Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler

A study to investigate the particulate emission from a boiler of a palm oil mill plant equipped with a multi-cyclones particulate arrestor was performed and reported in this paper. The particulate emission concentration was measured at the outlet of an 8000 kg steam/h capacity water-tube typed boile...

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Main Authors:	M. Rashid, Rashid, W.C., Chong, M. Ramli, Ramli, Z.N. Zainura, Zainura, J. Norruwaida, Norruwaidaaida
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling	ukm-64712016-12-14T06:41:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6471/ Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler M. Rashid, Rashid W.C., Chong M. Ramli, Ramli Z.N. Zainura, Zainura J. Norruwaida, Norruwaidaaida A study to investigate the particulate emission from a boiler of a palm oil mill plant equipped with a multi-cyclones particulate arrestor was performed and reported in this paper. The particulate emission concentration was measured at the outlet of an 8000 kg steam/h capacity water-tube typed boiler of a palm oil mill plant processing 27000 kg/h of fresh fruit bunch (FFB). The particulate sample was collected iso-kinetically using the USEPA method 5 sampling train through a sampling port made at the duct of the exiting flue gas between the boiler and a multi-cyclones unit. The results showed that the particulate emission rates exiting the boiler varied from 8.51 g/s to 126 g/s with an average of 44.3±31.6 g/s. In terms of concentration, the average particulate emission concentration exiting the boiler was 7.75±4.71 g/Nm3 (corrected to 7% oxygen concentration), ranging from 1.50 to 17.7 g/Nm3 (@7% O2) of the flue gas during the measurement. Based on the 27000 kg/h FFB processed, 6000 kg/h fiber and shell (F&S) burned and the capacity of the boiler of 8000 kg steam/h, the calculated particulate emission factor was 5.91±4.21 g particulate/kg FFB processed, 26.6±18.9 g particulate/kg F&S burned and 19.9±14.2 g particulate/kg boiler capacity, respectively. Based on the finding, in order to comply with the emission limits of 0.4 g/Nm3, the required collection efficiency of any given particulate pollution control system to consider for the mill will be between 73 and 98%, which is not easily achievable with the existing multi-cyclones unit. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6471/1/12_M._Rashid.pdf M. Rashid, Rashid and W.C., Chong and M. Ramli, Ramli and Z.N. Zainura, Zainura and J. Norruwaida, Norruwaidaaida (2013) Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (9). pp. 1289-1292. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	A study to investigate the particulate emission from a boiler of a palm oil mill plant equipped with a multi-cyclones particulate arrestor was performed and reported in this paper. The particulate emission concentration was measured at the outlet of an 8000 kg steam/h capacity water-tube typed boiler of a palm oil mill plant processing 27000 kg/h of fresh fruit bunch (FFB). The particulate sample was collected iso-kinetically using the USEPA method 5 sampling train through a sampling port made at the duct of the exiting flue gas between the boiler and a multi-cyclones unit. The results showed that the particulate emission rates exiting the boiler varied from 8.51 g/s to 126 g/s with an average of 44.3±31.6 g/s. In terms of concentration, the average particulate emission concentration exiting the boiler was 7.75±4.71 g/Nm3 (corrected to 7% oxygen concentration), ranging from 1.50 to 17.7 g/Nm3 (@7% O2) of the flue gas during the measurement. Based on the 27000 kg/h FFB processed, 6000 kg/h fiber and shell (F&S) burned and the capacity of the boiler of 8000 kg steam/h, the calculated particulate emission factor was 5.91±4.21 g particulate/kg FFB processed, 26.6±18.9 g particulate/kg F&S burned and 19.9±14.2 g particulate/kg boiler capacity, respectively. Based on the finding, in order to comply with the emission limits of 0.4 g/Nm3, the required collection efficiency of any given particulate pollution control system to consider for the mill will be between 73 and 98%, which is not easily achievable with the existing multi-cyclones unit.
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author	M. Rashid, Rashid W.C., Chong M. Ramli, Ramli Z.N. Zainura, Zainura J. Norruwaida, Norruwaidaaida
spellingShingle	M. Rashid, Rashid W.C., Chong M. Ramli, Ramli Z.N. Zainura, Zainura J. Norruwaida, Norruwaidaaida Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler
author_facet	M. Rashid, Rashid W.C., Chong M. Ramli, Ramli Z.N. Zainura, Zainura J. Norruwaida, Norruwaidaaida
author_sort	M. Rashid, Rashid
title	Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler
title_short	Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler
title_full	Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler
title_fullStr	Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler
title_sort	evaluation of particulate emission from a palm oil mill boiler
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6471/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6471/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6471/1/12_M._Rashid.pdf
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Evaluation of particulate emission from a Palm Oil Mill Boiler

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