂O and NO_x emissions from circulating fluidized bed combustion of coal. A coal with high fixed carbon content had high conversion ratio of fuel-N into N₂O and NO_x. The conversion ratio of fuel-N into N₂O or NO_x increased with nitrogen content of coal, whereas it decreased with O/N ratio. No significant correlation between conversion ratio of fuel-N into N₂O or NO_x and C/N ratio was identified. To clarify the coal property effect, investigation of a wide range of coal rank, is important.