Atomization and Combustion of Petroleum Coke-Oil Mixtures (PET COM) for Application to Marine Boilers

摘要

This report documents investigatory work performed by Combustion Engineering, Inc. under U.S. Maritime Administration sponsorship on the Atomization and Combustion of Petroleum Coke-Oil Mixtures (PETCOM) for Application to Marine Boilers (MARAD Contract 81-10044). This investigation was comprised of two major tasks, cold flow atomizer testing of PET COM and combustion testing of PET COM (referred to as Task I and Task II respectively). Under Task I, three different atomizers were tested, an 'X' jet, a mechanical with assist media and a mechanical without assist media. Based upon droplet size distributions and droplet ballistics the atomizer with the best performance was chosen for the Task II combustion tests. Full scale combustion tests were then performed with a marine burner under conditions which simulated that of a typical marine boiler.