Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD

In power generation, particle size distribution (PSD) of pulverized coal used in a power plant was 65%-70% passing 200 mesh or known as 76 microns. Since coal took hundreds of millions of years to form, it is not renewable energy and coal will release harmful gases after-burn. Thus, biomass has bec...

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Main Authors: Hazman, Nurhazwani, Mat Isa, Norasikin, Nasir, Nurul Fitriah, Nordin, Normayati
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Mat Isa, Norasikin
Nasir, Nurul Fitriah
Nordin, Normayati
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Mat Isa, Norasikin
Nasir, Nurul Fitriah
Nordin, Normayati
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description In power generation, particle size distribution (PSD) of pulverized coal used in a power plant was 65%-70% passing 200 mesh or known as 76 microns. Since coal took hundreds of millions of years to form, it is not renewable energy and coal will release harmful gases after-burn. Thus, biomass has become an alternative fuel for reducing the consumption of coal and the emission of harmful gases. Coconut shell has the potential to substitute coal as fuel. In this study, Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) is used for simulating the combustion process in the lab-scaled incinerator rig (LSIR). The behaviours of pulverized coconut shells and the effect of excess air during combustion are studied. The results showed that the average carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) mass fraction was calculated at 0.0196 and 0.257 respectively. The combustion efficiency was determined as 92.94%. The percentage of excess air (EA%) was increased by increasing the velocity of inlet air for investigating the responses of combustion efficiency. The EA with 39% was predicted as the most suitable EA for the combustion because the heat generated at 39% EA was the highest and its volume average temperature was recorded as 1198.7K. Besides, the combustion efficiency was increasing when the EA% is increased by calculating from every volume average of mass fraction of CO and CO2.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-101002023-10-17T06:50:58Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/10100/ Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD Hazman, Nurhazwani Mat Isa, Norasikin Nasir, Nurul Fitriah Nordin, Normayati TP Chemical technology In power generation, particle size distribution (PSD) of pulverized coal used in a power plant was 65%-70% passing 200 mesh or known as 76 microns. Since coal took hundreds of millions of years to form, it is not renewable energy and coal will release harmful gases after-burn. Thus, biomass has become an alternative fuel for reducing the consumption of coal and the emission of harmful gases. Coconut shell has the potential to substitute coal as fuel. In this study, Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) is used for simulating the combustion process in the lab-scaled incinerator rig (LSIR). The behaviours of pulverized coconut shells and the effect of excess air during combustion are studied. The results showed that the average carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) mass fraction was calculated at 0.0196 and 0.257 respectively. The combustion efficiency was determined as 92.94%. The percentage of excess air (EA%) was increased by increasing the velocity of inlet air for investigating the responses of combustion efficiency. The EA with 39% was predicted as the most suitable EA for the combustion because the heat generated at 39% EA was the highest and its volume average temperature was recorded as 1198.7K. Besides, the combustion efficiency was increasing when the EA% is increased by calculating from every volume average of mass fraction of CO and CO2. semarak ilmu 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/10100/1/J16212_bc6f069a5a250f2a1a8fe42d439c64fe.pdf Hazman, Nurhazwani and Mat Isa, Norasikin and Nasir, Nurul Fitriah and Nordin, Normayati (2023) Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 103 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2289-7879 https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.103.1.115
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Hazman, Nurhazwani
Mat Isa, Norasikin
Nasir, Nurul Fitriah
Nordin, Normayati
Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD
title Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD
title_full Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD
title_fullStr Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD
title_full_unstemmed Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD
title_short Combustion of Pulverized Coconut Shell in Lab-Scaled Incinerator Rig using CFD
title_sort combustion of pulverized coconut shell in lab-scaled incinerator rig using cfd
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/10100/1/J16212_bc6f069a5a250f2a1a8fe42d439c64fe.pdf
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