The
supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) power cycle
circulating fluidized bed (CFB) integrated with pressurized combustion
is a promising power generation technology with high efficiency and
low exhaust heat discharge. In multiphase particle-in-cell (MP-PIC) simulations, a 3-D Eulerian–Lagrangian
model with a coal combustion process was developed to investigate
the combustion characteristics in CFB with S-CO2 wall boundaries
under the pressurized conditions of 0.3–0.9 MPa compared with
the atmospheric pressure condition (0.1 MPa), with the distribution
of pressure, temperature, heat flux, pollution emissions, as well
as boiler efficiency being comprehensively illustrated. Furthermore,
effects of the excess air ratio corresponding to various pressures
on combustion characteristics were deeply analyzed. Results showed
that the pressurized combustion compared with the atmospheric pressure
condition offered an enhanced combustion and heat transfer, lower
pollution emissions, and increased combustion efficiency. Increasing
the operating pressure obviously increased the furnace temperature
and heating surfaces heat flux, indicating the enhancement of combustion
and heat transfer, and meanwhile, emissions of CO, NO, and N2O decreased. Additionally, increasing the operating pressure contributed
to the significant improvement of highly efficient coal combustion
and the reduction of heat loss, and increasing the excess air ratio
could also increase the combustion efficiency by up to 2.65% with
more pronounced elevation at lower pressure.