Experimental studies of ash film fractions based on measurement of cenospheres geometry in pulverized coal combustion

作     者：Siqi LIU Yanqing NIU Liping WEN Yang LIANG Bokang YAN Denghui WANG Shi'en HUI Siqi LIU;Yanqing NIU;Liping WEN;Yang LIANG;Bokang YAN;Denghui WANG;Shi'en HUI

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power EngineeringDepartment of Thermal EngineeringSchool of Energy and Power EngineeringXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an 710049China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers in Energy》 (能源前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第15卷第1期

页      面：91-98页

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学科分类：08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 081701[工学-化学工程] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51776161) the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(Grant No.2018JQ5010) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,and the Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy Electric-Technology of Hunan Province(Changsha University of Science&Technology,Grant No.2017ZNDL003) 

主　　题：ash film fraction cenospheres coal combustion fly ash 

摘      要：In pulverized coal particle combustion, part of the ash forms the ash film and exerts an inhibitory influence on combustion by impeding the diffusion of oxygen to the encapsulated char core, while part of the ash diffuses toward the char core. Despite the considerable ash effects on combustion, the fraction of ash film still remains unclear. However, the research of the properties of cenospheres can be an appropriate choice for the fraction determination, being aware that the formation of cenospheres is based on the model of coal particles with the visco-plastic ash film and a solid core. The fraction of ash film X is the ratio of the measuring mass of ash film and the total ash in coal particle. In this paper, the Huangling bituminous coal with different sizes was burnt in a drop-tube furnace at 1273, 1473, and 1673 K with air as oxidizer. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) and cross-section analysis have been used to study the geometry of the collected cenospheres and the effects of combustion parameters on the fraction of ash film. The results show that the ash film fraction increases with increasing temperature and carbon conversion ratio but decreases with larger sizes of coal particles. The high fraction of ash film provides a reasonable explanation for the extinction event at the late burnout stage. The varied values of ash film fractions under different conditions during the dynamic combustion process are necessary for further development of kinetic models.