Reed canary-grass ash composition and its melting behaviour during combustion

• Spring harvested reed canary-grass (RCG) with various chemical compositions was combusted in a 180 kW boiler. The ash melting behaviour was studied and the ash was analysed. Estimation of melting behaviour was done by ASTM fusion test, a bench-scale fluidized-bed combustion test (5 kW), and by extracting melting behaviours from the ternary phase diagram SiO2-CaO-K2O. The initial melting temperatures seem to be similar for the different samples; however, for low ash content (3-4% DM) higher portions of melt occurred in the lower temperature range <1200°C and for high ash content fuels (5-10%) more melting occurred in a higher temperature range, >1500°C. © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Energiteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Energy Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Ash fusion

Fluidized bed

Reed canary-grass

Energiteknik

Energy Engineering

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