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Chunkwood fuel feeding and combustion experiments in small-scale boilers to provide design suggestions for chunkwood friendly boiler construction
Dalarna University, Sweden.
SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
Region Gävleborg, Sweden.
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2024 (English)In: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, ISSN 2213-1388, E-ISSN 2213-1396, Vol. 71, article id 103986Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Chunkwood fuels have a particle size larger than normal chips which enables good drying and storage properties and are therefore appreciated by small-scale users. However, small-scale boilers optimized for chunkwood are not commercially available and the research question is if modern wood chip stokers, selected for having a robust fuel feeding system could feed and combust the fuel. Chunkwood fuel feeding, and combustion tests are performed in a 27-kW and a 240-kW wood chip stoker. Both boilers fulfill Ecodesign emission requirements for carbon monoxide (CO) at nominal load, but further optimization is required to fulfil requirements for dust. Partial load combustion needs to be further studied. There were problems with high stress on the fuel feeding system in both stokers, traced to when excessively large fuel pieces passed the outlet of the fuel bin and when fuel discs became trapped between the auger screw and the lid of the conveyor. Suggestions to solve the fuel feeding problems includes redesign of the fuel bin auger screw to cut oversized pieces, alternatively use of previously developed prototype conveyors that worked. Further studies are required to optimize the fuel feeding system and the combustion performance including a solution for partial load operation. 

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Elsevier Ltd , 2024. Vol. 71, article id 103986
Keywords [en]
Bins; Fuel storage; Screw conveyors; Wood fuels; Wood products; Block chips; Chunkwood; Combustion boilers; Fuel combustion; Fuel feeding; Fuel feeding system; Renewables; Screw feeders; Small scale; Small scale combustion boiler; biomass; carbon monoxide; combustion; emission control; energy use; fuelwood; Stokers
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-76152DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2024.103986Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85204436607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-76152DiVA, id: diva2:1916613
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This work was supported by the European Union through the Interreg Sweden-Norway programme, grant number 20200023, project name IMTRIS and through the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development distributed by the Swedish Board of Agriculture, Sweden and from Hushållningssallskapet, ¨ Sweden with funds from the Rural Program 2014-2022. Support was also given by the Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden through Småskalprogrammet and Bransleprogrammet ¨ and by Dalarna University, Sweden. We would like to thank Robert Norback ¨ at Kungsbergets Service AB, Sweden, Henrik Nyman and Bengt Karlsson at NOJ AB, Sweden for providing the boilers, Anders Lindholm from BN Energikonsult AB, Sweden, who supported with measurement equipment and Emrik Forss´en and Åke Orjes ¨ for producing the chunkwood.

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