biofuel combustion
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COMBUSTION OF SOLID BIOFUEL
Solid Bio-fuels - Characteristics - Properties - Preparation
of biomass as feedstock for combustion reactor-
Combustion Process and equipment - Combined Cycle
Operation
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What is biomass and biofuel? Biomass is plant matter such as trees, grasses,
agricultural crops (residues), tree borne oil seeds or
other biological material. It may be divided into
woody, non-woody and aqueous waste with high
BOD content. Fuels derived from biomass are called
biofuels compared with petroleum based fuels.
It can be used as a solid fuel, or converted into liquid
or gaseous forms for the production of electric power,
heat, chemicals, or fuels.
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Cooking energy constitutes about 85 percent of Indian
rural energy demand and has traditionally been met
by biomass fuels such as firewood, agricultural
residues and animal wastes. Under the National
Programme on Improved Cook stoves, about 30
million cook stoves have so far been installed, which
are helping to cut back and conserve fuelwood use.
RURAL DOMESTIC USE: FUEL FOR COOKING
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What inputs are needed to develop biofuels?
Biofuel as energy source of rural poor people
requires social and technical inputs to make
it a modern sustainable system.
Wasteland may be utilized.
From Forests areas, wastes _ forest tree twigs,
shrubs may be available
Marginal Croplands
Overcome disadvantage of low bulk energy
density of particulate biomass by preparatory
process like briquetting.
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Forestry in the New Millennium
Tropical India, with its adequate sunlight,
rainfall, land and labour, is ideally suitable for
tree plantations.
With the enhanced plan outlay for forestry
sector and financial support from donor
agencies, the country is able to march ahead
towards the target of 33 percent forest cover.
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Can solid biofuels be used in Power
Plants?_ Yes, in small scale power plants
Plants fired solely by biomass are small compared with
conventional coal, gas, oil or nuclear stations. This size
depends on biomass growing capacity and delivery.
Transport of biomass, a material with a low bulk energy
density is expensive when conveyed over the long
distances to larger plants.
Specific capital cost, efficiency and specific operational
cost advantages of larger power plants are balanced
against fuel transport issues.
Give examples of solid bio-fuels
WOOD [Forestry / agro-forestry based]
BAGASSE [Agro - industry residue]
RICE HUSK [Crop residue]
NEEM ETC.- [Multi-purpose trees]
PROSOPIS ETC.- [Energy crops]
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Common sources of solid bio-fuels
APPLCATIONS OF
BIOMASS COMBUSTION
• RURAL DOMESTIC: COOKING
• HEAT & STEAM FOR SMALL SCALE
PROCESS
• COGENERATION / COMBINED CYCLE FOR
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
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What and when does solid bio-fuels have
advantage over coal for combustion?
• For decentralized and small / medium scale
operation where coal mines are remote but forest
resource / woodlands are near.
• Restricts the emission of green house gases and
air pollutants (like SO2).
•Lessens our dependence on imported
hydrocarbon fuels, creates rural employment.
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For combustion, mention disadvantages
of solid bio-fuel over coal?
• Availability is location specific and limited.
• Lower calorific value; variable particle size.
• Preparation like drying, briquetting etc. needed for wood /agro-residue.
• Price depends on production system like energy plantation, social forestry, saw mills, paddy processing etc.
• India‟s Forest resource is highly stressed
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Important Properties
and
Suitability as fuel
MOISTURE CONTENT
ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
PARTICLE SIZE & DISTRIBUTION
SUITABLE WHERE LOCALLY AVAILABLE
THROGHOUT THE YEAR AND
FOR SMALL & MEDIUM SCALE OPERATION
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Proximate and Ultimate Analysis,
and HHV
Proximate Analysis: (1) Moisture,
(2) Volatile,
(3) Fixed carbon and
(4) Ash. [Wt %]
Ultimate Analysis : C, H, O, N, S. [Wt %]
Higher Heating Value, MJ/Kg
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Providing the Draft
P required to make the air flow through the fuel bed and to the flue gas discharge height is called draft of air in a furnace and is expressed in millimeters of water.
