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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2016.40.1.031

Experimental Investigation into the Combustion Characteristics on the Co-firing of Biomass with Coal as a Function of Particle Size and Blending Ratio  

Sh, Lkhagvadorj (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Kim, Sang-In (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Lim, Ho (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Lee, Byoung-Hwa (PLM team, Boiler R&D center, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, LTD.)
Kim, Seung-Mo (Pusan Clean Coal Center, Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Jeon, Chung-Hwan (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.40, no.1, 2016 , pp. 31-37 More about this Journal
Abstract
Co-firing of biomass with coal is a promising combustion technology in a coal-fired power plant. However, it still requires verifications to apply co-firing in an actual boiler. In this study, data from the Thermogravimetric analyzer(TGA) and Drop tube furnace(DTF) were used to obtain the combustion characteristics of biomass when co-firing with coal. The combustion characteristics were verified using experimental results including reactivity from the TGA and Unburned carbon(UBC) data from the DTF. The experiment also analyzed with the variation of the biomass blending ratio and biomass particle size. It was determined that increasing the biomass blending ratio resulted in incomplete chemical reactions due to insufficient oxygen levels because of the rapid initial combustion characteristics of the biomass. Thus, the optimum blending condition of the biomass based on the results of this study was found to be 5 while oxygen enrichment reduced the increase of UBC that occurred during combustion of blended biomass and coal.
Keywords
Biomass Blending Ratio; Particle Size; Unburned Carbon(UBC); Oxygen Deficiency;
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