Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah

Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah

Biomass fuel can be an alternative fuel for industries that produces a lot of agriculture waste (like FELDA), which can convert the fuel to useful heat energy. Numerous research works have been carried out to study the combustion characteristics of agricultural solid wastes, however, every result is...

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Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and University Publication Centre (UPENA) 2008
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/
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spelling uitm-175632017-08-01T04:37:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/ Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah Biomass fuel can be an alternative fuel for industries that produces a lot of agriculture waste (like FELDA), which can convert the fuel to useful heat energy. Numerous research works have been carried out to study the combustion characteristics of agricultural solid wastes, however, every result is unique due to differences in the process and hardware. This paper publishes results based on the combustion experiments of palm kernel shell and palm fiber using an under-fire inclined grate combustor developed locally. This work aims to generate combustion data for future research development of the palm oil wastes as an alternative fuel. The analysis is based on theoretical and experimental energy outputs, emission analysis and combustion behavior. In general, palm shells have a calorific value of 16.9 MJ/kg, while palm fibers reported calorific value is 9.2 MJ/kg. Actual energy released during the combustion process was determined from the flue gas compositions using thermodynamics analysis of combustion reactions. The combustion chamber design limits the actual energy conversion at a range of 24% to 32%, where the maximum flue gas energy was determined at about 5.4 MJ/kg for palm shells and 2.5 MJ/kg for palm fiber. Critical factors identified in enhancing the combustion performance are the air supply, air-fuel mixing and fuel distribution. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and University Publication Centre (UPENA) 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/1/AJ_WAN%20AHMAD%20NAJMI%20WAN%20MOHAMED%20JME%2008.pdf UNSPECIFIED (2008) Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 5 (1). pp. 43-57. ISSN 1823-5514
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description Biomass fuel can be an alternative fuel for industries that produces a lot of agriculture waste (like FELDA), which can convert the fuel to useful heat energy. Numerous research works have been carried out to study the combustion characteristics of agricultural solid wastes, however, every result is unique due to differences in the process and hardware. This paper publishes results based on the combustion experiments of palm kernel shell and palm fiber using an under-fire inclined grate combustor developed locally. This work aims to generate combustion data for future research development of the palm oil wastes as an alternative fuel. The analysis is based on theoretical and experimental energy outputs, emission analysis and combustion behavior. In general, palm shells have a calorific value of 16.9 MJ/kg, while palm fibers reported calorific value is 9.2 MJ/kg. Actual energy released during the combustion process was determined from the flue gas compositions using thermodynamics analysis of combustion reactions. The combustion chamber design limits the actual energy conversion at a range of 24% to 32%, where the maximum flue gas energy was determined at about 5.4 MJ/kg for palm shells and 2.5 MJ/kg for palm fiber. Critical factors identified in enhancing the combustion performance are the air supply, air-fuel mixing and fuel distribution.
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title Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah
spellingShingle Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah
title_short Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah
title_full Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah
title_fullStr Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah
title_full_unstemmed Combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / Wan Ahmad Najmi Wan Mohamed and Nik Rosli Abdullah
title_sort combustion characteristics of palm shells and palm fibers using an inclined grate combustor / wan ahmad najmi wan mohamed and nik rosli abdullah
publisher Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and University Publication Centre (UPENA)
publishDate 2008
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/1/AJ_WAN%20AHMAD%20NAJMI%20WAN%20MOHAMED%20JME%2008.pdf
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