Natural: by means of a chimney
Artificial: The fan is used to suck the gases away from the furnace [induced draft], or to force the air required [forced draft] through the grate.
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COMBUSTION PROCESS
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Thermal decomposition steps for a biofuel:
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COMBUSTION REACTIONS
C6n[H2O]5n = 6nC + 5nH2O
Biomass
C + O2 + 3.79N2 = 3.79N2 +CO2
EXOTHERMIC, 395400 KJ / KG ATOM
OF CARBON
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COMBUSTION PROCESS
• Combustion: Oxidation of reduced forms of carbon and hydrogen by free radical processes.
• Chemical properties determine the higher heating value & the pathways of combustion.
• Bio-fuel: A wet (50% moist), dirty, light in weight, heterogeneous in particle size, and quite reactive condition.
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COMBUSTION PROCESS continued
Biofuel is
highly reactive,
volatile,
oxygenated
fuel of moderate heating value.
Moisture content lowers the combustion efficiency
and affects the economics of the fuel utilization. 22
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• Drying,
• Pyrolysis,
• Release of volatiles and
• Formation of char
are followed by
• pre-combustion gas phase reactions
• char oxidation reactions.
Flaming combustion <> Glowing combustion
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Requirements of efficient
combustion:
• Sufficient air to provide oxygen needed for
complete burning; higher than theoretical
air.
• Distribution of air supply: mix with fuel
• Secondary air to burn the volatile
• Volume of furnace; Flow path for flue gas
• Minimize heat losses
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Factors influencing thermal efficiency
in wood combustion
• Enthalpy of the fuel
• Moisture content of the fuel
• Level of excess air employed
• Final stack temperature
Note: Theoretical flame temperature
depends on moisture content, % excess
air and preheating of air
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Briquetting in India
• Indian briquettes made from: groundnut
shell, cotton stalk, saw dust, coffee husk,
bagasse, mustard stalk and press mud.
Whi
• Southern region: groundnut shell and saw
dust
• Western and Northern regions: bagasse,
groundnut shell, cotton stalk, mustard
stalk and press mud briquettes.
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Briquetting continued
A recent addition: Municipal solid waste
densified for use as fuel in process
industries (tea, tobacco, textile,
chemical, paper, starch, tyre re-
treading, tiles, etc.) for thermal
applications.
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Screw and Ram Press
• Both the machines give briquettes with a
density of 1-1.2 gm /cc, suitable as industrial
solid fuels.
• The screw type machines: briquettes with a
concentric hole-- better combustibility- a
preferred fuel.
• These briquettes can also be more
conveniently deployed in small furnaces and
even cook-stoves than solid briquettes
generated by a ram press.
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Screw Press for briquettes
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Ram press for briquettes
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FURNACE FOR BIOFUEL
COMBUSTION
Horizontal grate furnace
Chain grate furnace
Inclined step grate furnace
Spreader-stoker system
Suspension burning system
Cyclone firing system
Fluidized bed combustion system
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Inclined step grate furnace:
• Fuel is fed to the top of the grate
• heating and drying can occur very near
to the fuel feed shoot.
• Solid phase pyrolysis can occur as the
fuel is sliding down the grate.
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Inclined step grate furnace:
….continued
• Char oxidation can occur at the base of
the grate and on the dumping grate.
• Gas phase reactions can be controlled
by over-fire air distribution and
separated completely from solid phase
reactions
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Spreader stoker
• Fuel particles are fed into the firebox
and flung, mechanically or
pneumatically across the grate
• Some heating and drying and possibly
some pyrolysis occurs while the particle
is in suspension
• Solid phase pyrolysis and char oxidation
occur on the grate.
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Spreader stoker …continued
• Pre-combustion gas phase reactions
occur between the grate and the zone
where secondary air is introduced.
