conducted over two configurations: Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) based and biomass gasification based systems for generating heat … 81% with miscanthus. The difference was found to be due to the moisture content. For the biomass gasification based CHP … varies from 40 to 50£/MWh and for the biomass gasification based CHP systems was between 87 and 97£/MWh. These values could …

carefully taken into account in system and burner design, their combustion without a pilot flame or support fuel is possible on … an industrial scale. The aim of the paper is to review the work done on combustion of fast pyrolysis bio-oils and … highlight the latest and most important findings of its combustion from laboratory fundamentals to industrial scale. The main …

Relatively cheap, poor quality, unprepared biomass materials can be difficult to burn efficiently on a large commercial … often necessary to co-fire these materials with a hydrocarbon support fuel to ensure stable and efficient combustion …. Fluidised bed combustion (FBC) is a promising method for burning mixtures of fuels with widely differing individual …

This paper investigated the performance, combustion and emission characteristics of diesel engine fueled by biodiesel … thermal efficiency at higher engine loads. Furthermore, the characteristics of carbon monoxide (CO) emissions are also changed …

operations. To verify the model, experiments were performed at a BioPower 5 CHP plant, which utilizes BioGrate combustion …This paper presents a model predictive control (MPC) strategy for efficient energy production in BioGrate boiler. In …. Usually, combustion power in a furnace have been estimated by utilizing oxygen consumption. There is however a need for more …

pelletizing temperature and moisture content of biomass. In addition, combustion behaviour of single die pellets was significantly …This paper presents how pelletizing die temperature and moisture content affect combustion behaviour of single wood … laboratory scale furnace at 800°C. Time required for single pellet combustion generally increased with both increase of …

The paper reports foremost the results of a successful combustion of an innovative lignocellulosic biofuel in a gas … combustion chamber, a preheated pressurized fuel supply system with swirl-air fuel injector and a heat exchanger to obtain high … primary air temperatures. The paper gives results on the emissions of CO, THC, NOx and soot. For the purpose of benchmarking …

, which utilizes BioGrate combustion technology for very wet biomass fuels with a moisture content as high as 65%. Finally …This paper presents a soft-sensor for on-line monitoring of fuel moisture in a furnace. The method utilizes combustion … power estimation and a dynamic model of the secondary superheater. In addition, the time delays in detecting changes in …

Many by-products are generated during gasification, such as tar, NOx, SO2, and fly ash. In particular, tar elimination … from the product gas is necessary to make gasification an attractive option. The presence of tar can cause operational … biomass main components – lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose. This review describes the fundamentals of the possible …

This paper presents the application of a comprehensive approach to the design of small scale sustainable distributed …