JPS61175401A - Method of feeding coal to boiler - Google Patents
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Abstract
(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた
め要約のデータは記録されません。(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.
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【発明の詳細な説明】 (産業上の利用分野) 本発明はボイラへの給炭方法に関するものである。[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a method of feeding coal to a boiler.
(従来の技IIII)
第3図に従来技術の実施フローを示す、流動床ボイラl
は流動床燃焼部21の底部に、多数の給炭吹込管4を介
して燃料としての細粒炭及び脱硫剤れる。吹込まれた輸
送物は押込送風機2から流動空気配管3を介して供給さ
れる空気で流動状態を保持しつつ強制攪拌されるため、
燃焼性能は極めて優れている。(Conventional technique III) Figure 3 shows the implementation flow of the conventional technique.
Fine coal as a fuel and a desulfurizing agent are fed to the bottom of the fluidized bed combustion section 21 through a large number of coal feed pipes 4. The blown material is forcibly stirred while maintaining a fluid state with air supplied from the forced air blower 2 through the fluidized air pipe 3.
The combustion performance is extremely good.
さて、従来方式の給炭フローを以下に説明する0図示し
ない原炭受入バンカに受入れられ°た原炭は、石炭乾燥
機、破砕機を通じて所定の粒度。Now, the coal feeding flow of the conventional method will be explained below.The raw coal received by the raw coal receiving bunker (not shown) is passed through a coal dryer and a crusher to a predetermined particle size.
水分に調整された後、細粒炭ホッパ10に貯蔵される。After being adjusted to moisture content, it is stored in the fine charcoal hopper 10.
一方、石灰石も同工程の後又は所定の粒度。On the other hand, limestone is also processed after the same process or has a predetermined particle size.
水分に調整されたものを購入して石灰石ホッパ9に貯蔵
される。各々のホッパに貯蔵された細粒炭及び石灰石は
、ボイラの使用条件に合致した量を各々切り出され、混
合された後一次給炭配管11に供給される。一方、ブー
スターブロア8で送られてくる空気は、ヘッダ7、搬送
空気供給配管6を通して一次給炭配管11に供給され、
細粒炭1石灰石等を空気輸送する。尚、空気輸送条件は
輸送空気量調整装置12でボイラー使用条件に合致した
条件に設定制御される。The moisture-adjusted product is purchased and stored in the limestone hopper 9. The fine coal and limestone stored in each hopper are cut out in amounts that meet the usage conditions of the boiler, mixed, and then supplied to the primary coal feed pipe 11. On the other hand, the air sent by the booster blower 8 is supplied to the primary coal feeding pipe 11 through the header 7 and the conveying air supply pipe 6.
Pneumatically transport fine charcoal 1 limestone, etc. Note that the air transport conditions are set and controlled by the transport air amount adjusting device 12 to conditions that match the boiler usage conditions.
一次給炭配管11と給炭吹込管4の間には、流体分配器
5が設けられ、1本の一次給炭配管で輸送′されてきた
細粒炭と石灰石を多数の給炭吹込管4に均等に分配して
いる。所定の分配数に分配された輸送物は、流動床ボイ
ラlの底部から吹込まれ燃焼する。A fluid distributor 5 is provided between the primary coal feeding pipe 11 and the coal feeding pipe 4, and the fine coal and limestone transported through one primary coal feeding pipe are transferred to a large number of coal feeding pipes 4. are evenly distributed. The transported materials distributed into a predetermined number of distributions are blown into the bottom of the fluidized bed boiler 1 and combusted.
(発明が解決しようとする問題点)
従来技術の問題点を説明する前に、流動床ボイラlに使
われる流体分配器5に要求される性能を以下に説明する
。(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Before explaining the problems of the prior art, the performance required of the fluid distributor 5 used in the fluidized bed boiler 1 will be explained below.
流動床ボイラ1は細粒炭と石、灰石を同時に吹込んで8
50〜850℃の範囲内で燃焼させることにより、NO
xの発生及びSowの脱硫を行いつつ高効率燃焼を可能
にした無公害ボイラである。この目的を達成するための
条件として個々の給炭吹込管における層粒炭中S分と石
灰石の比率が一定であり、かつ細粒炭と輸送空気との混
合比率が0.8〜1.0の範囲に入っていることが必要
である。Fluidized bed boiler 1 injects fine coal, stone, and ashes at the same time.
