waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
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dear all,
Our power station want to decrease the cost of oil waste handling. They are intender to change the waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel. Is it possible? The boiler is designed as fired coal.
I am electrical engineer, and I am not familiar with fuel-mechanincal-environmetn issue. I appreciate your helps.
Thank.
Our power station want to decrease the cost of oil waste handling. They are intender to change the waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel. Is it possible? The boiler is designed as fired coal.
I am electrical engineer, and I am not familiar with fuel-mechanincal-environmetn issue. I appreciate your helps.
Thank.





RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
However, you need to consider the location of oil guns, possible atomization of oil to improve combustion, and most important what the effects would be on boiler fouling and flue gas emissions.
RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
The boiler type is wall fired burners. I think it should have atomization device for better combution and you are right it must be difficult to find the proper location for it. I can't describe what cyclone boiler is, I don't know whether it work fine as in cyclone boiler just like Doug said. What about the dirt of the waste oil? Could you inform me about the parameters, what kind of filtered waste oil could pass to the burner? Do we need additive, in purpose of the waste oil could be burned easily?
I will have study comparison to the another power plant, could you inform me what aspects should I observe so we can get the best conclusion?
Thanks
RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
How much waste oil do your generate? If it is a small amount, I would just have it removed. You could do a cost/benefit analysis where you factor in the cost of adding a waste oil storage tank, filter, oil pump for delivery of waste oil to your oil guns and piping, and compare the benefit of fuel savings. I would bet it would be cheaper to have the waste oil sent off site.
RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
They use pulverized coal as main fuel and we use raw material/un-pulveized. The furnace design of ours is wall tube furnace with mechanical thrower type feeder. It seems we should have a lot of modification to have used oil as "fuel".
Thanks.
RE: waste lubricating oil as boiler fuel
You do not need any special equipment. A power generating unit will actually burn thousands of gallons of oil upon start-up. You need fuel oil to fire the boiler - you have oil to get rid of, so just dump it in with the fuel oil.