Development of a bench scale biomass torrefier

• Main Authors: Ja'afar M.N.M., Rahman A.A., Shamsuddin A.H.
• Other Authors: 57208944345
• Format: Conference paper
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Coal; Coal combustion; Biomass pellets; Carbon dioxide emissions; Co-firing biomass; Combustion behaviours; Gross calorific values; Proximate analysis; Pulverised coals; Volatile matters; biofuel; biomass; coal; combustion; emission control; moisture content; power generation; sampling; temperature effect; Biomass

Cofiring biomass with coal has become very popular with power utilities to reduce fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. It is relatively easy to implement on most common pulverised coal plants. However, raw biomass is difficult to utilise and requires upgrading to a higher quality fuel to subst...