Nitric Oxide Formation During Pulverized Coal Combustion
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Combustion Science and Technology
- Vol. 28 (1) , 31-40
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00102208208952538
Abstract
Data on the overall conversion of coal-nitrogen to NOx were obtained at 1250 K and 1750 K for a residence time of one second. The conversion of coal-nitrogen to NOx decreased monotonically with increasing fuel/oxygen equivalence ratio and decreased slightly with increasing temperature. Oxidation experiments were also carried out on char in order to separate the contribution to NOx emissions of the char from that of the volatiles. The char used was prepared by the pyrolysis of coal at a temperature and residence time corresponding to those of oxidation experiments. The conversion to NOx of char-nitrogen was lower than the corresponding value for coal-nitrogen. It was found that volatilized nitrogen compounds accounted for a major fraction of NOx produced from coal-nitrogen, especially at high temperatures and low fuel/oxygen equivalence ratios.Keywords
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