Co-combustion of coal and biomass in a pressurized bubbling fluidized bed
Book
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OSTI ID:355830
- Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
The use of biomass as an energy source in power plants has advantages compared to fossil fuel firing. Co-firing of biomass and coal offers additional advantages compared to exclusive biomass firing. The objective of the research described in this paper is to assess the effect of co-combustion of biomass (straw or Miscanthus Sinensis) and coal on the behavior of a pressurized fluidized bed combustor with regard to fuel feeding, fluidization, sintering, burnout, temperature distribution and the emission of harmful gaseous and solid components. Temperature and gas concentration profiles have been determined in the freeboard of the Delft 1.6 MW{sub th} PFBC test rig. The addition of up to 20% of biomass (based on heat input) has no adverse effect on the PFBC process. The feeding of the biomass is more critical than the feeding of coal, due to the more fibrous structure and the larger volumes of the biomass fuel. Dependent on the process conditions the biomass addition results locally in an increase or decrease of the temperatures. Biomass addition causes a small increase of the CO and NO and a small decrease of N{sub 2}O emissions. The influence of the biomass addition on the HCl emissions is not clear. The lower sulfur content and a larger sulfur capture efficiency result in lower SO{sub 2} emissions. The addition of biomass has a negligible influence on the combustion efficiency. A 15--30% higher cyclone catch was found for the coal/Miscanthus mixture when compared to the other fuels.
- OSTI ID:
- 355830
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9705116--; ISBN 0-7918-1557-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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