Combustion characteristics of different biomass fuels

A Demirbas - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2004 - Elsevier
Biomass energy is one of humanity's earliest sources of energy particularly in rural areas
where it is often the only accessible and affordable source of energy. Worldwide biomass …

Biomass combustion in fluidized bed boilers: Potential problems and remedies

AA Khan, W de Jong, PJ Jansens… - Fuel processing technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Due to increasing environmental concerns especially related with the use of fossil fuels, new
solutions to limit the greenhouse gas effect are continuously sought. Among the available …

Sustainable cofiring of biomass with coal

A Demirbaş - Energy conversion and management, 2003 - Elsevier
Biomass is an attractive renewable fuel to supplement coal combustion in utility boilers. Coal
cofiring was successful with up to a 20% biomass mix. Results of extensive applications …

Importance of rural bioenergy for developing countries

AH Demirbas, I Demirbas - Energy Conversion and Management, 2007 - Elsevier
Energy resources will play an important role in the world's future. Rural bioenergy is still the
predominant form of energy used by people in the less developed countries, and bioenergy …

An assessment of mine methane mitigation and utilisation technologies

S Su, A Beath, H Guo, C Mallett - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2005 - Elsevier
Fugitive methane, emitted from coalmines around the world, represents approximately 8% of
the world's anthropogenic methane emissions that constitute a 17% contribution to total …

Pyrolysis of eucalyptus at different heating rates: studies of char characterization and oxidative reactivity

M Guerrero, MP Ruiz, MU Alzueta, R Bilbao… - Journal of analytical and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Biomass is increasingly considered as an important resource for alternative fuels with
significant environmental advantages. Recent studies in the literature highlight the …

Characterization of biomass chars formed under different devolatilization conditions: differences between rice husk and eucalyptus

M Guerrero, MP Ruiz, Á Millera, MU Alzueta… - Energy & …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A comparison between the properties of chars produced by pyrolysis of rice husk and
eucalyptus at different temperatures and heating rates has been performed. Low heating …

Advances in biomass co-combustion with fossil fuels in the European context: A review

M Variny, A Varga, M Rimár, J Janošovský, J Kizek… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Co-combustion of biomass-based fuels and fossil fuels in power plant boilers, utility boilers,
and process furnaces is a widely acknowledged means of efficient heat and power …

Experimental and kinetic modeling study of the effect of NO and SO2 on the oxidation of COH2 mixtures

P Dagaut, F Lecomte, J Mieritz… - International journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of NO and SO2 on the oxidation of a CO H2 mixture was studied in a jet‐stirred
reactor at atmospheric pressure and for various equivalence ratios (0.1, 1, and 2) and initial …

Experimental studies on cofiring of coal and biomass blends in India

KV Narayanan, E Natarajan - Renewable Energy, 2007 - Elsevier
Concerns regarding the potential global environmental impacts of fossil fuels used in power
generation and other energy supplies are increasing worldwide. One of the methods of …