Simultaneous diagnostics of fuel moisture content and equivalence ratio during combustion of liquid and solid fuels

Alexey Sepman, Yngve Ögren, Jonas Wennebro and Henrik Wiinikka

Applied Energy, 2022, vol. 324, issue C, No S0306261922010212

Abstract: The precise control of bio-based combustion is challenging due to the varying composition and moisture content of the fuels, difficulties in achieving stable fuel feeding, and complex underlying thermochemical processes. We present simultaneous online diagnostics of two combustion parameters, the equivalence ratio and fuel moisture content, in a pilot-scale environment. The parameters were evaluated by analysing the H2O and CO2 concentrations. These were measured using a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer (exhaust) and tuneable diode laser (TDL) absorption spectroscopy (combustion chamber) in pilot-scale diesel and pulverized biomass combustion. Liquid H2O was added into the combustion chamber to represent fuel moisture. The equivalence ratio of diesel and wood combustion was varied by adjusting the flows of combustion air in a staged manner or by using rapid periodic variations (on the order of seconds). The moisture fuel levels calculated using the measured fuel and water flow rates (flow method) and the FTIR and TDL H2O and CO2 concentrations agree within 3% (absolute) for both fuels. The TDL and FTIR equivalence ratios agreed quantitatively for both diesel and biomass combustion. However, close to stoichiometry, the TDL values for biomass are up to 15% lower than the FTIR values, indicating ongoing combustion at the location of the TDL measurements.

Keywords: Entrained flow reactor; Biomass; Equivalence ratio; Fuel moisture content; tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119731

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