CONVERSION OF PEAT AND COAL NITROGEN THROUGH HCN AND NH3 TO NITROGEN-OXIDES AT 800-DEGREES-C

Authors
AHO MJ HAMALAINEN JP TUMMAVUORI JL
Citation
Mj. Aho et al., CONVERSION OF PEAT AND COAL NITROGEN THROUGH HCN AND NH3 TO NITROGEN-OXIDES AT 800-DEGREES-C, Fuel, 72(6), 1993, pp. 837-841
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Fuel → ACNP
ISSN journal
00162361
Volume
72
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
837 - 841
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-2361(1993)72:6<837:COPACN>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The conversion of fuel nitrogen through HCN and NH3 to nitrogen oxides (N2O, NO and NO2) was studied using an entrained-flow reactor at 800- degrees-C with one coal and four peats at 5 and 1% 02. The O/N ratios of the fuels were between 7 and 20. A clear dependence was found betwe en the HCN/NH3 ratio measured just after the vigorous pyrolysis step a nd the N2O/NO ratio in the flue gas when these were plotted as a funct ion of the initial O/N ratio of the fuel.