For traditional power generation fuels, the flue gas components can be viewed as continuums based on the air-to-fuel (A:F) and hydrogen-to-carbon (H:C) ratios. This paper defines those continuums for common hydrocarbon fuels (coal, natural gas and oil), in the three most common combustion systems (boilers, reciprocating engines, and gas turbines). Plotted vs. A:F in two dimensions, and then plotted vs. A:F and H:C in three dimensions, overall trends are developed for flue gas carbon dioxide and oxygen. The discussion then compares the calculation of A:F ratios in natural gas combined cycle plants with those in integrated gasification combined cycle plants. Hydrocarbon fuels with no entrained oxygen trend well in both two- and three-dimensional plots, while pure hydrogen and syngas processes do not.
ASME 2009 Power Conference
July 21–23, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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978-0-7918-4350-5
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Relation of Air-to-Fuel and Hydrogen-to-Carbon Ratios to Flue Gases in Common Power Generation Systems
Michael D. Costarell
Michael D. Costarell
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
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Michael D. Costarell
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
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POWER2009-81208, pp. 81-87; 7 pages
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September 22, 2010
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Costarell, Michael D. "Relation of Air-to-Fuel and Hydrogen-to-Carbon Ratios to Flue Gases in Common Power Generation Systems." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Power Conference. ASME 2009 Power Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. July 21–23, 2009. pp. 81-87. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2009-81208
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