Study of main combustion characteristics for biomass fuels used in boilers

The declining reserves and fluctuating prices of fossil fuels led to intensive search for an alternative to replace or complement petroleum derivates as main fuel resource. In this context biomass appears as an attractive feedstock, because of that a comprehensive characterization is needed, focusing morphological study, using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and particle size distribution, composition with X-ray dispersive energy (EDX), thermal analyses, using thermogravimetry and combustion gas analysis, to select the best behavior as a fuel from six biomass samples (almond shell, rice husk, straw, vegetable coal, wine pomace and a randomly chosen commercial brand of wood pellets) trying to comb all the range of commercial fuels most commonly available in the Spanish solid biofuel market.

[1]  A. Espina,et al.  Model-free kinetics applied to sugarcane bagasse combustion , 2006 .

[2]  A. Demirbas,et al.  Combustion characteristics of different biomass fuels , 2004 .

[3]  J. F. González,et al.  Study of the emissions and kinetic parameters during combustion of grape pomace: Dilution as an effective way to reduce pollution , 2012 .

[4]  J. Koppejan,et al.  The Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-firing , 2008 .

[5]  Roberto García,et al.  Characterization of Spanish biomass wastes for energy use. , 2012, Bioresource technology.

[6]  V. Strezov,et al.  Computational calorimetric investigation of the reactions during thermal conversion of wood biomass. , 2004 .

[7]  Mirko Schoenitz,et al.  Morphology and composition of the fly ash particles produced in incineration of municipal solid waste , 2002 .

[8]  Hanzade Haykiri-Acma,et al.  Combustion characteristics of different biomass materials , 2003 .

[9]  Klaus R. G. Hein,et al.  Effect of co-combustion of biomass on emissions in pulverized fuel furnaces , 1998 .

[10]  Weihong Yang,et al.  Coffee husks gasification using high temperature air/steam agent , 2010 .

[11]  Rafael Moliner,et al.  Effect of the pyrolysis process on the physicochemical and mechanical properties of smokeless fuel briquettes , 2001 .

[12]  Calvin Mukarakate,et al.  Current technologies for analysis of biomass thermochemical processing: a review. , 2009, Analytica chimica acta.

[13]  S. Rojas,et al.  Emissions from thermal degradation of pellets with different contents of olive waste and forest residues , 2010 .

[14]  B. M. Gibbs,et al.  Thermal analysis and devolatilization kinetics of cotton stalk, sugar cane bagasse and shea meal under nitrogen and air atmospheres. , 2009, Bioresource technology.

[15]  J. Keskinen,et al.  Fine particle size distributions of seven different combustion power plants , 1998 .

[16]  A. Bridgwater,et al.  Kinetic study on thermal decomposition of woods in oxidative environment , 2009 .

[17]  Larry L. Baxter,et al.  Biomass fly ash in concrete: Mixture proportioning and mechanical properties , 2008 .

[18]  Hartmut Spliethoff,et al.  TG-FTIR characterization of coal and biomass single fuels and blends under slow heating rate conditions: Partitioning of the fuel-bound nitrogen , 2010 .

[19]  E. Eddings,et al.  Examination of the combustion conditions of herbaceous biomass , 2009 .

[20]  Ayhan Demirbas,et al.  Biomass conversion processes , 1997 .

[21]  José Luis Míguez,et al.  Mathematical modelling of the combustion of a single wood particle , 2006 .

[22]  Aysel T. Atimtay,et al.  Co-combustion of peach and apricot stone with coal in a bubbling fluidized bed , 2008 .

[23]  I. Obernberger,et al.  Physical characterisation and chemical composition of densified biomass fuels with regard to their combustion behaviour , 2004 .

[24]  B. Sundén,et al.  Investigation on the effects of fly ash particles on the thermal radiation in biomass fired boilers , 2008 .

[25]  S. Küçükbayrak,et al.  Comparison of the thermal reactivities of isolated lignin and holocellulose during pyrolysis , 2010 .

[26]  José Ignacio Arranz,et al.  Characterization of grape pomace and pyrenean oak pellets , 2011 .

[27]  Enrico Biagini,et al.  Size and structural characterization of lignin-cellulosic fuels after the rapid devolatilization , 2008 .

[28]  Richard J Ball,et al.  Characterisation and use of biomass fly ash in cement-based materials. , 2009, Journal of hazardous materials.

[29]  A. Atimtay,et al.  Peach and apricot stone combustion in a bubbling fluidized bed , 2005 .

[30]  V. Batra,et al.  Physico-chemical characterisation of Indian biomass ashes , 2008 .

[31]  RajenderKumar Gupta,et al.  Characterising ash of biomass and waste , 2007 .

[32]  J. C. Kapoor,et al.  Estimation of gaseous products and particulate matter emission from garden biomass combustion in a simulation fire test chamber , 2004 .

[33]  Qiang Yao,et al.  N2O emission under fluidized bed combustion condition , 2003 .

[34]  W. Permchart,et al.  Fluidized bed combustion of pre-dried Thai bagasse , 2005 .

[35]  Li Dong,et al.  Experimental study of NO reduction over biomass char , 2007 .

[36]  Changkook Ryu,et al.  Effect of fuel properties on biomass combustion. Part II. Modelling approach—identification of the controlling factors , 2005 .

[37]  L. Angelini,et al.  Thermal analysis of biomass and corresponding pyrolysis products , 1996 .

[38]  Juan F. Pérez,et al.  Effect of biomass particle size and air superficial velocity on the gasification process in a downdraft fixed bed gasifier. An experimental and modelling study , 2008 .

[39]  Iain S. Donnison,et al.  Influence of particle size on the analytical and chemical properties of two energy crops , 2007 .

[40]  L. S. Esteban,et al.  Optimization of pelletisation and combustion in a boiler of 17.5 kWth for vine shoots and industrial cork residue , 2009 .

[41]  Christoffer Boman,et al.  Effects of raw material particle size distribution on the characteristics of Scots pine sawdust fuel pellets , 2008 .

[42]  J. Jokiniemi,et al.  Particulate emissions from large-scale medium-speed diesel engines: 1. Particle size distribution , 2011 .

[43]  J. H. Slaghuis,et al.  The use of thermogravimetry in establishing the Fischer tar of a series of South African coal types , 2004 .

[44]  A. Biswas,et al.  Change of pyrolysis characteristics and structure of woody biomass due to steam explosion pretreatme , 2011 .

[45]  M. V. Gil,et al.  Thermal behaviour and kinetics of coal/biomass blends during co-combustion. , 2010, Bioresource technology.

[46]  Tzong-Horng Liou,et al.  Evolution of chemistry and morphology during the carbonization and combustion of rice husk , 2004 .