By burning within the range of 50-850℃, NO
This is a pollution-free boiler that enables highly efficient combustion while generating x and desulfurizing sow. The conditions for achieving this purpose are that the ratio of S content and limestone in the bed granule coal in each coal feeding pipe is constant, and the mixing ratio of fine coal and transport air is 0.8 to 1.0. must be within the range.
この理由は流動床ボイラ内で脱硫するためには、細粒炭
中5分に見あった石灰石が必要であるからである。又、
細粒炭と輸送空気との混合比・率が変ると、細粒炭中の
揮発可燃分と輸送空気との混合比率が変り、流動床ボイ
ラに吹込まれた直後の揮発分燃焼により、炉内温度分布
が均一にならず、NOxの発生(温度の高い領域)、石
炭の燃焼不良による未燃分の増大(低温領域)等好まし
くない事象が発生するからである。The reason for this is that for desulfurization in a fluidized bed boiler, limestone equivalent to 50% of fine coal is required. or,
When the mixing ratio of fine coal and transport air changes, the mixture ratio of volatile combustible content in fine coal and transport air changes, and the combustion of volatile content immediately after being blown into the fluidized bed boiler causes the combustion of volatile matter in the furnace. This is because the temperature distribution is not uniform, and undesirable phenomena such as the generation of NOx (in high temperature regions) and an increase in unburned coal due to poor combustion of coal (in low temperature regions) occur.
以上の事象を左右するのが流体分配器5の性能である。The performance of the fluid distributor 5 influences the above phenomena.
流体分配器5は従って細粒炭と石灰石の混合比率を極カ
一定に保持しつつ必要な給炭吹込管本数に固気比(細粒
炭と輸送空気の比率)一定になる様に、いかに精度よく
分配するかでその優劣が決定される。Therefore, the fluid distributor 5 maintains the mixing ratio of fine coal and limestone at an extremely constant level and maintains the solid-air ratio (ratio of fine coal to transport air) to the required number of coal feeding pipes. Its superiority or inferiority is determined by how accurately it is distributed.
第2図に従来型流体分配器の断面図を示す、従来の流体
分配器の分配精度と使用条件の関係は、本発明者等の研
究の結果では下記の傾向を有していることが判った。Figure 2 shows a cross-sectional view of a conventional fluid distributor.As a result of the research conducted by the present inventors, it has been found that the relationship between the dispensing accuracy and usage conditions of the conventional fluid distributor has the following tendency. Ta.
1)給炭配管33内気体流速が速くなるほど分配精度が
悪くなる。1) The faster the gas flow rate in the coal feeding pipe 33, the worse the distribution accuracy becomes.
2)流体分配器内塔部32の平均空塔上昇流速が速くな
るほど分配精度が悪くなる。2) The higher the average upward flow velocity of the fluid distributor inner column 32, the worse the distribution accuracy becomes.
3)流体分配器の給炭配管33から供給される輸送物の
固気比が小さくなるほど分配精度が悪くなる。3) The smaller the solid-gas ratio of the transported material supplied from the coal supply pipe 33 of the fluid distributor, the worse the distribution accuracy becomes.
一方従来の給炭システムの輸送固気比、管内流速は第3
図に示す様に輸送空気量調整装置12でボイラ使用条件
の固気比0.8〜1.0になる機制御している。又輸送
管路内流速は、石炭粒子の堆積防止のため従来20膳/
S以上の流速がとられている。On the other hand, the transportation solid-air ratio and pipe flow velocity of the conventional coal feeding system are
As shown in the figure, the transport air amount adjusting device 12 controls the boiler to achieve a solid-air ratio of 0.8 to 1.0 under operating conditions. In addition, the flow rate in the transport pipe is conventionally set at 20 m/s to prevent the accumulation of coal particles.
The flow rate is higher than S.
以上述べてきた様に流体分配器の分配精度を満足する条
件とボイラでの使用条件が異るにもかかわらず、給炭シ
ステムにおける空気量調整装置は従来システムでは輸送
空気量調整装置12一式しか具備していないため下記問
題点を有している。As mentioned above, although the conditions for satisfying the distribution accuracy of the fluid distributor and the conditions for use in the boiler are different, in the conventional system, the air amount adjustment device in the coal feeding system is only one set of transportation air amount adjustment device 12. Because it is not equipped with the following, the following problems arise.
