城市生活垃圾在机械炉排炉内焚烧过程研究及数值模拟

研究城市生活垃圾在机械炉排炉内焚烧过程，建立了垃圾在炉排炉移动床内燃烧过程中垃圾体积变化、水分蒸发、挥发分析出及燃烧、垃圾颗粒的移动、气-固两相热传递、焦炭燃烧等各个反应阶段的热化学模型，采用一维非稳态模型分别建立了床层内气固两相介质控制方程。通过对炉排上垃圾焚烧过程的数值模拟研究，获得料层中温度分布、料层高度、炉床机械负荷、气相中反应物组分和污染物浓度分布。利用建立的模型对某大型垃圾焚烧炉的燃烧过程进行数值仿真，对燃烧过程、烟气成分进行预测，为垃圾焚烧炉排炉的设计和燃烧控制提供理论依据。     

循环流化床垃圾焚烧炉助燃配风改造对降低CO排放效果的数值模拟

循环流化床(CFB)是垃圾焚烧主要炉型之一,中国生活垃圾具有水分高和挥发分高等特性导致现阶段CFB垃圾焚烧炉CO排放偏高,对其正常运转造成较大影响。对锅炉实体进行助燃配风改造,结合计算流体动力学技术对改造前后炉膛流体场进行模拟,并分析第一烟道内的流场分布情况。结果表明:助燃配风率为40%时,CO的排放均值可降低至80mg/Nm3,烟气含氧量保持在9.5%(体积分数)左右,炉膛中上部温度的平均增幅达到41.3℃。可视化数值模拟结果表明,助燃配风明显提高了烟气旋流和回流,使得烟气轴向速度降幅达37.69%,烟气在第一烟道内停留时间延长;改造后炉膛中上部局部区域内的颗粒质量浓度均值在2.287kg/m3左右,优化了助燃配风参与炉内燃烧的能力。     

城市生活垃圾焚烧炉深度空气分级数值模拟

对广州市某台750t/d大型城市生活垃圾焚烧炉进行数值模拟优化研究,有效模拟预测城市生活垃圾焚烧炉内温度场、流场和重要组分浓度场等的分布。对100%负荷运行下的城市生活垃圾焚烧炉进行二次风与燃尽风的分级配风优化研究,模拟结果显示,在二次风与燃尽风风量比为0.65∶0.35(体积比)时,城市生活垃圾焚烧炉内二次燃烧显著,且烟气在850℃以上区域的停留时间达2s以上,满足充分分解二噁英等污染物的条件。尾部烟道出口NO_x质量浓度为250.58mg/m~3,比原始运行工况(259.01mg/m~3)降低了3.3%,是较理想的空气分级方案。     

二次风喷嘴角度对炉排式垃圾焚烧炉内燃烧及选择性非催化还原脱硝的影响

利用CFD技术,对某城市处理量为750 t·d~(-1)的垃圾焚烧炉内燃烧与选择性非催化还原脱硝(SNCR)过程进行建模分析,重点研究了二次风喷嘴角度的改变对焚烧炉内燃烧温度场的影响及其对提高SNCR脱硝效率的作用。模拟结果表明,焚烧炉二次风喷嘴角度调整为相互交叉45°,可以改善炉内燃烧状况,促进炉膛内烟气与空气的混合,使炉膛内温度场分布均匀,有利于SNCR还原反应;二次风喷嘴角度改变后,在一定程度上保证了SNCR系统喷入的尿素液滴在炉膛内的停留时间。与平行二次风相比,使用交叉二次风送风方案,前墙喷嘴脱硝效率提高4.8%,后墙喷嘴脱硝效率提高了19.7%。     

垃圾焚烧炉干燥段通风阻力特性实验研究

倾斜往复式炉排是我国城市生活垃圾焚烧炉中经常采用的炉排形式之一。垃圾在炉排干燥段的干燥效果直接影响到其着火和燃烧,因此炉排下侧送出的一次风在垃圾层中的流通性显得尤其重要。本研究通过搭建冷态试验台,以Steinmuller炉排为例,测量了炉排和不同厚度的垃圾层在不同一次风流量下的阻力,并研究了炉排和垃圾层的通风阻力特性,为今后更好地组织和控制高水份垃圾在炉内的干燥预热和着火燃烧提供了设计依据。     

