NOx emission and thermal efficiency of a 300 MWe utility boiler retrofitted by air staging

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1797-1803

  Li, Sen ^a   Xu, Tongmo ^b   Hui, Shien ^b   Wei, Xiaolin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boiler thermal efficiency; CCOFA; SOFA

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; BYPRODUCTS; CARBON; COAL; COAL BYPRODUCTS; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY; FLY ASH; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS;

CCOFA; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; PULVERIZED COAL FINENESS; REDUCTION EFFICIENCY; SECONDARY AIR DISTRIBUTION; SOFA; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; UNBURNED CARBON IN ASHES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY ASH; NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 63449105144     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.12.032     Document Type: Article

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