Influence of biomass properties on technical and environmental performance of a multi-fuel boiler during on-farm combustion of energy crops

Applied Energy

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 247-259

  Fournel, S ^a,b   Palacios, J H ^b   Morissette, R ^c   Villeneuve, J ^c   Godbout, S ^b   Heitz, M ^a   Savoie, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Research and Development Institute for the Agri Environment   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural biomass; Fuel indexes; Fuel physicochemical properties; Gas emissions; Particulate matter; Small scale combustion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; BOILERS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; HARVESTING; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PELLETIZING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HETEROGENEOUS PARTICLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SMALL SCALE;

COMBUSTION;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS POWER; COMBUSTION; ENERGY CROP; GRASS; METHANE; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 84920702828     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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