Combustion Characteristics of a Biomass-Biomass Co-combustion using Thermogravimetric Analysis

Pichet Ninduangdee, Porametr Arromdee, Arkom Palamanit, Kittinun Boonrod, Suriya Prasomthong

Abstract


The present work investigated thermal decomposition behavior of palm kernel shell (PKS), empty fruit bunch (EFB), and their blends during combustion using thermogravimetric analysis. The tests were performed for six mass proportions of PKS-EFB blends. A 15 mg biomass/blend sample was heated in a thermogravimetric analyzer at different heating rates (10, 20, 30, and 40 °C/min) and 30, 40, 50, and 60 mL/min flow rate of the furnace gas (dry air/nitrogen). Combustion characteristics: ignition and burnout temperatures, as well as a comprehensive combustion performance index of all fuel options, were determined from the TG-DTG profiles. The kinetic analysis was performed to determine the combustion kinetic parameters during (co-)combustion of the selected fuel options. The findings revealed that the combustion reactivity of EFB was higher than that of PKS, as indicated by the lower values of peak, ignition, and burnout temperatures, as well as the higher value of the comprehensive combustion performance index. The activation energy for combustion of EFB was smaller than that of PKS. With increasing EFB ratio in the fuel blends, the combustion characteristics of the fuel mixtures were improved. The activation energy for PKS-EFB co-combustion found to decrease with an increased proportion of EFB. An addition of EFB in the fuel blend can improve co-combustion reactivity, thus, enhancing fuel burnout rate, and consequently combustion efficiency of the combustion system.

Keywords


Renewable energy; biomass energy

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