Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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207093 | Fuel | 2010 | 14 Pages |
Potential substitutes of natural gas and lignite fly ash as NO and HCN reducing agents, respectively, for heterogeneous reburning were examined in a bench-scale apparatus equipped with a simulated reburning and a burnout furnace. Selection of NO reducing agent is based on fuel volatility and nitrogen functionality. HCN reducing agent selection is based on literature data. A wide range of waste materials and industrial by-products show overall NO reduction efficiency up to 88% at reburning stoichiometric ratio 0.90 or 0.95. Mixed fuel containing scrap tire and Fe2O3 is particularly effective. Though its cost is constrained by the energy-intensive operation of grinding the tire, the estimated raw-material cost is better than that of natural gas reburning and highly competitive against SCR. A first-level approximation study of the selectivities of nitrogen species to form NO in burnout zone reveals the importance of HCN and char nitrogen reaction mechanisms.