基于分区气化模型的MSW燃烧过程模拟研究

针对一种新型两段式生活垃圾分区气化燃烧装置,提出了基于分区气化模型的垃圾热转化过程数值模拟方法。该方法耦合化学反应动力学和流体动力学软件预测移动床层垃圾的气化以及炉内气相空间的燃烧过程。通过对组分及热值差异较大的2种生活垃圾在炉内的反应过程进行模拟,得到了炉内的气相组分、温度及流场的分布。结果表明,该方法能够很好地适用于复杂组分的垃圾热转化过程模拟研究。高水分、低热值的生活垃圾气化后再燃炉膛出口温度处于973~1 073 K,不利于二恶英的生成控制。前拱二次风的增加不仅加强了炉内的湍流扰动,而且加强了炉内主反应区的温度。经过对流场和温度场进行优化,烟气的停留时间延长,炉膛出口烟气中的可燃气体组分大大降低,而且NO的浓度降低了近一个数量级。     

改性粉煤灰基吸附剂烟气脱汞

改性粉煤灰基吸附剂作为烟气脱汞吸附剂,具有成本低的特点。为进一步研究改性粉煤灰基吸附剂脱汞的工业运行状况,设计了最大烟气流量为2 000 Nm3/h的中试实验。首先通过数值模拟方法研究燃煤烟气过程中吸附剂脱汞性能,分别研究了吸附剂粒径、烟气流量以及吸附剂料层厚度对脱汞效率的影响。研究发现,随着烟气流量的增加脱汞效率降低,烟气流量为2 000 Nm3/h时脱汞效率为74.26%。在中试实验中采用三段式脱汞工艺,脱汞吸附剂为卤素元素浸渍改性的粉煤灰基吸附剂,根据模拟结果设计了吸附剂粒径为25 mm,料层厚度为400 mm的实验参数。实验结果表明,三段式脱汞工艺在烟气流量为2 000 Nm3/h,其脱汞效率为78.8%,其中吸附剂的脱汞效率为68.90%,证明了改性粉煤灰基吸附剂在工业烟气脱汞工艺中具有良好作用。     

垃圾焚烧炉炉拱改造与燃烧优化的数值模拟

炉排式垃圾焚烧炉在处理比设计水分高、热值低的垃圾时,容易出现着火位置滞后、垃圾＂烧不透＂、残炭含量高等问题。采用FLIC软件的床层模型和商业软件FLUENT,对焚烧炉炉排和炉膛燃烧过程进行了模拟计算。结合某城市生活垃圾焚烧炉存在的燃烧不完全问题,通过一系列的数值实验,探索后拱高度和挡板的有无对燃烧过程的影响。比较了炉拱辐射强度、挥发分质量分数、温度沿炉排长度方向的分布以及炉膛内的速度矢量图。结果表明,降低后拱高度或增加挡板均可使着火位置有不同程度的前移;同时降低炉拱高度和增加挡板可使着火位置前移约1.1 m,提前进入稳定燃烧阶段。     

烟炱吸附法烟气脱硫的试验研究

利用燃油锅炉本身排出的烟炱作脱硫吸附剂,进行了在布袋除尘器内可以实现的烟气脱硫试验。结果表明,在烟气温度110℃、过滤风速0.6-0.7m/min、吸附床层厚度为2－3mm等工艺条件下,吸附时间在60min内的平均脱硫率为40.3%.     

