Effect of unburned carbon content in fly ash on the retention of 12 elements out of coal-combustion flue gas

• Published in: Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2012-09, Vol.24 (9), p.1624-1629
• Main Authors: Bartoňová, Lucie, Čech, Bohumír, Ruppenthalová, Lucie, Majvelderova, Vendula, Juchelková, Dagmar, Klika, Zdeněk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - chemistry; CaO; Carbon - chemistry; Coal - analysis; Coal Ash - chemistry; coal combustion; emissions; fluidised bed; Power Plants; retention; trace elements; unburned carbon; 元素; 烟气; 煤炭燃烧; 相关系数; 碳含量; 通用电气; 飞灰
• ISSN: 1001-0742; 1878-7320
• DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60981-9

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether unburned carbon particles present in fly ash can help in the retention of S, Cl, Br, As, Se, Cu, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Rb, and Pb out of flue gas during the coal combustion at fluidised-bed power station where the coal was combusted along with limestone. The competitive influence of 10%-25% CaO in fly ashes on the distribution of studied elements was studied as well to be clear which factor governs behaviour of studied elements. Except of S （with significant association with CaO） and Rb and Pb （with major affinity to A1203） the statistically significant and positive correlation coefficients were calculated for the relations between unburned carbon content and Br （0.959）, Cl （0.957）, Cu （0.916）, Se （0.898）, Ni （0.866）, As （0.861）, Zn （0.742）, Ge （0.717）, and Ga （0.588） content. The results suggest that the unburned carbon is promising material in terms of flue gas cleaning even if contained in highly calcareous fly ashes.