Abstract
Fast devolatilization experiments of coal and biomass fuels have been carried out using a heated wire mesh setup integrated within an FTIR spectrophotometer for in-situ gas analysis. A bituminous coal and slaughter/poultry biomass residues, currently utilized in the Dutch power sector as secondary fuels in coal-fired utilities, have been studied. The influence of peak temperature (500-1300 °C), heating rate (600-1000 K/s) and hold time at peak temperature on the devolatilization has been investigated. Particular emphasis was given to characterize the fuel-bound nitrogen partitioning of these fuels as a function of the various operating parameters. The results suggest that, for combustion applications, the effectiveness of primary measures for NOx control can be enhanced when biomass fuels are co-fired with coal if a complete devolatilization is ensured in the fuel-rich zone of the furnace.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 388-395 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Fuel Processing Technology |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Biomass
- Chicken litter
- Coal
- Fast devolatilization
- Fuel-bound nitrogen partitioning
- Heated grid
- In-situ FTIR
- MBM
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