Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)

Circulatingfluidized-bed (CFB) technology is considered to be one of the most suitable techniques to thermally convertfuels into useful energy. However, practical experience is available for only a limited number of fuels and conditions. This paper describes the results from a bench-scale circulatin...

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Main Authors: Hussain, Ahmad, Ani, Farid Nasir, Darus, Amer Nordin, Mokhtar, Hamdan, Azam, Saiful, Mustafa, Azeman
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author Hussain, Ahmad
Ani, Farid Nasir
Darus, Amer Nordin
Mokhtar, Hamdan
Azam, Saiful
Mustafa, Azeman
author_facet Hussain, Ahmad
Ani, Farid Nasir
Darus, Amer Nordin
Mokhtar, Hamdan
Azam, Saiful
Mustafa, Azeman
author_sort Hussain, Ahmad
building UTeM Institutional Repository
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description Circulatingfluidized-bed (CFB) technology is considered to be one of the most suitable techniques to thermally convertfuels into useful energy. However, practical experience is available for only a limited number of fuels and conditions. This paper describes the results from a bench-scale circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC), installed at SIRIM Berhad, Shah Alam, for gasification and combustion of different biomass materials. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the suitabilify of the selected fuels for energy production using CFBC while taking care of the flue gas emissions. The experiments gave suficient information on the main process and flue gas characteristics. The measurements for temperatures and emissions were done for four dzferent biomass samples of empty fiuit bunch (EFB) of palm shell and palm shell waste powders of 2lO-3OO,425 and 600 microns. The concentrations of CO, NOx and CO, in the flue gas were measured continuously. The combustion performances were evaluated by varying the primary gas flow through the CFBC tubular furnace to identzfy the optimum operating conditions for the CFBC. The NOx content was from 20-164 ppm while the CO emissions were high for some operating conditions.
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spelling utm-8742010-09-28T05:10:16Z http://eprints.utm.my/874/ Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC) Hussain, Ahmad Ani, Farid Nasir Darus, Amer Nordin Mokhtar, Hamdan Azam, Saiful Mustafa, Azeman TP Chemical technology Circulatingfluidized-bed (CFB) technology is considered to be one of the most suitable techniques to thermally convertfuels into useful energy. However, practical experience is available for only a limited number of fuels and conditions. This paper describes the results from a bench-scale circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC), installed at SIRIM Berhad, Shah Alam, for gasification and combustion of different biomass materials. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the suitabilify of the selected fuels for energy production using CFBC while taking care of the flue gas emissions. The experiments gave suficient information on the main process and flue gas characteristics. The measurements for temperatures and emissions were done for four dzferent biomass samples of empty fiuit bunch (EFB) of palm shell and palm shell waste powders of 2lO-3OO,425 and 600 microns. The concentrations of CO, NOx and CO, in the flue gas were measured continuously. The combustion performances were evaluated by varying the primary gas flow through the CFBC tubular furnace to identzfy the optimum operating conditions for the CFBC. The NOx content was from 20-164 ppm while the CO emissions were high for some operating conditions. Palm Information Centre, Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/874/3/FaridNasirAni2008_ThermochemicalBehaviourofEmpty.pdf Hussain, Ahmad and Ani, Farid Nasir and Darus, Amer Nordin and Mokhtar, Hamdan and Azam, Saiful and Mustafa, Azeman (2006) Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC). Journal of Oil Palm Research, 18 . pp. 210-218. ISSN 1511-2780 http://palmoilis.mpob.gov.my/publications/elaeis.html
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Hussain, Ahmad
Ani, Farid Nasir
Darus, Amer Nordin
Mokhtar, Hamdan
Azam, Saiful
Mustafa, Azeman
Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)
title Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)
title_full Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)
title_fullStr Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)
title_full_unstemmed Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)
title_short Themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (CFBC)
title_sort themochemical behaviour of empty fruit bunches and oil palm shell waste in a circulating fluidized-bed combustor (cfbc)
topic TP Chemical technology
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