Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed

Palm oil shells are biomass fuels with 47.62% carbon and 0.7% nitrogen content, and a higher heating value of 20.7 MJIkg. This paper investigates the emission characteristics of CO and NOt from the thermal processing of palm oil shells in a cascading hearth staged combustor. The cascading hearths i...

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Main Author: Wan Mohamed, Wan Ahmad Najmi
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spelling uitm-113972016-07-22T08:12:16Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11397/ Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed Wan Mohamed, Wan Ahmad Najmi Oils, fats, and waxes Palm oil shells are biomass fuels with 47.62% carbon and 0.7% nitrogen content, and a higher heating value of 20.7 MJIkg. This paper investigates the emission characteristics of CO and NOt from the thermal processing of palm oil shells in a cascading hearth staged combustor. The cascading hearths in primary staged combustion offers higher solids burnout rate by the action of fuel movement and distribution. Secondary stage applies swirl flow combustion to enhance efficiency in pollution control. The experimental is conducted at 0.2 kg/min fuel feed, and primary stage air is supplied at starved and excess conditions. Comparative analysis is conducted in understanding the combustion and emission characteristics under both conditions. Starved air is found to lower primary combustion temperatures (400°C - 900°C), and gasification is promoted which leads to high carbon monoxide levels (1800 - 3400ppm). Secondary stage combustion furthers the oxidation of CO to C02 at an approximated oxidation efficiency of 70%, with flue gas CO measured at 600 - 800ppm. NOt levels were successfully controlled below WOppm due to moderate combustion temperatures achieved in both combustion stages (300°C to 700°C). UPENA 2004 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11397/1/AJ_WAN%20AHMAD%20NAJMI%20WAN%20MOHAMED%20%20JOME%2005.pdf Wan Mohamed, Wan Ahmad Najmi (2004) Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed. Journal of Faculty of Mechanical Enginering, 1 (1). pp. 15-27. ISSN 1823-5514
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Wan Mohamed, Wan Ahmad Najmi
Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed
description Palm oil shells are biomass fuels with 47.62% carbon and 0.7% nitrogen content, and a higher heating value of 20.7 MJIkg. This paper investigates the emission characteristics of CO and NOt from the thermal processing of palm oil shells in a cascading hearth staged combustor. The cascading hearths in primary staged combustion offers higher solids burnout rate by the action of fuel movement and distribution. Secondary stage applies swirl flow combustion to enhance efficiency in pollution control. The experimental is conducted at 0.2 kg/min fuel feed, and primary stage air is supplied at starved and excess conditions. Comparative analysis is conducted in understanding the combustion and emission characteristics under both conditions. Starved air is found to lower primary combustion temperatures (400°C - 900°C), and gasification is promoted which leads to high carbon monoxide levels (1800 - 3400ppm). Secondary stage combustion furthers the oxidation of CO to C02 at an approximated oxidation efficiency of 70%, with flue gas CO measured at 600 - 800ppm. NOt levels were successfully controlled below WOppm due to moderate combustion temperatures achieved in both combustion stages (300°C to 700°C).
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author Wan Mohamed, Wan Ahmad Najmi
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author_sort Wan Mohamed, Wan Ahmad Najmi
title Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed
title_short Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed
title_full Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed
title_fullStr Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed
title_full_unstemmed Emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed
title_sort emission characteristics of palm oil shell in a cascading hearth staged combustor / wan ahmad najmi wan mohamed
publisher UPENA
publishDate 2004
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11397/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11397/1/AJ_WAN%20AHMAD%20NAJMI%20WAN%20MOHAMED%20%20JOME%2005.pdf
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