Improving biomass combustion quality using a liquid hot water treatment

Water vapor release from biomass combustion

We report on the emission of water vapor from biomass combustion. Concurrent measurements of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are used to scale the concentrations of water vapor found, and are referenced to carbon in the biomass. The investigated fuel types include hardwood (oak and African musasa), softwood (pine and spruce, partly with green needles), and African savanna grass. The sessiona...

Feasibility of Improving Biomass Combustion through Extraction of Nutrients

Direct Combustion of Biomass

1. Background 2. Fundamentals of Biomass Combustion 2.1. Efficiency Constraints in Combustion 3. The Nature of Biomass Solid Fuels 3.1. Standard Tests in Fuels Analysis 3.2. Proximate and Ultimate Analysis 4. Fuel Preparation 5. Combustion Products from Biomass 5.1. Mineral Matter and Ash 5.2. Nitrogen Oxides 5.3. Sulfur Dioxide SO2 5.4. Chlorine – tube corrosion and dioxin (TCDD) formation 6. ...

Combustion properties of biomass

Properties of biomass relevant to combustion are briefly reviewed. The compositions of biomass among fuel types are variable, especially with respect to inorganic constituents important to the critical problems of fouling and slagging. Alkali and alkaline earth metals, in combination with other fuel elements such as silica and sulfur, and facilitated by the presence of chlorine, are responsible...

Some Effects Hot Water Treatment

The role of ratoon stunting disease in causing yield losses under fully irrigated conditions in the lowveld is as yet undefined. Hot water treatment at 50:5OC for 2 hr was shown to adversely affect germination and reduce stalk population in certain varieties. The optimum age for hot water treatment of NCo 310 and NCo 376 seedcane was found to be 11-12 months. Exposure of hot water treated cane ...