Clean Air: International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment

ISSN for PRINT: 1561-4417

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2004, Volume5

Issue 4

113 pages

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Hartmut Spliethoff
Section Thermal Power Engineering, Faculty of Design, Construction and Production, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, NL-2628 CD Delft, NL

Sven Unterberger
Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant Technology (IVD), University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 23, D-70550, Stuttgart, Germany

Klaus R. G. Hein
Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant Technology (IVD), University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 23, D-70550, Stuttgart, Germany

The thermal use of biomass or waste, compared to other renewable energy sources, represents a cheap and technically feasible option for contributing to the reduction of the CO₂ emissions. Biomass co-firing activities, both in the retrofit and new plants, are expected to expand significantly in the world in the coming years and to contribute to the abovementioned goal. Within this paper different concepts of biomass co-utilization and their requirements for fuel preparation are presented. The effect of co-combustion on combustion, operation, emissions, and ash utilization is discussed for pulverized fuel furnaces and fluidized bed boilers. An overview of recent co-combustion activities in Germany and The Netherlands is given.

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