Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass

The subject of the CFD analysis presented in this paper is the process of biomass indirect co-firing carried out in a system composed of a stoker-fired furnace coupled with a gasification reactor. The installation is characterised by its compact structure, which makes it possible to minimise heat lo...

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Main Authors: Litka Rafał, Kalisz Sylwester
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Published: Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering 2016-06-01
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description The subject of the CFD analysis presented in this paper is the process of biomass indirect co-firing carried out in a system composed of a stoker-fired furnace coupled with a gasification reactor. The installation is characterised by its compact structure, which makes it possible to minimise heat losses to the environment and enhance the physical enthalpy of the oxidising agent – flue gases – having a favourable chemical composition with oxygen and water vapour. The test results provided tools for modelling of biomass thermal processing using a non-standard oxidiser in the form of flue gases. The obtained models were used to optimise the indirect co-combustion process to reduce emissions. An overall effect of co-combustion of gas from biomass gasification in the stoker furnace is the substantial reduction in NO emissions by about 22%.
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spelling doaj-art-d1d944e6a6d1415c890fec215553b15b2025-08-20T03:10:01ZengPolish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process EngineeringChemical and Process Engineering2300-19252016-06-0137223524910.1515/cpe-2016-0019cpe-2016-0019Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomassLitka RafałKalisz Sylwester0Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, ul. Konarskiego 20, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandThe subject of the CFD analysis presented in this paper is the process of biomass indirect co-firing carried out in a system composed of a stoker-fired furnace coupled with a gasification reactor. The installation is characterised by its compact structure, which makes it possible to minimise heat losses to the environment and enhance the physical enthalpy of the oxidising agent – flue gases – having a favourable chemical composition with oxygen and water vapour. The test results provided tools for modelling of biomass thermal processing using a non-standard oxidiser in the form of flue gases. The obtained models were used to optimise the indirect co-combustion process to reduce emissions. An overall effect of co-combustion of gas from biomass gasification in the stoker furnace is the substantial reduction in NO emissions by about 22%.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cpe.2016.37.issue-2/cpe-2016-0019/cpe-2016-0019.xml?format=INTCFD modellingstokerco-firinggasificationbiomass
spellingShingle Litka Rafał
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Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass
Chemical and Process Engineering
CFD modelling
stoker
co-firing
gasification
biomass
title Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass
title_full Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass
title_fullStr Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass
title_full_unstemmed Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass
title_short Numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co-firing of biomass
title_sort numerical modelling of a stoker furnace operated under indirect co firing of biomass
topic CFD modelling
stoker
co-firing
gasification
biomass
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