Open AccessInvestigation of the pollutant emission characteristics of blends of biomass and coal gangue in a fluidized bed
Author(s) -
Xiangru Jia,
Yaqian Ding,
Yabin Zhao,
Xinguang Huo,
Shaoqing Liu,
Feng Yun
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
thermal science/thermal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 2334-7163
pISSN - 0354-9836
DOI - 10.2298/tsci211030042j
Subject(s) - coal , environmental science , biomass (ecology) , combustion , gangue , waste management , fluidized bed , pulp and paper industry , coal combustion products , agronomy , environmental engineering , materials science , chemistry , metallurgy , engineering , organic chemistry , biology
The composite fuel of coal gangue and biomass is expected to increase the utilization rate of solid waste and compensate for the disadvantages of separate fuels. However, the NO and SO2 emissions from this composite fuel during the combustion process are a concern, but there are few studies on it. In this paper, corn cobs and wheat straws, typical agricultural biomass discarded in North China, and coal gangue from the mine in Xilingol, China, were selected for co-combustion in a fluidized bed. By changing the ratio of biomass to coal gangue and the combustion temperature, to study emission characteristics of NO and SO2. Studies had shown that: to a certain extent, mixing biomass and coal gangue can reduce the NO and SO2 emissions, and mixing 20% of biomasses had the best effect on NO and SO2 emissions reduction. The SO2 emission reduction effect of wheat straws was better than that of corn cobs, and the NO emission reduction effect of corn cobs was better than that of wheat straws. NO emissions of wheat straws and corn cobs added to the coal gangue were 6.45% and 7.93% less than those of coal gangue alone. SO2 emissions of wheat straws and corn cobs added to the coal gangue were 27.45% and 25.94% less than those of coal gangue alone. Both NO and SO2 emissions decreased with the growth of the biomass rate; NO and SO2 emissions increased with the growth of the combustion temperature.