 An experimental study of combustion and emissions of biomass pellets in a prototype pellet furnaceMurari Mohon Roy, Animesh Dutta and Kenny Corscadden Applied Energy, 2013, vol. 108, issue C, 298-307 Abstract: This study presents combustion and emission results obtained using a prototype pellet furnace with 7–32kW capacity (designed for burning high ash content pellet fuels) for four biomass pellets: one grass pellet and three wood pellets. Fuel property, gas emissions and furnace efficiency are compared. In regard to fuel properties, proximate analysis, ultimate analysis and heating values are determined and emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) are measured and compared. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used for ash analysis. No ash agglomeration was observed and ash discharge was in the form of powder instead of lumped particles, which are usually observed for high ash biomass fuel. The results suggest that grass pellets can successfully be combusted with similar performance and emissions to that of other wood pellets if burned in appropriate combustion installations. Keywords: Pellet furnace; Grass pellets; Wood pellets; Combustion and emissions; Fuel characterization; Ash analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:108:y:2013:i:c:p:298-307 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.044 Access Statistics for this article Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier |
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