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Method and apparatus for reducing the NOx content of flue gas in coal-dust-fired combustion systems
Assignee: Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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Filing: 1987-06-26
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Granted: 1988-04-26
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Expires: 2007-06-26
Abstract
Abstract A method for reducing the NO x content of effluent gas in a coal-dust-fired combustion system comprising establishing at least two vertically adjacent burner planes, in which the burner flame cores are fed with primary air in the core zones in a substoichiometric ratio to the coal dust feed stream and are additionally fed with secondary air comprising recycled flue gas in optional combination with preheated fresh air, and in which the burner mantle zones are fed with tertiary air comprising recycle flue gas and optional fresh air, so that, overall, a substantially stoichiometric combustion air ratio is established in the region of the lower burner plane and, overall, a highly substoichiometric combustion air ratio is established in the region of the upper burner plane. The apparatus employed is an economical primary measure requiring little space and minimal loss of energy, and is easily retrofitted in existing plants.
Inventors
- 👤 Fritz Vier
- 👤 Heinz Baumgart
- 👤 Dietrich Wiese
- 👤 Robert Michalke
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 09:50
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23C; F23C9/00; F23C9/003; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/46; B01D53/54; B01D53/56
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
328 words
Primary emission control means for reducing the NO x content of flue off-gas obtained from the combustion of coal dust in a coal-dust fired combustion system comprising: (a) a fire box including a vertical wall horizontally divided into an upper burner plane and a lower burner plane, each of said burner planes including at least one burner for said coal having a burner core zone and a burner mantle zone; (b) first conduit means communicating between a source of primary air and coal dust and each burner core zone for conducting a coal dust feed stream and a primary air stream comprising atmospheric air to each burner core zone; (c) second conduit means communicating between a source of secondary air and the burner core zones for conducting a secondary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optionally preheated atmospheric air to the burner core zones; (d) third conduit means communicating between a source of tertiary air and each burner mantle zone for conducting a tertiary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optionally atmospheric air to each burner mantle zone; (e) first regulating means for regulating said streams to establish a substoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the burner core zones; (f) second regulating means for regulating said streams to establish an overall stoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the lower burner plane; (g) third regulating means for regulating said streams to establish a reducing atmosphere comprising an overall highly substoichiometric combustion air-to-feed ratio in the area of the upper burner plane; said regulating means functioning to regulate the temperature and composition of said streams so that a two-stage combustion is provided in said burner wherein coal dust is primarily combusted in the region of the lower burner plane and NO x products of this combustion are reduced in the region of the upper burner plane, and wherein oxidation of in-fuel nitrogen is minimizied and production of thermal NO x is suppressed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
328 words
Primary emission control means for reducing the NO x content of flue off-gas obtained from the combustion of coal dust in a coal-dust fired combustion system comprising: (a) a fire box including a vertical wall horizontally divided into an upper burner plane and a lower burner plane, each of said burner planes including at least one burner for said coal having a burner core zone and a burner mantle zone; (b) first conduit means communicating between a source of primary air and coal dust and each burner core zone for conducting a coal dust feed stream and a primary air stream comprising atmospheric air to each burner core zone; (c) second conduit means communicating between a source of secondary air and the burner core zones for conducting a secondary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optionally preheated atmospheric air to the burner core zones; (d) third conduit means communicating between a source of tertiary air and each burner mantle zone for conducting a tertiary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optionally atmospheric air to each burner mantle zone; (e) first regulating means for regulating said streams to establish a substoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the burner core zones; (f) second regulating means for regulating said streams to establish an overall stoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the lower burner plane; (g) third regulating means for regulating said streams to establish a reducing atmosphere comprising an overall highly substoichiometric combustion air-to-feed ratio in the area of the upper burner plane; said regulating means functioning to regulate the temperature and composition of said streams so that a two-stage combustion is provided in said burner wherein coal dust is primarily combusted in the region of the lower burner plane and NO x products of this combustion are reduced in the region of the upper burner plane, and wherein oxidation of in-fuel nitrogen is minimizied and production of thermal NO x is suppressed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The primary emission control means of claim 1 wherein said fire box further includes reducing gas injection openings communicating with the interior of the firebox above said upper burner plane for admitting a reducing gas into said firebox.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The primary emission control means of claim 2, wherein said firebox further includes top air injection openings communicating with the interior of the firebox and disposed above said reducing gas injection openings for admitting atmospheric air into said firebox.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The primary emission control means of claim 1 further including tertiary air openings communicating with the burner mantle zones for admitting the tertiary air stream into the mantle zones comprising a plurality of tuyeres concentrically disposed around each burner core zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
87 words
The primary emission means of claim 1, wherein said firebox includes side walls associated with a front wall comprising said vertical wall, and wherein said sidewalls include a plurality of film air injection openings communicating with the interior of the firebox in the upper burner plane for admitting atmospheric air into said firebox and said front wall includes injection openings for admitting film air, reducing gas, top air, and recycle flue gas, optionally in admixture with atmospheric air, as secondary and tertiary air into said fire box.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The primary emission means of claim 1, further including pressurization means for moving said streams through the respective conduits under pressure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
85 words
The primary emission means of claim 1, wherein the second conduit means communicates only between a source of secondary air and the burner core zones associated with the lower burner plane to conduct the secondary air stream to the lower burner plane burner core zones, and further including fourth conduit means communicating only between a source of secondary air and the burner core zones associated with the upper burner plane for conducting a different secondary air stream to the upper burner plane burner core zones.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The primary emission control means of claim 1, wherein said combustion system comprises a boiler for generating steam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The primary emission control means of claim 8, wherein said boiler is a large-fired boiler.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The primary emission control means of claim 9, further including removal means for removing product combustion ash.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
