Co-combustion Coal and Waste Alternative Fuel: Thermogravimetric Analysis
Combustion of coal together with a relative small percentage of waste alternative fuel (WAF) may be a choice for the management of these wastes. Co-combustion coal and their blends of 5%, 10% and 50% (wt.%) with waste alternative fuel were tested in a thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) in the temperat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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VSB-Technical University of Ostrava
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Transactions of the VSB : Technical University of Ostrava |
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| Online Access: | http://transactions.fs.vsb.cz/2011-1/1848_Koristkova.pdf |
| Summary: | Combustion of coal together with a relative small percentage of waste alternative fuel (WAF) may be a choice for the management of these wastes. Co-combustion coal and their blends of 5%, 10% and 50% (wt.%) with waste alternative fuel were tested in a thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) in the temperature range from ambient to 1000oC under the heating rate of 10 oC min-1. Combustion characteristics such as volatile release, ignition and burnout were also studied for the fuel blends. The method of direct non-linear regression was used for calculation of apparent kinetic parameters of oxidation processes from thermogravimetric (TG) curves. The coal oxidation is the first-order reaction. The study has been conducted aiming at widening the spectrum of fuels utilised by cocombustion |
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| ISSN: | 1210-0471 1804-0993 |