Combustion Systems

INTRODUCTION Complying with emissions limits imposed by the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) to reduce emissions of SO2 and NOx from US power plants turns out to be one of the most important short-term challenges faced by the Thermal Power Sector. By 2014, the EPA expects that this rule will

INTRODUCTION Increasingly stringent worldwide environmental legislation is requiring the coal power sector to install high-efficiency abatement technologies to comply with the pollutant emission limits imposed by the applicable national standards. At the same time, the industrial sector is also required to take into account profitability criteria, not only in the

INTRODUCTION The adequate measurement of Loss On Ignition (LOI) in pulverized coal boilers is an issue of the utmost importance for optimizing all-round boiler operation, as this parameter has direct influence on efficiency and marks the limit to establish targeted boiler tunings for NOx minimization. Additional benefits are those related

ABSTRACT The paper presents the industrial results of an optimization program developed at different European coal-fired units with tangential, front-wall and arch-fired boilers. The objective of this program has been the joint optimization of heat rate and NOx emissions by the application of an innovative approach consisting in the accurate

ABSTRACT This paper presents the fundamentals and outcomes of the novel Layered Solutions Approach, developed by INERCO, an engineering company based at Spain, along with its Polish associate partner KWANT and the collaboration of the Austrian firm INTEGRAL. This technology is aimed at the abatement of NOx emissions below 200

Novel’ control’-scheme optimizes operations and reliability of combustion units. New technologies enable optimizing combustion processes for hydrocarbon processing facilities. Economic and environmental drivers require improving operating efficiency while mitigating emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx)’ carbon monoxide (CO) and particulates. “Smoother” operations increase the safety for combustion units.

Abstract This paper presents the fundamentals of a novel technological approach called Controlled Furnace, which is commercialised by INERCO, an engineering company based at Seville (Spain), in collaboration with KWANT, a monitoring system supplier, based at Krakow (Poland), under the name ABACO (Advanced Boiler Automation for Combustion Optimisation). This technology