Development of a bench scale biomass torrefier
Cofiring biomass with coal has become very popular with power utilities to reduce fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. It is relatively easy to implement on most common pulverised coal plants. However, raw biomass is difficult to utilise and requires upgrading to a higher quality fuel to subst...
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my.uniten.dspace-301852023-12-29T15:45:19Z Development of a bench scale biomass torrefier Ja'afar M.N.M. Rahman A.A. Shamsuddin A.H. 57208944345 36994910600 35779071900 Carbon dioxide Coal Coal combustion Biomass pellets Carbon dioxide emissions Co-firing biomass Combustion behaviours Gross calorific values Proximate analysis Pulverised coals Volatile matters biofuel biomass coal combustion emission control moisture content power generation sampling temperature effect Biomass Cofiring biomass with coal has become very popular with power utilities to reduce fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. It is relatively easy to implement on most common pulverised coal plants. However, raw biomass is difficult to utilise and requires upgrading to a higher quality fuel to substitute coal. Upgrading by torrefaction can improve the properties of biomass close to low rank coals suitable for cofiring. In this study, a bench scale torrefier was developed to produce torrefied biomass samples for further studies of its properties and combustion behaviour. The torrefier was developed from a domestic 1600W electric oven. Biomass pellets was then torrefied at 250 �C for 1 hour using this torrefier. Proximate analysis and gross calorific value (GCV) of the torrefied biomass were carried out. The results showed that GCV of the torrefied biomass had increased when compared to raw. The moisture content and volatile matter had decreased, and ash content and fixed carbon had increased as expected. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Final 2023-12-29T07:45:19Z 2023-12-29T07:45:19Z 2013 Conference paper 10.1088/1755-1315/16/1/012082 2-s2.0-84881100039 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84881100039&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f16%2f1%2f012082&partnerID=40&md5=27e09e1d4694fd436a16818a863ecdf4 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/30185 16 1 12082 All Open Access; Gold Open Access Institute of Physics Publishing Scopus |
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Cofiring biomass with coal has become very popular with power utilities to reduce fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. It is relatively easy to implement on most common pulverised coal plants. However, raw biomass is difficult to utilise and requires upgrading to a higher quality fuel to substitute coal. Upgrading by torrefaction can improve the properties of biomass close to low rank coals suitable for cofiring. In this study, a bench scale torrefier was developed to produce torrefied biomass samples for further studies of its properties and combustion behaviour. The torrefier was developed from a domestic 1600W electric oven. Biomass pellets was then torrefied at 250 �C for 1 hour using this torrefier. Proximate analysis and gross calorific value (GCV) of the torrefied biomass were carried out. The results showed that GCV of the torrefied biomass had increased when compared to raw. The moisture content and volatile matter had decreased, and ash content and fixed carbon had increased as expected. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
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