Workshop I: Overview
Day 1. Fuel Properties and Impacts on Performance
I. Introduction
II. Description of impurities in fuels (coals (all ranks), biomass,
petroleum coke, oil, and waste)
III. Methods of fuel analysis
IV. Behavior and fate in combustion and environment control systems
i. Ash formation
ii. Slag flow
iii. Wall slagging
iv. Convective pass fouling
v. Particulate control
V. Methods of slag, deposit, and ash analysis
VI. Deposit removal
VII. Predictive methods
Day 2. Ash Behavior Management
Case Study I. Variability of fuel components and on-line analysis
Case Study II. Slag flow behavior
Case Study III. Wall slag formation: Impacts of reduced phases
Case Study IV. Convective pass fouling
Case Study V. Boiler tube erosion
Case Study VI. Particulate control
Case Study VII. Bed agglomeration and ash deposition in fluidized beds