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Reducing mode circulating fluid bed combustion
Assignee: MW KELLOGG COMPANY (A DE CORP FORMED IN 1987)
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Filing: 1985-03-01
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Granted: 1986-04-01
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Expires: 2005-03-01
Abstract
Abstract A method for combustion of sulfur-containing fuel in a circulating fluid bed combustion system wherein the fuel is burned in a primary combustion zone under reducing conditions and sulfur captured as alkaline sulfide. The reducing gas formed is oxidized to combustion gas which is then separated from solids containing alkaline sulfide. The separated solids are then oxidized and recycled to the primary combustion zone.
Inventors
- 👤 Yung-Yi Lin
- 👤 Pasupati Sadhukhan
- 👤 Lowell D. Fraley
- 👤 Keh-Hsien Hsiao
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 03:59
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23C; F23C10/00; F23C6/00; F23C6/04; F23C6/045; F23C10/02; F23C10/04; F23C10/08; F23C10/10; F23C2206/00; F23C2206/10; F23C2206/101
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
248 words
A method for burning sulfur-containing fuel in a circulating fluid bed combustion system which comprises: (a) introducing recycle oxidized solids comprising predominantly alkaline oxide and alkaline sulfate to a primary combustion zone; (b) introducing fresh alkaline sorbent to the circulating fluid bed combustion system; (c) introducing sulfur-containing fuel to the primary combustion zone; (d) introducing sufficient primary air to the primary combustion zone to burn the sulfur-containing fuel under partial oxidation conditions and produce reducing gas and entrained solids comprising alkaline sulfate, alkaline oxide, and alkaline sulfide; (e) introducing the reducing gas and the entrained solids to a secondary combustion zone; (f) introducing sufficient secondary air to the secondary combustion zone to burn substantially all the reducing gas and produce oxidized combustion gas having a low sulfur content and entrained solids containing alkaline sulfide; (g) introducing the combustion gas having a low sulfur content and the entrained solids containing alkaline sulfide to a gas/solids separation zone and recovering separated solids containing alkaline sulfide therefrom; (h) introducing separated solids containing alkaline sulfide to a solids oxidation zone and introducing sufficient air to the solids oxidation zone to convert substantially all of the alkaline sulfide in the separated solids to alkaline sulfate; (i) recovering oxidized solids comprising predominantly alkaline oxide and alkaline sulfate from the solids oxidation zone; (j) recovering at least a major portion of the oxidized solids as the recycle oxidized solids; and (k) recovering the combustion gas having a low sulfur content from the gas/solids separation zone.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
248 words
A method for burning sulfur-containing fuel in a circulating fluid bed combustion system which comprises: (a) introducing recycle oxidized solids comprising predominantly alkaline oxide and alkaline sulfate to a primary combustion zone; (b) introducing fresh alkaline sorbent to the circulating fluid bed combustion system; (c) introducing sulfur-containing fuel to the primary combustion zone; (d) introducing sufficient primary air to the primary combustion zone to burn the sulfur-containing fuel under partial oxidation conditions and produce reducing gas and entrained solids comprising alkaline sulfate, alkaline oxide, and alkaline sulfide; (e) introducing the reducing gas and the entrained solids to a secondary combustion zone; (f) introducing sufficient secondary air to the secondary combustion zone to burn substantially all the reducing gas and produce oxidized combustion gas having a low sulfur content and entrained solids containing alkaline sulfide; (g) introducing the combustion gas having a low sulfur content and the entrained solids containing alkaline sulfide to a gas/solids separation zone and recovering separated solids containing alkaline sulfide therefrom; (h) introducing separated solids containing alkaline sulfide to a solids oxidation zone and introducing sufficient air to the solids oxidation zone to convert substantially all of the alkaline sulfide in the separated solids to alkaline sulfate; (i) recovering oxidized solids comprising predominantly alkaline oxide and alkaline sulfate from the solids oxidation zone; (j) recovering at least a major portion of the oxidized solids as the recycle oxidized solids; and (k) recovering the combustion gas having a low sulfur content from the gas/solids separation zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the primary combustion zone comprises a lower, back-mixed zone and an upper, dilute solids phase zone and all of the sulfur-containing fuel is introduced to the lower, back-mixed zone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the fresh alkaline sorbent is introduced to the lower, back-mixed zone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 2 wherein primary air is introduced to the primary combustion zone in an amount between 40 and 95 volume percent of stoichiometric air and at least a major portion of the primary air is introduced to the lower, back-mixed zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of either claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the fresh alkaline sorbent is limestone and the sulfur-containing fuel is a solid fuel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the partial oxidation conditions within the primary combustion zone include an operating temperature between 650° C. and 1095° C. and an operating pressure between atmospheric pressure and 2 atmospheres.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of either claim 1 or claim 4 wherein the secondary air is introduced to the secondary combustion zone in such amount that the cumulative supply of air to the primary and secondary combustion zones is between 100 and 130 volume percent of stoichiometric air.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the upper, dilute solids phase zone within the primary combustion zone is substantially free of molecular oxygen and the secondary combustion zone contains between 1 and 8 mole percent molecular oxygen.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the solids oxidation zone comprises a fluid bed operated within the temperature range from 590° to 985° C. and the separated solids are contacted with air at a solids residence time at least between 1 and 30 seconds.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the lower, back-mixed zone within the primary combustion zone comprises a dense solids phase fluid bed having a solids density between 320 and 960 kg/m 3 .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the circulating fluid bed combustion system is operated within the temperature range between 760° C. and 985° C. and the primary and secondary combustion zones comprise dilute phase fluid beds having a solids density within the range between 8 and 320 kg/m 3 .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the primary combustion zone comprises a lower, dilute solids phase, back-mixed zone and an upper, dilute solids phase zone operated under substantially plug-flow conditions.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the fresh alkaline sorbent is limestone and the sulfur-containing fuel is coal introduced to the lower, dilute solids phase, back-mixed zone and primary air is introduced to the primary combustion zone in an amount between 55 and 90 volume percent of stoichiometric air.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the primary combustion zone is operated with a gas residence time between 1 and 3 seconds.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the secondary combustion zone is operated with a minimum gas residence time of 0.25 seconds.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the solids oxidation zone comprises a dense phase fluid bed operated within the temperature range from 760° to 920° C. and with a solids residence time between 1 and 50 seconds.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 16 wherein separated solids in the solids oxidation zone are at sufficient height to develop fluidization back pressure for the primary and secondary combustion zones.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the steady state weight flow ratio of recycle oxidized solids to fresh alkaline sorbent is between 200 and 10,000 and the steady state weight flow ratio of recycled oxidized solids to sulfur-containing fuel is between 100 and 3300.
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