228 words
A process for reducing the NO x content of flue off-gas produced during the combustion of coal in a coal-dust fired combustion system comprising (a) establishing a vertically planar burner region horizontally divided into an upper burner plane and a lower burner plane, said burner planes each including at least one burner for burning said coal dust and having a burner core zone and a burner mantle zone; (b) feeding a coal dust stream and a primary air stream comprising atmospheric air to each of said burner core zones in a substoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed; (c) feeding a secondary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optional preheated atmospheric air to each of said burner core zones; (d) feeding a tertiary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optional atmospheric air to each of said burner mantle zones; (e) regulating the proportions of said feed streams to provide a substantially stoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the lower burner plane and to provide a reducing atmosphere comprising a highly substoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the upper burner plane; (f) burning the coal in a two-stage combustion sequence in each burner wherein NO x products of combustion formed in the lower burner plane, are reduced in the upper burner plane, and wherein oxidation of in-fuel nitrogen is minimized.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
228 words
A process for reducing the NO x content of flue off-gas produced during the combustion of coal in a coal-dust fired combustion system comprising (a) establishing a vertically planar burner region horizontally divided into an upper burner plane and a lower burner plane, said burner planes each including at least one burner for burning said coal dust and having a burner core zone and a burner mantle zone; (b) feeding a coal dust stream and a primary air stream comprising atmospheric air to each of said burner core zones in a substoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed; (c) feeding a secondary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optional preheated atmospheric air to each of said burner core zones; (d) feeding a tertiary air stream comprising recycle flue gas and optional atmospheric air to each of said burner mantle zones; (e) regulating the proportions of said feed streams to provide a substantially stoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the lower burner plane and to provide a reducing atmosphere comprising a highly substoichiometric ratio of combustion air to coal feed in the upper burner plane; (f) burning the coal in a two-stage combustion sequence in each burner wherein NO x products of combustion formed in the lower burner plane, are reduced in the upper burner plane, and wherein oxidation of in-fuel nitrogen is minimized.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 11, wherein the temperature of the feedstream gases is regulated to provide a low flame temperature in at least the burner mantle zones to further suppress formation of NO x .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 11, wherein the reducing atmosphere provided in the upper burner plane is supplemented by the introduction of a reducing gas stream above the upper burner plane.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 13, wherein a fourth airstream comprising atmospheric air is introduced as top air above the reducing gas stream.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 14, wherein the fourth airstream comprises cold atmospheric air.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process of claim 11, wherein said secondary air comprises a recycle flue gas or mixture of recycle flue gas and preheated atmospheric air and said tertiary air comprises a mixture of recycle flue gas and atmospheric air.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process of claim 16, wherein first and second different secondary air mixtures are fed to the lower and upper burner planes, respectively, and the same tertiary air mixtures are fed to the upper and lower burner planes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 16, wherein the secondary air solely comprises cold recycle flue gas.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 16, wherein said tertiary air comprises a mixture of cold recycle flue gas and preheated atmospheric air.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 16, wherein said tertiary air comprises a mixture of cold recycle flue gas and cold atmospheric air.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 15, wherein the secondary air comprises a mixture of cold recycle flue gas and preheated atmospheric air.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 20, wherein said secondary air comprises a mixture of cold recycle flue gas and preheated atmospheric air.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
77 words
The process of claim 17, wherein from about 15 to 30% of the product flue gas is recycled; and wherein the tertiary mixture comprises from about 5 to 10% of the product flue gas; the first different secondary air mixture comprises from about 5 to 15% of the product flue gas; and the second different secondary air mixture comprises from about 10 to 25% of the product flue gas, all percentages based on volume of flue gas.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 23, wherein the tertiary mixture comprises about 8% of the product flue gas, and the first and second secondary air mixtures comprise about 8% and 22% of the product flue gas, respectively.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 24, wherein both the first and second secondary air mixtures comprise preheated atmospheric air.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process of claim 24, wherein, out of the total atmospheric air used in the two-stage combustion, from about 15 to 25 percent by volume is present in the tertiary air mixture and from about 30 to 40 percent by volume is present in the first and second secondary air mixtures.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 26, wherein about 22% of the atmospheric air is present in the tertiary air mixture, and about 33% is present in the first and second secondary air mixtures.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 11, wherein the primary air comprises preheated atmospheric air.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 14, wherein the reducing gas is natural gas introduced under pressure and a part of the fourth airstream is diverted as film air to the upper burner plane.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 29, wherein the fourth airstream is preheated either before or after diversion of the film air.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 14, wherein the top air is cold air.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 11, wherein each burner plane includes at least two burners in vertical relationship.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 32, wherein each burner plane includes at least two burners in horizontal relationship.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 32, wherein the combustion air to coal feed ratio decreases at least tendentially from a substantially stoichiometric ratio in the lower burner plane to a highly substoichiometric ratio in the upper burner plane.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
47 words
The process of claim 11, wherein a combustion air to coal feed ratio of from about 0.9 to 1.1:1 is established in the lower burner plane and a combustion air to coal feed ratio of from about 0.5 to 0.8:1 is established in the upper burner plane.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 27, wherein the combustion air to coal feed ratios in the lower and upper burner planes, respectively, are about 1.0:1 and 0.6:1.
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