Ideal stoker for refuse or biomass-derived pelletized fuel

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5225349

Audette, L G

As originally conceived, the project called for modification of existing, commercially available stoker components. We experienced substantial delays in procurement, caused by supply backlogs and a major fire at the plant which ultimately provided the main stoker frame. Added to the problems was the bankruptcy of the L.W. Gay Stoveworks, where the project was to be located. Ultimately, parts were assembled and a combustion chamber was constructed at the Leyden Energy Corporation of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. A firing chamber with provision for measuring various physical and combustion parameters was constructed. The stoker, with appropriate modifications, was installed. Combustion analysis equipment was procured, and coal and wood pellets were stoked in order to test the effectiveness of the modifications. This report describes the configuration of the demonstration stoker and its modifications, as well as the testing exercise performed over the course of the project. 10 figs.

• Research Organization: Audette (Louis G.), Brattleboro, VT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG41-80R110339
• OSTI ID: 5225349
• Report Number(s): DOE/R1/10339-T1; VT-80-001; ON: DE86000336
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
STOKERS
CONFIGURATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
COAL
COMBUSTION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FURNACES
MODIFICATIONS
PELLETIZING
PELLETS
WOOD WASTES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
FABRICATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MOLDING
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
SOLID WASTES
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
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