ABSTRACT
Oxy-fuel combustion is becoming a promising technology for capturing CO2 from coal-fired power plants. However, the majority of research activities so far have been focused on pulverized fuel (PF) combustion. Several studies have shown that there are no technical barriers for the construction of oxy-fuel PF combustors. The results of these studies were summarized by Buhre et al.1 with remarks to some operational concerns including ignition and flame stability and a reduction of net electrical power efficiency (∼9 percentage points).
