Impact of Mineral Impurities in Solid Fuel Combustion

Ash-Related Issues During Combustion and Gasification....Pages 1-21
Mineral Characterization for Combustion....Pages 23-32
The Development of Power Technologies for Low-Grade Coal....Pages 33-44
Low-Rank Coal and Advanced Technologies for Power Generation....Pages 45-64
The Thermal Conductivity of Ash Deposits....Pages 65-84
The Development of Advanced Clean Coal Technology in Japan....Pages 85-103
Factors Critically Affecting Fireside Deposits in Steam Generators....Pages 105-131
Advanced Analytical Characterization of Coal Ashes—An Idemitsu Kosan—Elsam Cooperation Project....Pages 133-145
A Novel Application of CCSEM for Studying Agglomeration in Fluidised Bed Combustion....Pages 147-154
Thermomechanical Analysis and Alternative Ash Fusibility Temperatures....Pages 155-169
Ash Fusibility Detection Using Image Analysis....Pages 171-179
Ash Fusion Quantification by Means of Thermal Analysis....Pages 181-193
Sticking Mechanisms in Hot-Gas Filter Ashes....Pages 195-204
Classification System for Ash Deposits Based on Sem analyses....Pages 205-216
Determination of Amorphous Material in Peat Ash by X-ray Diffraction....Pages 217-224
System Accuracy for CCSEM Analysis of Minerals in Coal....Pages 225-235
The Microstructure and Mineral Content of Pulverised Coal Chars....Pages 237-245
Fireside Considerations When Cofiring Biomass with Coal in PC Boilers....Pages 247-258
Summary of Recent Results Obtained from Using the Controlled Fluidised Bed Agglomeration Method....Pages 259-270
Deposition and Corrosion in Straw- and Coal-Straw Co-Fired Utility Boilers....Pages 271-283
Development of Blast-Furnace Gas Firing Burner for Cofiring Boilers with Pulverized Coal....Pages 285-295
Changes in Slagging Behaviour with Composition for Blended Coals....Pages 297-308
Role of Inorganics During Fluidised-Bed Combustion of Low-Rank Coals....Pages 309-318
Role of Additives in Controlling Agglomeration and Defluidization During Fluidized Bed Combustion of High-Sodium, High-Sulphur Low-Rank Coal....Pages 319-331
The Agglomeration in the Fluidized Bed Boiler During the Co-Combustion of Biomass with Peat....Pages 333-339
Ash Fusion and Deposit Formation at Straw Fired Boilers....Pages 341-356
Influence of Metal Surface Temperature and Coal Quality on Ash Deposition in PC-Fired Boilers....Pages 357-366
Full Scale Deposition Trials at 150 MW E PF-Boiler Co-Firing Coal and Straw....Pages 367-381
Slagging Tests on the Suitability of Alternative Coals in a 325MW F PC Boiler....Pages 383-404
Predicting Superheater Deposit Formation in Boilers Burning Biomasses....Pages 405-416
Deposit Formation in the Convective Path of a Danish 80MW th CFB-Boiler Co-Firing Straw and Coal for Power Generation....Pages 417-431
Research on the Melting Points of Some Chinese Coal Ashes....Pages 433-440
Computer Controlled Scanning Electron Microscopy (CCSEM) Analysis of Straw Ash....Pages 441-453
Prognosis of Slagging and Fouling Properties of Coals Based on Widely Available Data and Results of Additional Measuraments....Pages 455-469
The Slagging Behavior of Coal Blends in the Pilot-Scale Combustion Test Facility....Pages 471-483
 In Situ Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of Ash Deposits Formed in a Pilot-Scale Combustor....Pages 485-496
Low Corrosivity of Coal Chlorine....Pages 497-512
Laboratory Studies on the Influence of Gaseous HCl on Superheater Corrosion....Pages 513-523
The Role of Alkali Sulfates and Chlorides in Post Cyclone Deposits from Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers Firing Biomass and Coal....Pages 525-539
Fly Ash Deposition Onto the Convective Heat Exchangers During Combustion of Willow in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler....Pages 541-553
Ash Behaviour in Biomass Fluidised-Bed Gasification....Pages 555-567
Bench-Scale Biomass/Coal Cofiring Studies....Pages 569-579
Iron in Coal and Slagging....Pages 581-594
Fractionated Heavy Metal Separation in Biomass Combustion Plants—Possibilities, Technological Approach, Experiences....Pages 595-608
Distributions of Major and Trace Elements in Entrained Slagging Coal Gasification Process....Pages 609-619
Behavior of Inorganic Materials during Pulverized Coal Combustion....Pages 621-634
Energy Production from Contaminated Biomass....Pages 635-643
Triboelectrostatic Coal Cleaning....Pages 645-651
Development of Advanced PFBC....Pages 653-661
Operating Experiences of 71MW PFBC Demonstration Plant....Pages 663-674
Development of an Innovative Fluidized Bed Cement Kiln System....Pages 675-683
The Influence of Pressure on the Behaviour of Fuel Carbonates....Pages 685-695
Modeling of ASH Deposit Growth and Sintering in PC-Fired Boilers....Pages 697-708
Predicting Ash Behavior in Conventional Power Systems....Pages 709-722
Thermodynamic Modelling of the System Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 -CaO-FeO-Fe 2 O 3 to Characterise Coal Ash Slags....Pages 723-733
Development of a Prediction Scheme for Pulverised Coal-Fired Boiler Slagging....Pages 735-752
Modelling the Initial Structure of Ash Deposits and Structure Changes Due to Sintering....Pages 753-766