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INTRODUCTION<br />

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF COAL-FIRED<br />

FLUIDIZED-BED BOILER<br />

Bao Dong-wen and Ruan Yi-shao<br />

Research and Development Division<br />

Dong-fang Boiler Works<br />

Zigong, Shichuan, China<br />

The power industry in many countries is now facing a problem: how to achieve<br />

<strong>the</strong> inevitable shift from oil and n<strong>at</strong>ural gas to <strong>coal</strong> and low-grade <strong>coal</strong>s<br />

while remaining in compliance with <strong>the</strong> regul<strong>at</strong>ory limits on emissions.<br />

Fluidized-bed combustion (FBC) has demonstr<strong>at</strong>ed its potential to solve this<br />

problem, because it has <strong>the</strong> advantages <strong>of</strong> adaptability to low-grade <strong>coal</strong>s and<br />

feasibility for sulfur emissions control. Due to FBC's rel<strong>at</strong>ively low com-<br />

bustion temper<strong>at</strong>ures, NOx emissions from a fluidized bed are lower than those<br />

from conventional furnaces.<br />

As a new technology it is n<strong>at</strong>ural th<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong>re are many technical problems to be<br />

investig<strong>at</strong>ed and difficulties to be overcome in <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong><br />

fluidized-bed boilers (FBB).<br />

Since 1971, Dong-fang Boiler Works (DBW) has carried out developmental work in<br />

FBB in <strong>the</strong> following areas:<br />

o Combustion efficieacy.<br />

o Arrangement <strong>of</strong> floidized-bed he<strong>at</strong>ing surfaces.<br />

o Immersed superhe<strong>at</strong>er.<br />

0 Erosion <strong>of</strong> immersed tubes.<br />

o Start-up <strong>of</strong> fluidized bed.<br />

A 463 x 324 mm FBC test unit was built to investig<strong>at</strong>e methods <strong>of</strong> improving<br />

<strong>the</strong> combustion efficiency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> FBB. L<strong>at</strong>er, a 24 t/h stoker-fired boiler<br />

was converted into an FBB by DBW. It has now been successfully oper<strong>at</strong>ed for<br />

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