An overview of processes and considerations in the modelling of fixed-bed biomass combustion

Hassan Khodaei, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, Ferdinando Guzzomi and Guan H. Yeoh

Energy, 2015, vol. 88, issue C, 946-972

Abstract: Biomass fuel is an environmentally friendly renewable energy source and carbon-neutral (non-fossil) fuel alternative. To facilitate its wider uptake, significant efforts are undertaken to model and experimentally study biomass combustion processes, in both industrial-scale (grate fired) and small-scale (lab-scale) combustors. In many studies, the core aim is to better understand the relationship between thermal conversion processes (drying, pyrolysis, char conversion) and their interrelationship to combustor performance (efficiency, emissions, process temperatures, scale formation, and instabilities). However, due to the complexity of solid fuel (particle) conversion and fuel bed behaviour, precise modelling of all aspects of biomass fixed-bed combustion is not readily achievable.

Keywords: Review; Biomass; Fixed-bed; Thermal conversion; Combustion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.099

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