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Reduction of fuel-NO by increased operating pressure in a laboratory-scale coal gasifier

✍ Scribed by Kenneth M. Nichols; Paul O. Hedman; Angus U. Blackham


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
779 KB
Volume
69
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-2361

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✦ Synopsis


Measurements

of NO during laboratory-scale gasification of a Utah bituminous coal verified that small increases in pressure (from 1 to 2 atm) at constant residence time resulted in dramatic decreases in effluent NO levels. Tests were conducted at 3 target levels of pressure (1, 2 and 4 atm) and 2 target levels of residence time (450 and 900 ms). Oxygen-to-coal ratio for all tests was 0.90 (stoichiometric ratio SR =0.45). The dominant factor in causing lower efIluent NO levels was the increased kinetic rate of NO decay.