A critical review of ash slagging mechanisms and viscosity measurement for low-rank coal and bio-slags  

作　　者：Md Tanvir ALAM Baiqian DAI Xiaojiang WU Andrew HOADLEY Lian ZHANG 

机构地区：[1]Department of Chemical Engineering,Monash University,Clayton,Victoria 3800,Australia [2]R&D Division,Shanghai Boiler Works Co.Ltd.,Shanghai 200245,China

出　　处：《Frontiers in Energy》2021年第1期46-67,共22页能源前沿（英文版）

基　　金：This work was financially supported by the Australian Research Council(ARC)under its Industrial Research Training Hub(IH170100009)scheme for the joint project between Monash University and Shanghai Boiler Works Co Ltd.Md Tanvir Alam would like to thank Monash University for his Ph.D Scholarship。

摘　　要：Gasification or combustion of coal and biomass is the most important form of power generation today.However,the use of coal/biomass at high temperatures has an inherent problem related to the ash generated.The formation of ash leads to a problematic phenomenon called slagging.Slagging is the accumulation of molten ash on the walls of the furnace,gasifier,or boiler and is detrimental as it reduces the heat transfer rate,and the combustion/gasification rate of unburnt carbon,causes mechanical failure,high-temperature corrosion and on occasions,superheater explosions.To improve the gasifier/combustor facility,it is very important to understand the key ash properties,slag characteristics,viscosity and critical viscosity temperature.This paper reviews the content,compositions,and melting characteristics of ashes in differently ranked coal and biomass,and discusses the formation mechanism,characteristics,and structure of slag.In particular,this paper focuses on low-rank coal and biomass that have been receiving increased attention recently.Besides,it reviews the available methodologies and formulae for slag viscosity measurement/prediction and summarizes the current limitations and potential applications.Moreover,it discusses the slagging behavior of different ranks of coal and biomass by examining the applicability of the current viscosity measurement methods to these fuels,and the viscosity prediction models and factors that affect the slag viscosity.This review shows that the existing viscosity models and slagging indices can only satisfactorily predict the viscosity and slagging propensity of high-rank coals but cannot predict the slagging propensity and slag viscosity of low-rank coal,and especially biomass ashes,even if they are limited to a particular composition only.Thus,there is a critical need for the development of an index,or a model or even a measurement method,which can predict/measure the slagging propensity and slag viscosity correctly for all low-rank coal and biomass ashes.

关 键 词：SLAG VISCOSITY BIOMASS low-rank coal combustion GASIFICATION 

分 类 号：TQ536.4[化学工程—煤化学工程]