American Ref-Fuel Company (ARC) spends millions of dollars each year on corrosion related costs in the boilers. The corrosion is caused by chloride salts in the slag that deposit on the boiler tubes, coupled with the high temperatures of flue gas going through the boiler. Corrosion rates are known to be very sensitive to the flue gas temperature and velocity, surface temperature and heat flux through the slag, oxygen in flue gas distribution, etc. These parameters are primarily determined by the firing rate of the boiler, and they are also affected by combustion control and air distribution in the boiler. Some design parameters, such as surface area of refractory, tile, and inconel overlay, also affect the flue gas temperature throughout the boiler, and thereby impact corrosion.
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12th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference
May 17–19, 2004
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Solid Waste Processing Division
ISBN:
0-7918-3736-X
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Simulation and Validation of a Mass Burn WTE Boiler Using CFD Modeling
Greg Epelbaum
Greg Epelbaum
American Ref-Fuel Company, Montvale, NJ
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Greg Epelbaum
American Ref-Fuel Company, Montvale, NJ
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NAWTEC12-2205, pp. 13; 1 page
Published Online:
December 17, 2008
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Epelbaum, G. "Simulation and Validation of a Mass Burn WTE Boiler Using CFD Modeling." Proceedings of the 12th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. 12th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. Savannah, Georgia, USA. May 17–19, 2004. pp. 13. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/NAWTEC12-2205
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