Co-combustion of coal and biomass in pulverized fuel and fluidized bed systems -- Activities and research in Europe
Biomass or sewage sludge utilized as additional fuel in coal combustion systems has consequences on combustion behavior, emissions, corrosion, and residual matter. Therefore, at the beginning of 1993 the European Union within the frame of the APAS program launched a project called ``Combined Combustion of Biomass/Sewage Sludge and Coal''. Within this project, the effects of burning sewage sludge and agricultural residuals such as straw and manure as well as specially grown energy plants in combination with coals of various ranks and origin were studied for the most common large-scale systems in order to establish both the optimum and the technically achievable process modifications necessary for co-combustion. Based on the experience of the APAS program, the objective of a further EU-co-funded project titled ``Operational problems, trace emissions and by-product management for industrial biomass co-combustion'' was to concentrate the research effort on the problem areas like slagging, fouling, corrosion, ash utilization and trace emissions for different co-combustion systems and carefully investigate technical options to avoid these negative effects. The solution of these technical problems is essential for a technically and economically feasible and environmentally advantageous co-combustion and will promote a widespread utilization of existing biomass resources. The project provides a comparison of different biomass co-utilization concepts with regard to fouling, slagging, corrosion, ash utilization and trace emissions. In detail the project incorporated biofuels like wood, wood pulp, bark, straw, wood matter from pressed olive stones and sewage sludge. The major operational problems like slagging, fouling and corrosion were investigated in both PF and CFB units of various scales. Finally the effect of co-combustion on the by-product management - handling, utilization and disposal are evaluated and compared with a pure coal or pure biomass combustion system, respectively. As a further approach to avoid the above problems of co-utilization the pretreatment of biomass to remove the undesired components before combustion has been investigated by washing, pyrolysis or gasification prior to combustion. The potential of utilization the gaseous product from pyrolysis or gasification as reburn fuel for NO reduction was evaluated.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Stuttgart (DE)
- OSTI ID:
- 20082209
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Sixteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (US), 10/11/1999--10/15/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating systems required: Windows 95/98; Windows 3.X, Macintosh; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Sixteenth annual international Pittsburgh Coal Conference: Proceedings, [2000] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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