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Coal is an important energy source whose consumption increases continuously. One of the many ways to use coal is coal blending, which is a very effective technique in power stations. However, coal blending generates unsuspected problems, one of which is ash deposition that causes slagging and fouling. In fact, most blends accelerate and generate heavier ash depositions than their parent coals.This work investigates the characteristics of ash behavior including fusibility and deposition when blending both bituminous and subbituminous coals in a pulverized coal combustion. Two coals used in Japan were used for this study: bituminous (Bit-A) and subbituminous coal (Sub-A). In order to investigate, the blending ratio was changed. A Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) and a Drop tube furnace (DTF) were used for ash fusibility and deposit, respectively. Ash components were determined using X-ray fluorescence at the coal research center of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., in Japan. These tests revealed that as the blending ratio of Sub-A increased, fusibility in the TMA and the melting propensity increased. Capture efficiency and energy-based growth increased with the blending ratio, and were highest at 80%. Finally, a new approach based on the relation between ash fusibility and deposit derived for predicting adhesion tendency on blended coals was created by deriving the relation between the fusibility and deposit results that affected slag formation.

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