Method and device for predicting ash adhesion in coal-fired boiler, method and device for preventing ash adhesion in coal-fired boiler, and method and device for operating coal-fired boiler

An device for predicting ash adhesion in a coal-fired boiler comprising

• a coal-ash generator for ashing coal into coal ash,
• a sintered-ash generator for heating the coal ash generated in said coal-ash generator at a plurality of temperatures within a combustion temperature range in the coal-fired boiler to generate sintered ash at each of the heating temperatures,
• a ratra tester for rotatively separating each sintered ash generated in said sintered-ash generator,
• a sticking-degree calculator for calculating a sticking degree from a weight ratio of each sintered ash after and before the rotary separation thereof by said ratra tester,
• a correlation determiner for burning each coal having a corresponding sticking degree calculated in said sticking-degree calculator in the coal-fired boiler to measure the exhaust gas temperature to thereby determine a correlation between sticking degrees and exhaust gas temperatures,
• an exhaust-gas-temperature predictor for predicting an exhaust gas temperature from a sticking degree of coal to be employed as fuel on the basis of the correlation between the sticking degrees and the exhaust gas temperatures obtained in said correlation determiner and
• an adhesion predictor for predicting ash adhesion in the coal-fired boiler on the basis of the exhaust gas temperature predicted in said exhaust-gas-temperature predictor.

A method for preventing ash adhesion in a coal-fired boiler comprising

• a coal-ash generating step for ashing coal into coal ash,
• a sintered-ash generating step for heating the coal ash generated in said coal-ash generating step at a plurality of temperatures within a combustion temperature range of the coal-fired boiler to generate sintered ash at each of the heating temperatures,
• a sticking-degree calculating step for rotatively separating each sintered ash generated in said sintered-ash generating step by a ratra tester to calculate a sticking degree from a weight ratio of the sintered ash after and before the rotary separation thereof,
• a correlation determining step for burning each coal having a corresponding sticking degree calculated in said sticking-degree calculating step in the coal-fired boiler to measure an exhaust gas temperature to thereby determine a correlation between sticking degrees and exhaust gas temperatures and
• a coal selecting step for selecting coal having a sticking degree as fuel so as to provide an exhaust gas temperature not higher than a set value on the basis of the correlation between the sticking degrees and the exhaust gas temperatures obtained in said correlation determining step.

A device for preventing ash adhesion in a coal-fired boiler comprising

• a coal-ash generator for ashing coal into coal ash,
• a sintered-ash generator for heating the coal ash generated in said coal-ash generator at a plurality of temperatures within a combustion temperature range of the coal-fired boiler to generate sintered ash at each of the heating temperatures,
• a ratra tester for rotatively separating each sintered ash generated in said sintered-ash generator,
• a sticking-degree calculator for calculating a sticking degree from weight ratio of each sintered ash after and before the rotary separation thereof by said ratra tester,
• a correlation determiner for burning each coal having a corresponding sticking degree calculated in said sticking-degree calculator in the coal-fired boiler to measure an exhaust gas temperature to thereby determine a correlation between sticking degrees and exhaust gas temperatures and
• a coal selector for selecting coal as fuel with a sticking degree as fuel so as to provide an exhaust gas temperature not higher than a set value on the basis of the correlation between the sticking degrees and the exhaust gas temperatures obtained in said correlation determiner.

A method for operating a coal-fired boiler comprising

• a coal-ash generating step for ashing coal into coal ash,
• a sintered-ash generating step for heating the coal ash generated in said coal-ash generating step at a plurality of temperatures within a combustion temperature range of the coal-fired boiler to generate sintered ash at each of the heating temperatures,
• a sticking-degree calculating step for rotatively separating each sintered ash generated in said sintered-ash generating step by a ratra tester to calculate a sticking degree from a weight ration of the sintered ash after and before the rotary separation thereof,
• a correlation determining step for burning each coal having a corresponding sticking degree calculated in said sticking-degree calculating step in the coal-fired boiler to measure an exhaust gas temperature to thereby determine a correlation between sticking degrees and exhaust gas temperatures,
• an exhaust-gas-temperature predicting step for predicting an exhaust gas temperature from a sticking degree of coal to be employed as fuel on the basis of the correlation between the sticking degrees and the exhaust gas temperatures obtained in said correlation determining step and
• a combustion-time adjusting step for adjusting a combustion time of said coal on the basis of the exhaust gas temperature predicted in said exhaust-gas-temperature predicting step.

A device for operating a coal-fired boiler comprising

• a coal-ash generator for ashing coal into coal ash,
• a sintered-ash generator for heating the coal ash generated in said coal-ash generator at a plurality of temperatures within a combustion temperature range of the coal-fired boiler to generate sintered ash at each of the heating temperatures,
• a ratra tester for rotatively separating each sintered coal generated in said sintered-ash generator,
• a sticking-degree calculator for calculating sticking degree from weight ratio of each sintered ash after and before the rotary separation thereof by said ratra tester,
• a correlation determiner for burning each coal having a corresponding sticking degree calculated in said sticking degree calculator in the coal-fired boiler to measure an exhaust gas temperature to thereby determine a correlation between sticking degrees and exhaust gas temperatures,
• an exhaust-gas-temperature predictor for predicting an exhaust gas temperature from a sticking degree of coal to be employed as fuel on the basis of the correlation between the sticking degrees and the exhaust gas temperatures obtained in said correlation determiner and
• a combustion-time adjuster for adjusting a combustion time of said coal on the basis of the exhaust gas temperature predicted in said exhaust-gas-temperature predictor.