Two-dimensional modelling of deposits formation on platen superheaters in pulverized coal boilers

The 1D modeling of deposits formation is not able to describe properly the gas and particles flow in the vicinity of heat transfer tubes in boilers. Especially, the recirculation zones in the down-stream side of tubes are not possible to reproduce by the 1D models. Known applications of the CFD codes to deposition modelling were able to reproduce only the rate of particles deposition on surfaces, while for practical reasons the most important information is the shape and size of deposits, because it enables prediction of heat transfer abatement with boiler operation time. Paper presents 2D modelling of deposits on platen superheaters in pulverized coal boilers. Particularly, the observed in industrial boilers bridging of the tubes spacing was reproduced by the model in which the particle size dependence of the ash sticking probability was proposed. It has been demonstrated that the ash particles size play important role in the deposits growth mechanism.