Examples of Full scale tests on BFB Waste to Energy boilers (WtE) with direct impact on the future operation of the facilityShow others and affiliations
2012 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Sustainable development
The content falls within the scope of Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
The growing problem with municipal solid waste has helped to accelerate de development of Waste
to Energy plants (WtE). However, WtE-plants have problems with agglomeration, deposition and
corrosion. And at the same time new waste streams are considered for combustion. Co-combustion
has sometimes proven to have positive effects on the combustion environment. In this project full
scale tests were performed on two twin 20 MWth WtE Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) boilers in
Borås, Sweden. The aim of the research was to investigate if a lowered bed temperature by means of
flue gas recirculation or addition of animal waste to the normal waste mix (NWM) could improve
the boiler performance. The bed temperature was decreased from 870°C, the boiler design
temperature, to around 750°C. The animal waste is a pumpable slurry consisting of crushed
carcasses and slaughterhouse waste classified with risk of infection because of BSE (Bovine
spongiforme encephalopathy or the mad cow disease). The result shoved both decreased deposit
formation rate and decreased agglomeration tendency of the bed. And in the case with animal waste
addition the NOx emission was reduced with 50% compared to ordinary performance. Furthermore
the ammonia addition for NOx reduction was also cut by half in this case.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012.
Keywords [en]
WtE, BFB, RDF, waste, agglomeration, deposit, NOx, Resursåtervinning
National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Resource Recovery
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-6864Local ID: 2320/11635OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-6864DiVA, id: diva2:887571
Conference
SCEJ Symposium on Fluidization November 8 - 9, 2012, Sakai, Osaka, Japan Organized by Fluidization Research Group, Division of Particle and Fluid Processes, The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ) and 65th IEA-FBC meeting
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