LCS ? Lab scale Combustion Simulator

The Lab-scale Combustion Simulator at ECN is an advanced drop tube furnace used to  characterise pulverised fuel combustion and gasification.  Typical issues that can be addressed include burnout, reactivity, (fly)ash formation and quality, slagging and fouling as well as corrosion.

Feedstocks tested include a large variety of coals and biomass (e.g. wood, sewage sludge, meat and bone meal,  olive residue, straw etc.) pure as well as in blends.

Technical information (combustion/gasification) Max. flame temperature: 1650 / 2250 ?C Max. furnace temperature: 1750 ?C Particle heating rate: 105 - 106 ?C/s Residence time: 2.5 / 0.5 s Typical fuel feedrate:1- 4 g/h Feeding/sampling equipment Electronically-controlled brush/ram feeder Quenched particle sampling probe Filters and cascade impactor for PM sampling PUF absorber for PAH and PCDD/Fs sampling Deposition probes: for HT slagging and initial corrosion studies and heatflux investigations Optical access/video registration Additional information Dr. Rob Korbee ECN, The Netherlands Tel. +31 224 56 4707 korbee@ecn.nl

 
Particle sampling probes                             Deposition probe with heatflux sensors

 
Pre-mixed flat-flame gas burner for 
high heating rates