Evaluation of date palm residues combustion in fixed bed laboratory reactor: A comparison with sawdust behaviour

Yassine Elmay, Mejdi Jeguirim, Sophie Dorge, Gwenaëlle Trouvé and Rachid Said

Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 62, issue C, 209-215

Abstract: Combustion tests of five date palm Tunisian residues, namely: Date Palm Leaflets (DPL), Date Palm Rachis (DPR), Date Palm Trunk (DPT), Date Stones (DS) and Fruit-stalk Prunings (FP), were performed in a laboratory scale furnace. Gaseous emissions such as CO2, CO, VOC, NOx and SO2, were analysed at 600 °C under 30–60 NL/h flow rate. Obtained results were compared with sawdust combustion behaviour in order to select the most convenient biofuel for an application in domestic boiler installations.

Keywords: Date palm residues; Sawdust; Combustion; Fixed bed reactor; Gaseous emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.07.007

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