Non-corrosive treatment to enhance pressurized and non-pressurized pulvarized coal combustion
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNicholas Blandford, Libardo Perez
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Abstract
Methods and compositions for inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces in a furnace system are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, pulverized coal is burned as fuel in the presence of a copper ion catalyst/combustion aid. Corrosion is inhibited in these systems by the use of a blend of primary aminoalcohol such as 2-aminoethanol, tertiary aminoalcohol such as triethanol amine, and boric acid or water soluble salt form of the acid.
Claims18
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces in a furnace wherein coal is burned as a fuel, said method comprising burning said coal in the presence of a corrosion inhibiting treatment comprising an aminoalcohol.
In a method in which pulverized coal is burned as a fuel in a furnace in the present of copper to enhance the operation of the furnace, the improvement comprising also burning said coal in the presence of a corrosion inhibiting treatment, said treatment comprising 2-aminoethanol, triethanolamine and boric acid or water soluble thereof.
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