Method and apparatus for improved operation of chemical recovery boilers
AssigneeSullivan, Higgins, and Brion PPE, LLC
InventorsEugene Sullivan, Daniel R Higgins
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Abstract
A chemical recovery boilers is described in which the primary air system is reconfigured to provide aggressive charbed control and improved combustion in the lower furnace. The fewest number of primary air ports are used on two opposing walls to generate powerful air jets that penetrate across the boiler providing physical and thermal stability to the charbed while increasing the heat release and combustion stability in the lower furnace, increasing reduction efficiency, and lowering carryover and emissions. Various embodiments are described including operating strategies and multi-level black liquor injection.
Claims9
A chemical recovery boiler rectangular in plan-form draining smelt from one spout wall with no primary combustion air ports on the wall opposite the spout wall in which the spacing between individual primary ports on two walls adjacent to said spout wall shall not be less than the dimension S=0.13 times the W, the plan-form dimension of the boiler parallel to the direction of the air jet, or three feet, whichever is greater, with at least two said primary ports on each of said two walls adjacent to said spout wall with the maximum number of said primary ports on each of said walls adjacent to said spout wall no more than seven plus N where N=(D−W)/S rounded down to the next whole number and D equals the plan-form dimension of said boiler perpendicular to W, in which
- the volumetric flow and/or mass flow and/or velocity of at least one first said primary port is adjusted to be at least 25% greater or lesser than the volumetric flow and/or mass flow and/or velocity of at least one second said primary port opposite the first said primary port plus or minus three tube pitches creating a strong jet/weak jet relationship between said ports;
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- said strong jet/weak jet relationship alternates sequentially from port to port along a first wall of the boiler, said first wall adjacent to the spout wall.
A chemical recovery boiler rectangular in plan-form draining smelt from one spout wall with no primary combustion air ports on the wall opposite the spout wall in which the spacing between individual primary ports on two walls adjacent to said spout wall shall not be less than the dimension S=0.13 times the W, the plan-form dimension of the boiler parallel to the direction of the air jet, or three feet, whichever is greater, with at least two said primary ports on each of said two walls adjacent to said spout wall with the maximum number of said primary ports on each of said walls adjacent to said spout wall no more than seven plus N where N=(D−W)/S rounded down to the next whole number and D equals the plan-form dimension of said boiler perpendicular to W, in which black liquor is injected into the boiler from at least two elevations with the first elevation at least two feet above the primary port centerline elevation and no more than 12 feet above the floor of the boiler and at least three feet below the second elevation.
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