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Characterization of Microstructure and Thermal property of Ash Deposits on Fire-side Boiler Tube

  • Bang, Jung Won (Energy & Environmental Material Division, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Yoon-Joo (Energy & Environmental Material Division, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Geun (Energy & Environmental Material Division, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Younghee (Energy & Environmental Material Division, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Ryong (Energy & Environmental Material Division, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology) ;
  • Baek, Chul-Seoung (Department of Research and Development, Korea Institute of Limestone and Advanced Materials) ;
  • Kwon, Woo-Teck (Energy & Environmental Material Division, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
  • Received : 2016.03.17
  • Accepted : 2016.10.06
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

Ash deposition of heat exchange boiler, caused mainly by accumulation of particulate matter, reduces heat transfer of the boiler system. Heat and mass transfer through porous media such as ash deposits mainly depend on the microstructure of deposited ash. Therefore, in this study, we investigated microstructural and thermal properties of the ash deposited on the boiler tube. Samples for this research were obtained from the fuel economizer tube in an industrial waste incinerator. To characterize microstructures of the ash deposit samples, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and BET analysis were employed. The results revealed that it had a porous structure with small particles mostly of less than a few micrometers; the contents of Ca and S were 19.3, 22.6% and 18.5, 18.7%, respectively. Also, the results showed that it consisted mainly of anhydrite ($CaSO_4$) crystals. - The thermal conductivities of the ash deposit sample obtained from the economizer tube in industrial waste incinerator were measured to be 0.63 and 0.54 W/mK at $200^{\circ}C$, which were about 100 times less than the thermal conductivity (61.32 W/mK) of the boiler tube itself, indicating that ash deposition on the boiler tube was closely related to a decrease in boiler heat transfer.

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