(イ)一次給炭配管11の固気比0.8〜1.0で安定
空気輸送を達成するために管内流速が20m/s以上必
要となり、配管摩耗が激しく、かつ、配管に径が大1ビ
か41go4111薯−謂1勝〉も恵ビかスーV 詩備
信頼性も劣る。(b) In order to achieve stable air transport with a solid-air ratio of 0.8 to 1.0 in the primary coal feeding pipe 11, the flow velocity in the pipe is required to be 20 m/s or more, which causes severe wear on the pipe, and the pipe has a large diameter. 1 Bi or 41 go 4111 薯 - so-called 1 win〉 and Ebi or Su V Shibi reliability is also inferior.
(ロ)流体分配器5の給炭配管内固気比が小さいため1
分配器度が悪くボイラ内での温度分布の偏差が大きくな
り、Now、SOxの発生が増えかつ燃焼効率も低下す
る。(b) Because the solid-air ratio in the coal feed pipe of the fluid distributor 5 is small, 1
The distributor quality is poor, and the deviation in temperature distribution within the boiler increases, the generation of Now and SOx increases, and the combustion efficiency decreases.
い)固気比が0.8〜1.0であるため輸送物を搬送す
るための空気量が多くなり、輸送設備(配管、弁類、流
体分配器等)が大きくなる。b) Since the solid-air ratio is between 0.8 and 1.0, the amount of air required to transport the transported object increases, and the transport equipment (pipes, valves, fluid distributors, etc.) becomes larger.
本発明の給炭方法は一次給炭配管11.給炭吹込管4系
の二系統に、各々空気量調整システムを装備することに
より従来システムの問題点を解決せんとするものである
。The coal feeding method of the present invention includes the primary coal feeding pipe 11. The aim is to solve the problems of the conventional system by equipping each of the four coal feed blowing pipe systems with an air amount adjustment system.
(発明の構成・作用) 第1図に本発明による給炭システムの一実施例を示す。(Structure and operation of the invention) FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a coal feeding system according to the present invention.
本発明の構成は従来システムで設けられていた一次給炭
配管輸送空気量調整装置12の他に、給炭吹込管空気量
調整装置13を設置することにより、一次給炭配管11
.流体分配器5.給炭吹込管4の輸送条件又は分配条件
を最適点に調整可能にするものである。The configuration of the present invention is such that, in addition to the primary coal feeding pipe transportation air amount adjusting device 12 provided in the conventional system, a coal feeding pipe air amount adjusting device 13 is installed, so that the primary coal feeding pipe 11
.. Fluid distributor5. This allows the transportation conditions or distribution conditions of the coal feed blowing pipe 4 to be adjusted to the optimum point.
本発明の機能を以下に説明する。The functions of the present invention will be explained below.
給炭吹込管4によって流動床ボイラに吹込まれる輸送物
(石炭9石炭灰1石灰石等)は、図示しないホッパ(例
えば第3図に示す細粒炭ホッパ10、石灰石ホッパ9又
は石灰石ホッパ等)からの機械的切出し又は流動化切出
し等によって、輸送物供給管41を通して一次給炭配管
11に供給される。The materials to be transported (coal, 9 coal ash, 1 limestone, etc.) that are blown into the fluidized bed boiler by the coal feed pipe 4 are transferred to a hopper (for example, a fine coal hopper 10, a limestone hopper 9, a limestone hopper, etc. shown in FIG. 3), not shown. The coal is supplied to the primary coal feed pipe 11 through the transported material supply pipe 41 by mechanical cutting or fluidized cutting from the coal.
一方、一次給炭配管l!に供給された輸送物を空気輸送
するための空気は、図示しないエア源よりヘッダ7に供
給され、!I2送空気供給配管6.一次給炭配管輸送空
気量調整装置12を介して一次給度配管11に供給され
、輸送物は空気輸送される。この時供給する空気量は一
次給炭配管11および流体分配器5の摩耗対策、設備費
の低減、低運転費。On the other hand, the primary coal supply piping! Air for pneumatically transporting the goods supplied to the header 7 is supplied from an air source (not shown) to the header 7, and ! I2 air supply piping 6. The coal is supplied to the primary feed pipe 11 via the primary coal feed pipe transportation air amount adjusting device 12, and the transported material is pneumatically transported. The amount of air supplied at this time is to prevent wear of the primary coal feed pipe 11 and fluid distributor 5, reduce equipment costs, and lower operating costs.