• Gas phase oxidation occurs either
throughout the firebox or in the vicinity
of the zone where secondary air is
introduced if the under-grate air is
limited to sub-stoichiometric quantities.
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Suspension burning system:
horizontal cyclone furnace
• A horizontal or slightly inclined cylinder lined
with firebricks into which air is ejected
tangentially at a velocity of 6000- 7000 m/min.
• The flame in the furnace revolves at a rpm of
1200 to 1800
• The fuel introduced at the cyclone tip is
entrained by the revolving mass and is thrown
against the cyclone walls where it burns.
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Horizontal cyclone furnace
• The flue gases that escape at high
velocities through the aperture at the
other end of the cyclone are substantially
free from fly ash.
• The heat release rate of (2-5 )X 106
kcal/m2-hr can be achieved for
pulverized coal in a cyclone furnace
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Circulating Fluidized bed combustion
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Circulating Fluidized bed combustion
COMBINED HEAT & POWER
• STEAM INJECTED GAS TURBINE
• INTERCOOLED STEAM INJECTED GAS
TURBINE
• COMBINED CYCLE
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Biofuel use in
cogeneration cycle
• SUITABLE FOR SMALL SCALE (<10 MW)
GENERATION
• PRODUCES LESS AIR POLLUTANTS AND
SOLID WASTES
• AUGMENTS POWER SUPPLY TO
INDUSTRY
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BIOMASS INTEGRATED GASIFIER /GAS
TURBINE (BIG/ GT) TECHNOLOGY
HIGH THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE EFFICIENCY
GAS TURBINES TECHNOLOGY IS MADE AVAILABLE NOW AT REASONABLE COSTS
LOW UNIT CAPITAL COST AT MODEST SCALES FEASIBLE
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
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Biomass-coal co-combustion represents a near-term,
low-risk, low-cost, sustainable, renewable energy option
that promises reduction in effective CO2 emissions,
reduction in SOx and often NOx emissions, and several
societal benefits. Technical issues with cofiring: fuel
supply, potential increases in corrosion, decreases in
overall efficiency, ash deposition issues, pollutant
emissions, and overall economics.
Biomass - Coal co-combustion
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Operating costs are higher for biomass than for coal.
A sensitive factor is the cost of fuel, as energy crops suffer
large economic disadvantages relative to residues. Fuel
transportation, preparation, and on-site handling typically
increase its effective cost per unit energy such that it
sometimes exceeds that of coal. Biomass cofiring is slightly
more expensive than dedicated coal system. Compared to
alternative renewable energy sources, biomass cofiring
generally turns out to be significantly cheaper.
Biomass - Coal co-combustion
Reference Books
• A. Chakraverthy, “Biotechnology and Alternative Technologies for Utilisation of Biomass / Agricultural Wastes”, Oxford & IBH publishing Co., N. Delhi, 1989.
• Samir Sarkar, Fuels and Combustion, 2nd Edition, Orient Longman, 1990
• Chapters on Combustion process Stoichiometry and Thermodynamics, Combustion Kinetics and Combustion Appliances. pages 217 to 326
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Reference Books / journals
Journal—„Biomass and Bio-energy‟,
a) 1996, 11(4): 271-281 „Biomass Combustion for power generation‟
b) 1998, 14(1): 33-56 „De-centralized biomass combustion: state of the art and future development‟
4. Wood Combustion, Tillman, Ch. 5 „Heat production & release from wood combustion‟,
5. Progress in biomass Conversion, vol 3, Edited by K V Sarkanen, D A Tillman and. E C Jahn, Academic Press, 1982
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6. Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification,
Marcio L.de Souza-Santos, MARCEL DEKKER,
2005
7. Wood Energy News, October 1999, Vol. 14,
No 9, The Regional Wood Energy Development
Programme in Asia (RWEDP), E-mail:
[email protected], „Wood energy in India‟
Reference Books / journals