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Combustion, supplementary firing

The supplemental combustion in HRSG systems takes place in a burner which usually is located in the flue gas stream going to the HRSG. However, some systems because of high firing requirements and low O2 in the flue gas, may require to be fired externally to the flue gas stream and may reuire additional combustion air. The types of burners and how they function are not covered in detail in this section. The amount of heat released can be easily calculated for a gas when we know the composition of the fuel and the heating values of the various components. For liquid fuels, the heating values are obtained by a calorimeter test. From these values and using the standard combustion equation, we can determine the composition of the flue gas leaving the burner. As an example, the combustion of methane could be stated :

CH4 + 2O2 --- > CO2 + 2H2O

Of course for fuel gases containing many more components and burning in flue gas rather than pure oxygen, the equation gets more complicated. Therefore, a task that in itself is quite simple, becomes a burden to do by hand, but can be easily accomplished by a simple computer program. The heating values normally used in HRSG design are the LHV, lower heating values. To try some calculations, click the button below to open another window to do some fuel combustion calculations:
Supplemental Firing Calculator

The following Lower Heating Values(LHV) are used in this script: Component Btu/lb Component Btu/lb Component Btu/lb CH4 N-C4H10 I-C5H12 H2 C C3H6 H2O 21,520 C2H6 19,680 I-C4H10 19,478 C6H14 51,623 N2 14,093 S 19,691 C4H8 0 O2 20,432 C3H8 19,629 N-C5H12 19,403 CO 0 3,983 CO2 C2H4 19,944 19,517 4,347 0 20,295 17,480 6,545

19,496 C6H6 0 H2S

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