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PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BIOMASS COMBUSTION IN INDUSTRIAL BOILERS


ION V. ION
“DUNĂREA DE JOS” UNIVERSITY OF GALAŢI

Issue:

MOCM, Number 11, Volume IV

Section:

Unconventional Sources and Environment Protection in Energetics

Abstract:

This paper describes the technologies of biomass combustion and the associated problems. Biomass is plant matter such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops, residues from agriculture or forestry, and the organic component of municipal and industrial wastes. 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. There are multiple techniques for the utilization of biomass for energy production, but today the dominant is biomass combustion. The key biomass combustion issues are efficiency, environmental performance and undesirable reactions in combustor and boiler such as ash fouling and slagging, which reduce the heat transfer and produce corrosion and erosion of boiler surfaces. These problems are caused by the presence of the inorganic material in fuel (metals, silica, sulfur and chlorine).

Keywords:

biomass, combustion, boiler, emissions, ash, fouling, corrosion, slagging.

Code [ID]:

MOCM200511V04S07A0002 [0000243]


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