Testing the performance and compatibility of degummed soybean heating oil blends for use in residential furnaces

Economy of a utility boiler power plant fueled with vegetable oil, biodiesel, petrodiesel and their prevalent blends

“…This is likely due to the fact that SBO is not solely sold as a fuel in the international market. The only consumption of this fuel as petrodiesel alternative may be for domestic heating purposes (Jiru et al, 2010). Fig.…”

“…The operation of boilers with renewable fuels (vegetable oils, biodiesels, and dimethyl ether) has been studied by many researchers (Barnes et al, 2010;Daho et al, 2009;González-González et al, 2014;Jiru et al, 2010;Lee et al, 2004;Macor and Pavanello, 2009;Ng and Gan, 2010;Pereira et al, 2014;San José et al, 2015;Tashtoush et al, 2003). As the yearly prices of such alternatives in the global/domestic markets are quite competitive with those for petrodiesel, most of them assumed that their usage is economically feasible and costs are influenced by the use methyl esters in boilers.…”

CFD analysis of combustion characteristics for fuel switching to bioliquid in oil-fired power plant

“…To introduce BLs into heat and/or power generation, many studies have reported using small-scale test facilities [5][6][7][8][9][10] and commercial plants [11,12]. Despite the differences between the physical and chemical properties (including the viscosity, oxygen content, and heating value) of BLs and those of heavy fuel oil (HFO) or diesel, BLs can be burned using existing burners with appropriate adjustments [13].…”

Investigation on improving the thermal efficiency of a mini boiler fired with straight vegetable oils

“…Lee et al [21] conducted a test on a cylindrical multi-hole premixed burner for its potential use for a condensing gas boiler, which produce less NO x and CO emissions. Jiru et al [22] demonstrated that SHO20 (20% degummed soybean oil and 80% fuel oil) is suitable for residential furnaces without modification. The combustion of SHO20 resulted in a higher flue gas temperature which increased the NO x emission than that of fuel oil.…”