分配性能等総合的に検討して決定できる。Decisions can be made after comprehensive consideration of distribution performance, etc.
一次給炭配管11は流体分配器5に接続され、ここで必
要な給炭吹込管本数に輸送物は均等分配される。この時
輸送物の粒度分布、比重等により分配性能を達成するた
めの流体分配器入口流速、固気比、器内平均空塔上昇流
速等が変る。この条件を最適値にし分配精度を達成する
ために、必要な固気比が供給空気量決定に大きく寄与す
る。The primary coal feed pipe 11 is connected to a fluid distributor 5, where the transported material is evenly distributed to the required number of coal feed pipes. At this time, the flow rate at the inlet of the fluid distributor, the solid-air ratio, the average upward flow rate in the vessel, etc. to achieve the distribution performance change depending on the particle size distribution, specific gravity, etc. of the transported material. In order to optimize this condition and achieve distribution accuracy, the required solid-air ratio greatly contributes to determining the amount of air to be supplied.
次に、流体分配器で均一分配された輸送物は、多数の給
炭吹込管4を介して流動床ボイラに吹込まれる0本発明
では給炭吹込管の途中に、給炭吹込管空気量調整装置1
3がら空気を注入して、流動床ボイラの燃焼に最適な固
気比に調整している。Next, the transported materials uniformly distributed by the fluid distributor are blown into the fluidized bed boiler via a large number of coal feed blowing pipes 4. In the present invention, the amount of air in the coal feed pipe is Adjustment device 1
Air is injected into the boiler to adjust the solid-gas ratio to the optimum level for combustion in the fluidized bed boiler.
給炭吹込管空気量調整装置13から吹込まれる空気量は
、最適固気比にするための空気量から一次給炭配管11
の空気量を引いた空気量が理想的であるが、前の空気量
比率が小さく給炭吹込管の固気比にあまり影響しない値
であれば、独立して調整しても良い。The amount of air blown from the coal feed pipe air amount adjustment device 13 is determined from the amount of air to achieve the optimum solid-air ratio to the primary coal feed pipe 11.
Ideally, the air amount is obtained by subtracting the air amount from the previous air amount ratio, but it may be adjusted independently if the previous air amount ratio is small and does not significantly affect the solid-air ratio of the coal feeding pipe.
本発明者等の実験では、一次給炭配管の固気比20、従
って流体分配器内固気比20.給炭吹込管の固気比0.
8で給炭システムは安定した性能を発揮した。この時の
空気量調整を下記すると、一次給考配管輸送空気量は、
輸送物供給管41より供給された輸送物の重量より固気
比20になる空気量を演算させて、空気量調整装置に指
令信号を出して自動調整させた。In experiments conducted by the present inventors, the solid-gas ratio in the primary coal feeding pipe was 20, and therefore the solid-gas ratio in the fluid distributor was 20. The solid-air ratio of the coal feed pipe is 0.
8, the coal feeding system demonstrated stable performance. The air volume adjustment at this time is shown below, and the primary feed pipe transport air volume is:
The amount of air that would give a solid-air ratio of 20 was calculated from the weight of the object supplied from the object supply pipe 41, and a command signal was issued to the air amount adjustment device to automatically adjust it.
次に給炭吹込管空気量調整装置13から供給する空気量
は、輸送物供給管から供給される輸送物の重量より固気
比0.83になる様演算させて自動調整させた。Next, the amount of air supplied from the coal feed blowing pipe air amount adjusting device 13 was calculated and automatically adjusted to a solid-air ratio of 0.83 based on the weight of the material to be transported from the material supply pipe.
尚、水供給システムは流動床ボイラの全セルに一系統で
対応するものではなく1セル又は数セルに1系統設置さ
れる。Note that the water supply system is not one system that corresponds to all cells of the fluidized bed boiler, but one system is installed for one cell or several cells.
(発明の効果)
本発明によれば、一次給炭配管11および給炭吹込管4
で必要な空気量条件を任意に設定制御できるため下記効
果が得られた。(Effect of the invention) According to the present invention, the primary coal feeding pipe 11 and the coal feeding pipe 4
Since the necessary air volume conditions can be set and controlled as desired, the following effects were obtained.
