Desulfurization in co-firing of sewage sludge and wooden biomass in a bubbling fluidized bed combustor under air and oxy-fuel conditions

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21220%2F23%3A00367685" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21220/23:00367685 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127709" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127709</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127709" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127709</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Desulfurization in co-firing of sewage sludge and wooden biomass in a bubbling fluidized bed combustor under air and oxy-fuel conditions

Original language description

This work presents results of an experimental investigation of a direct addition of Ca-based sorbent for SO2 capture in a bubbling fluidized bed combustion. The fuel of interest was secondary biomass represented by a dried sewage sludge, which was mixed with primary biomass represented by wooden pellets in a weight ratio of 30:70. The performance of this SO2 capture approach is compared in air and oxy-fuel combustion conditions, since the different gas environment in the bed significantly affects the SO2 capture process. The experiments were carried out in an experimental bubbling fluidized bed combustor with a power load of about 30 kW. Sewage sludge is typical for its high ash content and has sufficient dimensions and attrition resistance to create the fluidized bed without the support of external bed materials. However, it typically consists of S-containing organic substances, resulting in the presence of SOX in the off-gas. A reference case was initially conducted without any sorbent addition in order to investigate the effect of sulfur self-retention in the fuel ash. The sulfur retention in the ash reached almost 45 % in air- and up to 55 % under oxy-combustion. In the next phase, the performance of Ca-based sorbents in sulfur capture was evaluated. The sorbents were represented by two types of limestone with diverse CaCO3 content produced at different locations. The experiments were carried out with three Ca/S mole ratios (1.5, 3, and 4.5). The effect of the fluidized bed temperature was also investigated as the most important parameter. The SO2 capture ratio (used as a performance indicator) was calculated based on emission factors, due to the different specific volumes of flue gas in the air and oxy-fuel modes. The results show in general a significantly higher SO2 capture ratio under oxy-fuel conditions. The differences are more significant in lower Ca/S ratios, where the SO2 capture ratio increased from 46 % under air conditions to 75 % under oxy-fuel for Ca/S = 1.5. In the case of the highest Ca/S ratio examined (Ca/S = 4.5), the increase in SO2 capture was from 90 % to 95 %.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20704 - Energy and fuels

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000753" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000753: Research centre for low-carbon energy technologies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Fuel

ISSN

0016-2361

e-ISSN

1873-7153

Volume of the periodical

342

Issue of the periodical within the volume

127709

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1-10

UT code for WoS article

000965619500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85148379283