Pulverized Coal‐Fired Boilers

Abstract The sections in this article are Introduction PC Combustion and PC Fired Boiler Physical Properties of PC Particles Conventional Layout of a PC Boiler Heating Surfaces and Water‐Vapor Path in a PC Boiler Heat Transfer Calculation Procedure of a PC Boiler Some Theories Theoretical Air and Coefficient of Excess Air Heat Balance and Efficiency of a PC Boiler Ignition of PC Particles Char Combustion NO x Formation Mechanisms Thermal NO Fuel NO PC Fired Furnace Furnace Layout and Firing Type Cross‐Section Heat Release Rates Selection Volumetric Heat Release Rates Selection Empirical Heat Transfer Calculation in the Furnace General Introduction Heat Input to the Furnace Emissivity of the Flame and the Furnace Empirical Heat Transfer Calculation in the Furnace PC Fired Burners General Introduction Arrangement of Burners Low NO x burners ( LNB ) Examples of LNBs Boat‐Shaped Bluff‐Body Burner Double PA Channel Burner DRB Burner WR Burner PM Burner and Vertical Rich/Lean Louver Damper Burner and Bias Combustion In‐Furnace HTAC Burner Outlook Summary