Combustion Combustion of of Agricultural Agricultural Biofuels Biofuels in in Fluidized Fluidized Bed Bed Boilers Boilers Prof.Ing. František Hrdlička,PhD. Ing.Jan Hrdlička,PhD. Department Department of of Fluid Dynamics Fluid Dynamics and and Power Power Engineering Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Czech Republic
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CombustionCombustion ofof AgriculturalAgricultural BiofuelsBiofuels in in FluidizedFluidized BedBed BoilersBoilers
Prof.Ing. František Hrdlička,PhD.Ing.Jan Hrdlička,PhD.
Department Department ofof Fluid Dynamics Fluid Dynamics andand PowerPower EngineeringEngineering
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Czech Republic
Renewables in heat production
Total heat consumption is 381 PJ/yr , including centralized heat sources (CZT) 209 PJ/yr and decentralized heat sources (DZT) 172 PJ/yr
SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE – co-firing of sugar beet and coal in 2MW BFBC boiler with internal bed material
circulation
Co-firing of sugar beet chips and coal – experimental data
- significant
SO2
reduction- works
well
up
to 1:1 coal:chips
ratio
Analysis of sugar beet chips
Water content Wr
= 79,7 %
Ash content Ar = 1,21 %
Combustibles hr
= 19,09 %
LHV Qs
= 3,41 MJ/kg
Co-firing of sugar beet chips and coal – experimental data
coalcoal : chips ratio3 : 1 1 : 1
Power output kW 1150 1100 1200O2 % 10,1 9,2 8,6CO at O2 =6 % mg/m3 24 111 196Excess air ratio - 1,95 1,78 1,70NOx at O2 =6% mg/m3 658 616 570Bed temperature °C 860 835 845
Unsuccessful example – combustion of dry grain stillage in 1,5 MW coal BFBC boiler
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Agricultural biofuels – ash melting problem
Important properties influencing FB operation
- ash
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water
content
- volatiles
content
- ash
melting
temperatures
- elementary
composition
Properties of several biofuels of agricultural origin
Ash properties in pictures – furnace and heat exchanger input after 1 month operation
Ash properties in pictures – ash from the bottom of the furnace
SORREL – an example of influence of various locations on ash composition in a biofuel
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Conclusions
necessity of modification of the density orgranulation of the inert bed componentgood knowledge of composition of theenergetic cropsfeeding of energetic crops throughsecondary air