Influence of liquid hydroxide based additives on suppression of slag formation in granulation furnaces

Abstract

The article deals with the possibility of limiting slag formation in specific heating plant boilers by adding an additive to the batch. The possibilities of reducing slag formation in energy boilers have already been investigated in laboratory conditions where the addition of the NALCO 8270 additive has not led to demonstrable results [13]. X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence of slag samples collected from granulation boilers were performed within the experiment. Furthermore, calculations of the efficiency of the boilers operated in the heat plant were performed using the indirect method. The efficiency was calculated for boilers without dosing and with additive dosing. The results show that using the additive increases the efficiency of the boiler by about 1%.