脉冲放电等离子体烟气脱硫脱硝工业试验研究

40 000～50000 Nm3/h工业试验结果表明,烟气温度75～80℃,脱硫效率＞90%,脱硝效率＞40%,烟气温度90～95℃,脱硫效率＞80%,脱硝效率＞50%;脉冲能耗＜3 Wh/Nm3;随着温度升高,SO2热化学反应效率逐渐降低;随着氨硫化学计量比增大,氨泄漏逐渐增加,烟气温度90～95℃,氨泄漏增加更为迅速.并分析了副产物的成分,阐述了脱硫脱硝的机理,并探讨了烟气排放的温度.     

Waste burning and heat recovery characteristics of a mass burn incineration system

An experimental investigation on waste combustion characteristics of a mass burn incinerator is conducted in this study. Three different charging modes, including operator manipulation, periodic feeding, and temperature control, are taken into consideration. The results indicate that the burning characteristics in the combustion chambers are closely related to the operating modes. For the operator manipulation where the wastes are sent into the incinerator in two short periods, the entire temperature distribution of the primary combustion chamber can be partitioned into two parts, thereby yielding waste group combustion. Temperature oscillations in both the primary and secondary combustion chambers are characterized for the periodic feeding. However, because of the shorter charging period and smaller amount of waste, the burning interaction between the two chambers is initially weak and becomes notable in the final stage. When temperature control is performed, the burning oscillation of the primary combustion chamber is further amplified so the combustion interaction is drastic. These exhibitions are mainly caused by the competition between endothermic and exothermic reactions. The instantaneous heat exchange efficiency of the cyclone heat recovery system (CHRS) installed in the incineration system is also evaluated to obtain details of energy recovery behaviors. As a result, the efficiency tends to decrease linearly with increasing temperature of hot flue gas. This arises from the fact that heat loss from the gas to the environment is increased when the temperature of the former is higher, even though the temperature gradient across the cyclone is enlarged.     

Combined simulation of combustion and gas flow in a grate-type incinerator

Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis of the thermal flow in the combustion chamber of a solid waste incinerator provides crucial insight into the incinerator's performance. However, the interrelation of the gas flow with the burning waste has not been adequately treated in many CFD models. A strategy for a combined simulation of the waste combustion and the gas flow in the furnace is introduced here. When coupled with CFD, a model of the waste combustion in the bed provides the inlet conditions for the gas flow field and receives the radiative heat flux onto the bed from the furnace wall and gaseous species. An unsteady one-dimensional bed model was used for the test simulation, in which the moving bed was treated as a packed bed of homogeneous fuel particles. The simulation results show the physical processes of the waste combustion and its interaction with the gas flow for various operational parameters.     

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Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis of the thermal flow in the combustion chamber of a solid waste incinerator provides crucial insight into the incinerator’s performance. However, the interrelation of the gas flow with the burning waste has not been adequately treated in many CFD models. A strategy for a combined simulation of the waste combustion and the gas flow in the furnace is introduced here. When coupled with CFD, a model of the waste combustion in the bed provides the inlet conditions for the gas flow field and receives the radiative heat flux onto the bed from the furnace wall and gaseous species. An unsteady one-dimensional bed model was used for the test simulation, in which the moving bed was treated as a packed bed of homogeneous fuel particles. The simulation results show the physical processes of the waste combustion and its interaction with the gas flow for various operational parameters.     

Combustion characteristics of spent catalyst and paper sludge in an internally circulating fluidized-bed combustor

Combustion of spent vacuum residue hydrodesulfurization catalyst and incineration of paper sludge were carried out in thermo-gravimetric analyzer and an internally circulating fluidized-bed (ICFB) reactor. From the thermo-gravimetric analyzer-differential thermo-gravimetric curves, the pre-exponential factors and activation energies are determined at the divided temperature regions, and the thermo-gravimetric analysis patterns can be predicted by the kinetic equations. The effects of bed temperature, gas velocity in the draft tube and annulus, solid circulation rate, and waste feed rate on combustion efficiency of the wastes have been determined in an ICFB from the experiments and the model studies. The ICFB combustor exhibits uniform temperature distribution along the bed height with high combustion efficiency (>90%). The combustion efficiency increases with increasing reaction temperature, gas velocity in the annulus region, and solid circulation rate and decreases with increasing waste feed rate and gas velocity in the draft tube. The simulated data from the kinetic equation and the hydrodynamic models predict the experimental data reasonably well.     

