Effect of microwave pretreatment on the combustion behavior of lignite/solid waste briquettes

Y. Li, M.Q. Chen, Q.H. Li and Y.W. Huang

Energy, 2018, vol. 149, issue C, 730-740

Abstract: Lignite is one of common applied fossil fuels worldwide, and solid wastes like biomass as well as sewage sludge are promising alternatives of fossil fuels. The isothermal combustion performances of lignite/solid wastes (eucalyptus bark and sewage sludge) briquettes between 500 °C and 800 °C in a bench-scale fixed bed furnace were examined based on a macro-thermogravimetric analysis approach. Compared with untreated samples, the average combustion rates of lignite and sewage sludge with the microwave treatment decreased, while those for treated eucalyptus bark increased. The drying, devolatilization and char combustion processes overlapped in the isothermal combustion for all samples. The treated lignite had a high aromatic hydrocarbon, while both the treated sewage sludge and eucalyptus bark had high hydroxyl and methyl group (CH3). After the microwave pretreatment, the fuel rank of lignite was prompted, while that for eucalyptus bark and sewage sludge degraded. Through the microwave pretreatment, the activation energies of lignite, sewage sludge, and eucalyptus bark grew from 15.45 to 21.20 kJ mol−1, 18.23–20.77 kJ mol−1, and 13.27–14.22 kJ mol−1. The study can provide some basic data for the energy utilization of lignite and solid wastes.

Keywords: Isothermal combustion; Lignite; Solid waste; Microwave pretreatment; Kinetics; Fixed bed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.02.087

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