Particulate emission size distribution from palm oil mill boiler

• Main Authors: Jamian, Nor Ruwaida, Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid, Mohd. Muzi, Syahirah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61234/1/MohdRashidMohd2015_Particulateemissionsizedistributionfrompalmoil.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61234/

A study on the particulate emission size distribution from five different palm oil mills with boiler steam capacity ranging from 17,000 to 35,000kg/hr was investigated and is reported in this paper. The mills are all equipped with a multi-cyclones particulate arrestor. The particulate sample was collected at the stack (fly ash) and at the multi-cyclone (retained ash). The results showed that the 50% cumulative particulate emission size distribution for stack fly ash ranged between 1.3 and 38 µm and 60 to 150 µm for retained ash.