イ)一次給炭配管の輸送条件として高濃度(固気比20
)、低流速(5■/s )の採用が可能となったため配
管の摩耗が大幅に軽減され、配管に径が小さくでき、輸
送空気量が低減され、大幅な設備費および運転費の削減
、設備信頼性が向上できた。b) High concentration (solid-air ratio 20
) and low flow velocity (5 s/s), pipe wear is significantly reduced, the diameter of the pipe can be made smaller, the amount of air to be transported is reduced, and equipment costs and operating costs are significantly reduced. Equipment reliability was improved.
口)跡&心じ興5の分配精度がゼイ→負酋麿勤(関係な
く安定して達成できるため、ボイラのNO!。Mouth) The distribution accuracy of Ato & Shinjiko 5 is high → Negative control (No matter what, it can be achieved stably, so boiler NO!).
SOx発生量が低位安定し、かつ石炭の燃焼効率が向上
した。The amount of SOx generated stabilized at a low level, and coal combustion efficiency improved.
ハ)給炭吹込管の最適固気比がボイラ負荷変動に関係な
く安定して達成できるため、ボイラのNO!。c) Since the optimum solid-air ratio of the coal feed pipe can be stably achieved regardless of boiler load fluctuations, boiler NO! .
SOx発生量が低位安定し、かつ石炭の燃焼効率が向上
した。The amount of SOx generated stabilized at a low level, and coal combustion efficiency improved.
二)空気量調整装置13を追加したため、使用空気圧が
下り空気源を各々独立して設けることにより、空気源設
備の消費電力が軽減された。2) The addition of the air volume adjustment device 13 reduces the air pressure used, and by providing each air source independently, the power consumption of the air source equipment is reduced.
第1図は本発明による給炭システムの一実施例、第2図
は従来型の流体分配器、第3図は従来型の給炭システム
の一実施例を示す。
1・・・流動床ボイラ、2・・・押込送風機、3・・・
流動空気配管、4・・・給炭吹込管、5・・・流体式分
配器、6・・・搬送空気供給配管、7・・・ヘッダー、
8・・・ブースタブロア、9・・・石灰石ホッパ、lG
・・・細粒炭ホッパ、 11・・・一次給炭配管、12
・・・一次給度配管輸送空気量調整装置、13・・・給
炭吹込管空気量調整装置、21・・・流動燃焼部、22
・・・ボイラーセル、31・・・円錐部、32・・・円
塔部、33・・・給炭配管、34・・・分配枝管。
35・・・ 板、41・・・輸送物供給管。FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a coal feeding system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a conventional fluid distributor, and FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a conventional coal feeding system. 1... Fluidized bed boiler, 2... Forced blower, 3...
Flowing air piping, 4... Coal feed blowing pipe, 5... Fluid type distributor, 6... Conveying air supply piping, 7... Header,
8... Booster blower, 9... Limestone hopper, lG
...Fine coal hopper, 11...Primary coal feeding pipe, 12
. . . Primary feed pipe transport air amount adjustment device, 13 . . . Coal feed blowing pipe air amount adjustment device, 21 .
... Boiler cell, 31 ... Cone part, 32 ... Round column part, 33 ... Coal feed pipe, 34 ... Distribution branch pipe. 35... Plate, 41... Transportation supply pipe.
Claims (2)
を配置しかつボイラに流体輸送によって輸送物を吹込む
ようにしてなるボイラへの給炭方法において、 前記一次給炭配管および給炭吹込管の各々から供給され
る流体量を独立して調整し得るようにしたことを特徴と
するボイラへの給炭方法。(1) In a method for feeding coal to a boiler, which comprises arranging at least a primary coal feeding pipe, a fluid distributor, and a coal feeding pipe, and blowing the transported material into the boiler by fluid transport, the primary coal feeding pipe and the coal feeding pipe are A method for feeding coal to a boiler, characterized in that the amount of fluid supplied from each pipe can be adjusted independently.
量は、一次給炭配管に供給された輸送物の重量に対して
それぞれ所定の固気比になるように調整する特許請求の
範囲第1項記載の給炭方法。(2) A claim in which the amount of fluid supplied from the primary coal feeding pipe and the coal feeding pipe is adjusted to have a predetermined solid-air ratio with respect to the weight of the transported object supplied to the primary coal feeding pipe. The coal feeding method described in paragraph 1.
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