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- Title
Improvement of Biomass Gasification/Combustion Characteristics by Microwave Pretreatment of Biomass Pellets.
- Authors
Barmina, Inesa; Goldsteins, Linards; Valdmanis, Raimonds; Zake, Maija
- Abstract
A wider use of the regional bioenergy resources for the development of environmentally friendly energy production providing microwave pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass pellets (wood, straw, and peat) of different origin at a frequency of 2.45 GHz is promoted. A hypothesis is proposed and tested that microwave pretreatment of biomass pellets and blending of such pretreated pellets with raw pellets can be applied to enhance the thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass blends from different origin. The test results confirm that increased reactivity and heating value of pretreated biomass pellets enhances heat energy production and limits the formation of green house gases (GHG) emissions, thus advancing a more efficient usage of agricultural and forestry waste for energy production.
- Subjects
BIOMASS; MICROWAVES; BIOMASS production; COMBUSTION; AGRICULTURAL wastes; CHEMICAL-looping combustion; BIOMASS burning; FORESTS &; forestry
- Publication
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 11, p2018
- ISSN
0930-7516
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ceat.202100201