Investigating agglomeration tendency of co-gasification between high alkali biomass and woody biomass in a bubbling fluidized bed system
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Author list: Kittivech T., Fukuda S.
Publisher: MDPI
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Energies (1996-1073)
Volume number: 13
Issue number: 1
ISSN: 1996-1073
eISSN: 1996-1073
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
Palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) is known as problematic biomass due to its high alkali content, i.e., more than half of inorganic matter is potassium (K). EFB when used as a fuel in fluidized beds with silica sand as bed material could form the sticky compound K2O nSiO2 starting at around 750 ฐC and adhere bed particles together, resulting in bed agglomeration. Blending EFB with rubber wood sawdust (RWS) could improve the chemical properties and consequent ash composition of the blended fuel. In this study, RWS was blended with EFB at three ratios: RWS:EFB = 25:75, RWS:EFB = 50:50, and RWS:EFB = 75:25. Adding RWS to the fuel prolonged de-fluidization time. The high content of CaO in the RWS ash acted as an inhibitor to prevent the formation of K2O nSiO2 and, instead, enhanced the formation of K2CO3, a higher melting point compound, which reduced bed agglomeration. During the experiment using RWS:EFB = 75:25, no bed agglomeration was found. ฉ 2019 by the authors.
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Co-gasification, EFB
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