Abstract
Oxy-H 2O combustion is a novel oxy-fuel combustion technology, different from conventional and oxy-CO 2 combustion. NO and N 2O emissions during devolatilization and char combustion of a single biomass particle in O 2/N 2 and O 2/H 2O were investigated in a tube reactor under different temperatures (700 °C, 800 °C, and 900 °C) and oxygen concentrations (21%, 30%, 40%, and 50% by volume). Single biomass pellets of poplar wood, rice husk, and corn stalk were selected. The method of isothermal thermo-gravimetric analysis was applied to distinguish the two stages of biomass combustion based on its proximate analysis. The presence of H 2O vapor can improve the free radicals, H 2 and CO concentrations, promoting NO and N 2O reduction. The total conversions of fuel-N to NO and N 2O in O 2/N 2 are over 2 times higher than those in O 2/H 2O. In O 2/N 2, NO is formed as the sample heated up, while N 2O is mainly formed during char combustion stage. However, NO is formed after N 2O in O 2/H 2O. No matter in O 2/N 2 or in O 2/H 2O, a higher fuel-N content in biomass results in higher NO and N 2O yields during the two stages, whilst the conversions of fuel-N to NO and N 2O during the two stages decrease with increasing fuel-N/ash content. In O 2/N 2, the total conversion of fuel-N to NO reaches the maximum value (14.35%) at T = 800 °C, whilst the total conversion of fuel-N to NO increases with increasing temperature in O 2/H 2O. The total conversions of fuel-N to N 2O decrease with increasing temperature in O 2/N 2 and O 2/H 2O. The influence of oxygen concentration on NO and N 2O is similar to that of temperature. In O 2/N 2, there is a maximum value of the total conversion of fuel-N to NO (14.35%) at 〈O 2〉 = 30%, whilst there is no obvious change of the total conversion of fuel-N to NO with increasing oxygen concentration in O 2/H 2O. The total conversions of fuel-N to N 2O decrease with increasing oxygen concentration in O 2/N 2 and O 2/H 2O. The results are beneficial to understand the NO and N 2O emission mechanisms and favorable for the NO and N 2O control in O 2/H 2O.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 162-170 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Network Intelligence |
| Volume | 206 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
-
SDG 13 Climate Action
Keywords
- N O
- NO
- O /H O
- O /N
- Single biomass particle
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'A Broadband ASE Light Source-based FTTX RoF-WDM Optical Network System'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Author
- BIBTEX
- Harvard
- Standard
- RIS
- Vancouver