Integrated modeling of coking flue gas indices based on mechanism model and improved neural network

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Yaning Li ◽  
Xuelei Wang ◽  
Jie Tan

Focusing on the first domestic coking flue gas desulfurization and denitration integrated unit in China, the current condition of inlet flue gas indices cannot be determined timely owing to the large detection lag and complex upstream coking process, which is extremely unfavorable for the optimal control of desulfurization and denitration process. In order to solve this problem, an intelligent integrated modeling method of flue gas SO2 concentration, O2 content and NOx concentration is proposed. Firstly, the gas flow diagram in combustion process is built, the mechanism models of SO2, NOx concentration and O2 content are established according to the principle of material balance and reaction kinetics, respectively. Then the RBF neural network is adopted to compensate the prediction error, an improved training algorithm combining optimal stopping principle and dual momentum adaptive learning rate is proposed to improve the training speed and generalization ability of neural network. Based on the practical data of two 55-hole and 6-meter top charging coke ovens in the coking group, the effectiveness and superiority of proposed model and method are verified by simulation via comparison of various methods.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2961
Author(s):  
Nikola Čajová Kantová ◽  
Alexander Čaja ◽  
Marek Patsch ◽  
Michal Holubčík ◽  
Peter Ďurčanský

With the combustion of solid fuels, emissions such as particulate matter are also formed, which have a negative impact on human health. Reducing their amount in the air can be achieved by optimizing the combustion process as well as the flue gas flow. This article aims to optimize the flue gas tract using separation baffles. This design can make it possible to capture particulate matter by using three baffles and prevent it from escaping into the air in the flue gas. The geometric parameters of the first baffle were changed twice more. The dependence of the flue gas flow on the baffles was first observed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and subsequently verified by the particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) method. Based on the CFD results, the most effective is setting 1 with the same boundary conditions as those during experimental PIV measurements. Setting 2 can capture 1.8% less particles and setting 3 can capture 0.6% less particles than setting 1. Based on the stoichiometric calculations, it would be possible to capture up to 62.3% of the particles in setting 1. The velocities comparison obtained from CFD and PIV confirmed the supposed character of the turbulent flow with vortexes appearing in the flue gas tract, despite some inaccuracies.


2013 ◽  
Vol 746 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Cristian Dinca ◽  
Adrian Badea ◽  
Horia Necula

The objective of this paper consists to identify the influence of absorption process temperature and pressure on the energy requirement of the CO2 chemical capture process. The study aimed to reducing CO2 emissions from coal combustion process in the circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC). The post-combustion CO2 capture process was analyzed using primary amine MEA in the following conditions: the ratio L/G was varied between 0.45..1.6 kgliquid/kggas keeping constant the flue gas flow and varying the solvent flow between 500 .. 1 600 kg/h. The CO2 capture process efficiency was maintained constant around 90%. For a concentration of 30% MEA in solution, it was observed that when the absorber solution temperature increasing from 32 to 49 °C, the amount of heat required for the solvent regeneration increased from 2.1 to 3.3 GJ/tCO2 according to the solvent pressure and flue gas pressure respectively. On the other hand, for varying the absorber solvent pressure in the range 1.1 .. 2.1 atm, the heat required by the process was not significantly influenced. Considering the same variation of the absorber solvent temperature, the rich loading solvent was increased from 0.43 to 0.57 mol CO2/mol MEA and consequently the MEA capacity of CO2 absorption from 0.3 to 0.422 molCO2/mol MEA.


Mechanika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-300
Author(s):  
Žilvinas ULDINSKAS ◽  
Vytautas DAGILIS

Growing environmental restrictions in energy production industry calls for greater efficiency and cleaner fuel burning processes. Biomass (wood chips) as a fuel is in great demand for boiler and power plants as it is considered widely available and relatively clean. While combining woodfuel flue gas and condensing economizers significantly raises the efficiency and makes it even more viable solution for energy production although the biomass fuel usage still has reservations in waste heat, which could be utilized. The calculation algorithm is presented for evaluation of subcooled biomass flue gas components concentration values which determine the leftover heat energy value carried by flue gas flow. Several cases of biomass quality (regarding moisture w=45%, 50%, 55% and 60%) and combustion process quality (regarding air excess value λ=1,2; 1,5; 1,8) in the flue gas temperature range of 50 to 20°C and effects for flue gas internal dynamic were examined. It was determined that water vapour amount depends only on temperature, while every other component concentration change with different air excess and temperature values. It was observed that further usage of biomass flue gas could result in up to 13% additional heat energy recovery for 1MW of fuel input, system combination together with condensing economizers could result in up to 31% of heat energy recovery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 302 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Dararat Laohalertdecha ◽  
Kampanart Theinnoi ◽  
Sak Sittichompoo

Nowadays, global warming is the main environmental problems all over the world. The air pollutants mainly from the burning of fossil fuels and coal in power plants, transportation, and automobiles. There are release major point emission of the atmosphere. The nitrogen oxides are the most relevant for air pollution that contribute to the formation of photochemical smog and acid rain. Numerous methods have been studied to eliminate the nitrogen oxides such as the use low-nitrogen fuels technology, the selective catalytic reduction (SCR), wet scrubbing. The aim of this research is investigated non-thermal plasma (NTP) techniques offer an innovation to eliminate both nitrogen oxide (NOx) and soot emissions from combustion. This study is used to selectively transfer input electrical energy to electrons without expending this in heating the entire gas flow which creates free radicals in the flue gases. The simulated flue gas from combustion process is applied to the system. The results showed that the prototype of nonthermal plasma system is shown the highly efficient of NOx removal was achieved. However, the optimised of NTP operating conditions are required to enhance the NOx reduction activities.


Author(s):  
Mark Pe´rilleux ◽  
Dirk Eeraerts

The implementation of the European-directive requiring a residence time of at least two seconds at a temperature above 850°C (1562°F), the change in waste characteristics, and the pursuit of higher thermal efficiencies has pushed many of the existing WtE plants in Europe to their operational limits. Most existing WtE plants were not designed to operate under these conditions and may require modifications to the combustion system. Within the SEGHERS better technology (SEGHERS) company, the SEGHERS-IBB-Prism was developed to deal with the cause of these problems, which are essentially related to insufficient mixing and burnout of the flue gases in the combustion area. In the Boiler Prism the flue gas flow is divided into two parallel flows prior to entering the first radiant pass of the boiler. This division is achieved by means of a prism shaped construction, which is water-cooled and integrated with the natural circulation system of the boiler. Additional secondary air injection nozzles are fitted in the prism. This technology results in a more uniform flue gas temperature and a complete combustion of the flue gas immediately above the prism. In the Bonn Plant, these improvements in the combustion process resulted in a decrease of the fireside cleaning requirements of more than 50%.


Author(s):  
Guangwu Tang ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Chenn Q. Zhou

Carbon monoxide (CO) boilers play an important role in the petroleum refining industry, completing the combustion of CO in the flue gas generated by the regeneration of fluidized cracking catalyst. The heat released by the CO combustion is used to generate steam for use in the refinery. The flue gas flow path can have a significant effect on the thermal efficiency and operation safety of the boiler. In this paper, a CO boiler which had been experiencing low thermal efficiency and high operation risks was studied. A three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed with detailed description on the combustion process, flow characteristics and heat transfer. The results obtained from the model have good agreement with the plant measurement data. The heat transfer between the tubes and the combustion flue gas was optimized by adding a checker wall.


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