Combustion modeling and performance evaluation in a full-scale rotary kiln incinerator.

This work summarizes the results of numerical investigations and in situ measurements for turbulent combustion in a full-scale rotary kiln incinerator (RKI). The three-dimensional (3D) governing equations for mass, momentum, energy, and species, together with the kappa - epsilon turbulence model, are formulated and solved using a finite volume method. Volatile gases from solid waste were simulated by gaseous CH4 distributed nonuniformly along the kiln bed. The combustion process was considered to be a two-step stoichiometric reaction for primary air mixed with CH4 gas in the combustion chamber. The mixing-controlled eddy-dissipation model (EDM) was employed to predict the conversion rates of CH4, O2, CO2, and CO. The results of the prediction show that reverse flows occur near the entrance of the first combustion chamber (FCC) and the turning point at the entrance to the second combustion chamber (SCC). Temperature and species are nonuniform and are vertically stratified. Meanwhile, additional mixing in the SCC enhances postflame oxidation. A combustion efficiency of up to 99.96% can be achieved at approximately 150% excess air and 20-30% secondary air. Reasonable agreement is achieved between numerical predictions and in situ measurements.     

Combustion Characteristics of Spent Catalyst and Paper Sludge in an Internally Circulating Fluidized-Bed Combustor

Abstract

Combustion of spent vacuum residue hydrodesulfurization catalyst and incineration of paper sludge were carried out in thermo-gravimetric analyzer and an internally circulating fluidized-bed (ICFB) reactor. From the thermogravimetric analyzer-differential thermo-gravimetric curves, the pre-exponential factors and activation energies are determined at the divided temperature regions, and the thermo-gravimetric analysis patterns can be predicted by the kinetic equations. The effects of bed temperature, gas velocity in the draft tube and annulus, solid circulation rate, and waste feed rate on combustion efficiency of the wastes have been determined in an ICFB from the experiments and the model studies. The ICFB combustor exhibits uniform temperature distribution along the bed height with high combustion efficiency (>90%). The combustion efficiency increases with increasing reaction temperature, gas velocity in the annulus region, and solid circulation rate and decreases with increasing waste feed rate and gas velocity in the draft tube. The simulated data from the kinetic equation and the hydrodynamic models predict the experimental data reasonably well.     

Effect of low-density polyethylene on smoke emissions from burning of simulated debris piles

Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic is used to keep piled debris from silvicultural activities—activities associated with development and care of forests—dry to enable efficient disposal by burning. The effects of inclusion of LDPE in this manner on smoke emissions are not well known. In a combustion laboratory experiment, 2-kg mixtures of LDPE and manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.) wood containing 0, 0.25, and 2.5% LDPE by mass were burned. Gaseous and particulate emissions were sampled in real time during the entire flaming, mixed combustion phase—when the flaming and smoldering phases are present at the same time—and during a portion of the smoldering phase. Analysis of variance was used to test significance of modified combustion efficiency (MCE)—the ratio of concentrations of fire-integrated excess CO₂ to CO₂ plus CO—and LDPE content on measured individual compounds. MCE ranged between 0.983 and 0.993, indicating that combustion was primarily flaming; MCE was seldom significant as a covariate. Of the 195 compounds identified in the smoke emissions, only the emission factor (EF) of 3M-octane showed an increase with increasing LDPE content. Inclusion of LDPE had an effect on EFs of pyrene and fluoranthene, but no statistical evidence of a linear trend was found. Particulate emission factors showed a marginally significant linear relationship with MCE (0.05 < P-value < 0.10). Based on the results of the current and previous studies and literature reviews, the inclusion of small mass proportions of LDPE in piled silvicultural debris does not appear to change the emissions produced when low-moisture-content wood is burned. In general, combustion of wet piles results in lower MCEs and consequently higher levels of emissions.

