s72018 Blending of Coals in Power Stations Bright Hub Engineering + Seeman fieen + tomas + Suche beeen + SechenlEpetng * Chctel Emineiog 1 ates cone tendarneefsheoy on Considerations for Coal Blendingin = “*""7°"™*" Power Stations Coa blending in powcr stations is mainly opted to reduce the cost of igetration and increase the availability of ena, The low-grade coal ean Themixed with beter grade coal without detenortion ia thewsal performance of the boiler, thus reducing the est of generation Jn many nations the blending of high grade imported coal with low |rade high ash coals bas long been adopted, Many methods may be tse, The blending can occu tte coal mine, prperetin plan, rans= ‘shipment pont, o tthe power sation, The metho selected depends ‘pen the site conditions, the level of blending required, the quanti to bested and blended, te acciracy required, andthe end use ofthe ‘blended coal, Normally in lenge power stations henling very lange squanties of co, he stacking mod with lly meenanzed system followed To decide to blend o nos, iis very imporant to understand he composition ofthe coals that ars tobe blended. Ths means re will Ihave to understand the origin of os, the xganie and inorganic chemistry of coal, an the behavior ofthe coals in questions. It hs been tablished tha coals produced bythe dit cheory of coal formation and foals formed bythe samp theory of coal formation have tobe blended ‘with eaution, The main difference i hat oa Formed by dit theory ‘esis prosounced regional variation in hckness and quality of ‘cams They als have enormously hig ash content wilh saying Inorganic caemistry. The organic of ft ongin coal sso present, problems ssinly because the vegetation tat ea the forming ofthe {al difted fom diferent places having diffrent kind of vegstation In ontrast te coals forme by the samp teary ave much more uniform organic properties and much lower ash cstent With consistent ‘organic chemistry. During combustion, itis necessary to understand the physial conditions and coal properties during heating of the pails, devostaliston, ignition and combustion of the volatile mate, and igmiion and combustion of he char Its also equally inportan to Kxow the phase anges in mineral mater and ote inorganic presenti coal. The ombustion ficiency and carton Toss wil have tobe also addressed during blending of coals. tis also necessary to look into the aspects of “ageing fouling, nd emission characterise like NOx, Sox, and particulates. Because ofthe complexity of the combustion process and the number of ‘arabes involved (which ace sll at uly undertones ical to https: brghthubengineering.com/powerplanis/31233-considerations-or-coa-blendingin-power-stations! asi72018 cxrapat sal sele results to afl eal power plat, Thus, bperatonal experience wit «wide range of plant confgurtions with ‘ry of coal Teedsack i eset for detorsning the racial snidicance of results ftom beach and plo ~scle tats, Mo published research about how the behavior ofthe oals and coal lends Utlized in ets der from thei actual performance ix power station boilers is eared, Predicting te rsk of spontaneous combustion of coal stocks is another aspect of curren fuel quality esearch, In addition tothe inherent, dasgers, uncontrolled buring can fad to the release of pollutants. Tae sconomic issues associated with the [os ofa valuable energy resource so concer. For more basi information, reed about how coal power plans generate lsc by burning coal and find some her interesting facts about the proces. ‘The presence of race elements in coal combustion has also recived ineteeed tention thoughout the word ding the ls few yea, with cements soch as mereuy of particular concer One way 1 reduce trae clement emissions cleaning the eal pio to combustion. The tse of clear cols — tose with lower ash snd sulfur content can fave the added avanage of rubstantially reducing operating costs ‘Agnin, however, some elects may be detrimental (arh deposition may ‘be exacerbated, andthe effets on corosion and preipiator perfomance ee uncertain), which makes testing Vil as bon fond fiom field dats tat even fhe blended ‘resembles the design col for he bor, the blend need not ‘same way. This is mainly da the uaneformain of inorganic particles daring combustion and the way in which th organics are {spersed in cua, Himtation to Bonding coals ite compactly of ‘the coals themselves, end problems are mot likely when Bending” peszopraphclly diffrent cous or coals with different ash chemistry. NNon-aditveproperses make blend evalution for power generation inherently complex. More work is ruired on understanding how the inorganic componcnss of coals inthe Blend intcract and how i affects ash behavior inluding its emit relestivity, and ermal conduct Blending dosision should be based onthe knowledge ofthe specifi ‘besavior ofa given pai of coals, ruler than a assumption of ica ‘variasion of propertin wth bien action. Tho over more stringent cousins placed on coal-fired power stations woriwide andthe continuing developmant of new technoloes meats tht the sue of ‘ul quality smprovemont wil remain a prisary fcr. About the Author DeVTSathyanathan sa boiler consultant wih 5 years of experience in various areas of high pressure boiler woubl shooting. He holds PAD in coal combustion in boilers Related Resding (Coal Fosmasion Thetis - Coal may be defined ssa compact stratified ‘mass of pant debris whiek hasbeen modified chemically ata physically Dy natrlaponcies, incspersed with sialler amount of inorganic ‘mater. In sis and Drift are the two majo theories of ool formation ‘Coal Pulvsising in Boers -Pulvrizing coal fora boiler is very important factor in overall yee efficiency. There re many types oF pulvrizots available, bur proper selection wll ensure consistent boiler and eyele ellcieney This hes in earbon-ionide reduction per million units of lesticty gencrated, Reading a Coal Flame in Tangential ising Boilers tna tangential coal red bolt, the rue ata a single burer and otis required to Took a and underiand dhe quality of ie Mae, Tis necessaty to sar ‘fom the contol ror ofthe boiler, then goto the ail, fumasce, bottom ashand Wy ssh reas and sad all dtl ‘lagging and Deposition n Coal Fzed Bole - Deposition and slaging in coal fied boilers can bea mor ease for poor performance and ‘sometimes low availa ofthe unit Here we look at some ofthe considerations involved. Related Articles on this Site https: brghthubengineering.com/powerplanis/31233-considerations-or-coa-blendingin-power-stations! Blending of Coals in Power Stations 218si72018 Blending of Coals in Power Stations ast Sah i SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW: RELATED TOPICS : Ene Power es . 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