Influence of biomass properties on technical and environmental performance of a multi-fuel boiler during on-farm combustion of energy crops

Fournel, Sébastien; Palacios, Joahnn H.; Morissette, René; Villeneuve, Joey; Godbout, Stéphane; Heitz, Michèle; Savoie, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.022

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“…Many chemical elements of biomass are potential contributors to pollution during combustion process (Williams et al, 2012). The biomass of most agricultural crops can contain relatively high levels of N, Cl and S, which can contribute to high emissions of NO x , HCl and SO 2 and boiler corrosion during combustion (Obernberger et al, 2006;Fournel et al, 2015). Nitrogen fertilization in most cases is required for improvement of biomass productivity; however, it may have a negative influence on the quality parameters of the biomass and combustion process (Kludze et al, 2013).…”

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“…Many types of agricultural biomass contain undesirable chemical elements such as S, Cl, Si, P, K and Na. As a result, appropriate combustionrelated biomass properties should be a deciding factor when choosing species for combustion (Fournel et al, 2015). Crop species, harvest timing and nitrogen rate most frequently affected the measured parameters and indicators of combustion (Kludze et al, 2013).…”

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Artemisia dubia growth, yield and biomass characteristics for combustion

Kadžiulienė

Tilvikienė

Liaudanskienė

et al. 2017

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the use of agricultural biomass for energy purpose in many northern countries. This has created demand for novel, high biomass yielding, specific quality crops for sustainable use. The aim of the current study was to examine Artemisia dubia Wall. for biomass yield and biomass characteristics important for combustion in the temperate climate conditions. The crops were grown on an EndocalcariEpihypogleyic Cambisol (CMg-p-w-can) without fertilization and with mineral nitrogen fertilization at 90 and 170 kg ha -1 N rates. Nitrogen fertilization slightly increased plant height and accumulation of biomass. Moisture content in the biomass of swards applied with a higher rate of mineral N decreased more slowly compared with the lower rate. Biomass annual yield in the second and third years ranged from 15.8 to 17.1 t ha -1 ; however, significant effect of nitrogen fertilization was not observed. Nitrogen fertilization had a significant influence on N content and lignin in the biomass. The variation of values of the elements relevant for combustion (carbon and sulphur) in the biomass was negligibly influenced by nitrogen fertilization. The relatively low ash content and heating value, amounting to 8.5 MJ kg -1 achieved even without nitrogen fertilization, makes A. dubia a promising energy crop in the northern part of the temperate climate zone. More studies and analyses on A. dubia are needed to ascertain the fertilization effect on biomass yield, biomass quality and biomass properties for combustion in senescent plants.

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Artemisia dubia growth, yield and biomass characteristics for combustion

Kadžiulienė

Tilvikienė

Liaudanskienė

et al. 2017

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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“…En los últimos años se ha creado un fenómeno en el mundo de globalización y utilización de energía masivo (Fournel et al, 2015), basado en el consumo de combustibles fósiles que aumenta día a día, lo que provoca una alta demanda y altos precios de venta, sin dejar de mencionar que el proceso mismo de elaboración trae fuertes consecuencias de contaminación ambiental (Poddar et al, 2014). Como consecuencia, se estudian e investiguen nuevas formas de obtención de energía, para desarrollar tecnologías sostenibles que provengan de materias primas renovables (Kullander, 2009).…”

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Propiedades energéticas de biomasa torrefaccionada de Dipteryx panamensis Pittier y Gmelina arborea Roxb. ex Sm.

Gaitán-Álvarez

2015

RFMK

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<p>Se cuantificaron las propiedades energéticas de la biomasa torrefaccionada de dos especies forestales, Dipteryx panamensis y Gmelina arborea. Se tomaron 500 gramos de aserrín provenientes del proceso de aserrío primario de cada especie y se dividió en tres partes para aplicar tres tipos de tiempos a la exposición de temperatura, denominado como tratamientos: el tratamiento número 1 es el testigo, el cual no se torrefaccionó (0 minutos). El tratamiento número 2 consistió en aplicar una temperatura de 200 °C por 15 minutos, y el tratamiento número 3 consistió en aplicar una temperatura de 200 °C por 20 minutos. A este se le determinó densidad, contenido de cenizas, poder calórico, contenido de humedad e índice de combustibilidad. Las densidades de ambas especies variaron entre 155,48 kg/m3 a 191,86 kg/m3. El poder calórico paso de 9749,00 kJ/kg a 18126,35 kJ/kg con el proceso de torrefacción. Los porcentajes de cenizas se mantuvieron en un rango de 0,39 % a 1,07 %, y para el índice de combustibilidad en un rango de 109,31 a 6675,93; los valores más bajos los presentó el tratamiento a 0 minutos en ambas especies. Se logró determinar que la torrefacción incrementa las propiedades energéticas del material y que Dipteryx panamensis fue la que presentó un mejor comportamiento como combustible.</p>

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“…Since this study is focused on the best quality of wood chips only the physical characterization has been taken into account, as required for the quality classes of type A described in the EN and ISO standards (EN 14961-4:2011; ISO 17225-4:2014) [25,26], and in the Handbook for Biomassplus certification [31].…”

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“…The physical characteristics of wood chips, ash content, bulk density, moisture content, calorific power, and particle size distribution are used to assess the quality of wood chips as solid biofuel [17][18][19][20][21][22]. The ash content and calorific power are mainly related to the raw material characteristics and origin whereas moisture content and particle size distribution can be affected by the chipping and storage/drying processes [19,[23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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How Wood Fuels’ Quality Relates to the Standards: A Class-Modelling Approach

Zanetti

Costa²,

Greco

et al. 2017

Energies

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Abstract:The quality requirements of wood biofuels are regulated by a series of harmonized international standards. These standards define the technical parameter limits that influence the quality of solid biomass as a fuel. In 2014 the European reference standard for solid biofuel was replaced by the International ISO standard. In the case of wood chips, the main difference between the European and International standards is the definition of particle size distribution classes. In this context, this study analyses the quality of wood chips and its variation over the years according to the "former" (EN 14691-4) and "in force" (ISO 17225-4) standards. A Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogy (SIMCA) model was built to predict the best quality of wood chips and to clarify the relationship between quality and standard parameters, time and changes in the standard regulations. The results show that, compared to the EN standards, classification with the ISO standards increases the samples belonging to the best quality classes and decreases the not classified samples. Furthermore, all the SIMCA models have a high sensitivity (>90%), reflect the differences introduced to the quality standards and are therefore suitable for monitoring the quality of wood chips and their changes.

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Influence of biomass properties on technical and environmental performance of a multi-fuel boiler during on-farm combustion of energy crops

Cited by 103 publications

References 61 publications

Artemisia dubia growth, yield and biomass characteristics for combustion

Artemisia dubia growth, yield and biomass characteristics for combustion

Propiedades energéticas de biomasa torrefaccionada de Dipteryx panamensis Pittier y Gmelina arborea Roxb. ex Sm.

How Wood Fuels’ Quality Relates to the Standards: A Class-Modelling Approach

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