Implications:Current air quality regulations permit the use of burning to dispose of silvicultural piles; however, inclusion of low-density polyethyelene (LDPE) plastic in silvicultural piles can result in a designation of the pile as waste. Waste burning is not permitted in many areas, and there is also concern that inclusion of LDPE leads to toxic air emissions.     

Solubility analysis and disposal options of combustion residues from plants grown on contaminated mining area

Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is an excellent alternative for the partial replacement of fossil fuels in thermal and electric energy production. A new fuel type as biomass for energy utilisation includes ligneous plants with considerable heavy metal content. The combustion process must be controlled during the firing of significant quantities of contaminated biomass grown on brownfield lands. By implementing these measures, air pollution and further soil contamination caused by the disposal of the solid burning residue, the ash, can be prevented. For the test samples from ligneous plants grown on heavy metal-contaminated fields, an ore mine (already closed for 25 years) was chosen. With our focus on the determination of the heavy metal content, we have examined the composition of the soil, the biomass and the combustion by-products (ash, fly ash). Our results confirm that ash resulting from the combustion must be treated as toxic waste and its deposition must take place on hazardous waste disposal sites. Biomass of these characteristics can be burnt in special combustion facility that was equipped with means for the disposal of solid burning residues as well as air pollutants.     

Combustion aerosols: factors governing their size and composition and implications to human health

Particulate matter (PM) emissions from stationary combustion sources burning coal, fuel oil, biomass, and waste, and PM from internal combustion (IC) engines burning gasoline and diesel, are a significant source of primary particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in urban areas. Combustion-generated particles are generally smaller than geologically produced dust and have unique chemical composition and morphology. The fundamental processes affecting formation of combustion PM and the emission characteristics of important applications are reviewed. Particles containing transition metals, ultrafine particles, and soot are emphasized because these types of particles have been studied extensively, and their emissions are controlled by the fuel composition and the oxidant-temperature-mixing history from the flame to the stack. There is a need for better integration of the combustion, air pollution control, atmospheric chemistry, and inhalation health research communities. Epidemiology has demonstrated that susceptible individuals are being harmed by ambient PM. Particle surface area, number of ultrafine particles, bioavailable transition metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and other particle-bound organic compounds are suspected to be more important than particle mass in determining the effects of air pollution. Time- and size-resolved PM measurements are needed for testing mechanistic toxicological hypotheses, for characterizing the relationship between combustion operating conditions and transient emissions, and for source apportionment studies to develop air quality plans. Citations are provided to more specialized reviews, and the concluding comments make suggestions for further research.     

Combustion Aerosols: Factors Governing Their Size and Composition and Implications to Human Health

ABSTRACT

Particulate matter (PM) emissions from stationary combustion sources burning coal, fuel oil, biomass, and waste, and PM from internal combustion (IC) engines burning gasoline and diesel, are a significant source of primary particles smaller than 2.5 μm (PM_2.5) in urban areas. Combustion-generated particles are generally smaller than geologically produced dust and have unique chemical composition and morphology. The fundamental processes affecting formation of combustion PM and the emission characteristics of important applications are reviewed. Particles containing transition metals, ultrafine particles, and soot are emphasized because these types of particles have been studied extensively, and their emissions are controlled by the fuel composition and the oxidant-tem-perature-mixing history from the flame to the stack. There is a need for better integration of the combustion, air pollution control, atmospheric chemistry, and inhalation health research communities. Epidemiology has demonstrated that susceptible individuals are being harmed by ambient PM. Particle surface area, number of ultrafine particles, bioavailable transition metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and other particle-bound organic compounds are suspected to be more important than particle mass in determining the effects of air pollution. Time- and size-resolved PM measurements are needed for testing mechanistic toxicological hypotheses, for characterizing the relationship between combustion operating conditions and transient emissions, and for source apportionment studies to develop air quality plans. Citations are provided to more specialized reviews, and the concluding comments make suggestions for further research.