Emission and Performance Characteristic of Biodiesel Burner System: A Review

Abstract

Abstract. Shortage in hydrocarbon fuel sources, energy preservation and future stringent emission regulations have been a formidable challenge to the most prominent Small and Medium Enterprise (SME ) in Malaysia especially in the burner system of boiler. Therefore, the alternative source of fuel is receiving a lot of attention especially in the application of renewable energy such as biodiesel fuel (BDF) and low quality fuel. The application of biodiesel in the burner system offer not only attractive and more economical fuel but also creates problems of higher toxic emission such as nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matters (PM). This review presents the current status of the several studies that had been carried out on the emission and performance characteristic of biodiesel burners burner in term of the specific fuel type that could be used, type of emissions such as NOx, CO, CO2 and others operating condition that can be used to optimize the performance of the biodiesel burner system and also comment the progress of it in some areas. Based on the review clearly indicated that this form of alternative fuel can be an attractive renewable alternative energy source for burner system. IntroductionThe demanding growth of alternative energy sources costs have resulted the rising concerns about the environmental impacts of fossil fuels and their future availability. While being able to meet the energy demands for an ever-expanding global population, these sources must be sustainable and economically practical for large-scale implementation. Biodiesel is a promising alternative fuel to petroleum diesel because it had comparable properties to the common diesel, but with the added advantage of being renewable due to its biomass origin[1]- [3].The behavior of biodiesel in the internal combustion is had been investigate intensively around the world, but a few study on the behavior of biodiesel in burner and furnace. Generally burner function is to provide a stable operation and acceptable flame pattern over a specific set of operating condition. One of the operating conditions of a burner is to use specific type of fuels [4]and in this case biodiesel fuel. The biodiesels derived from different plant oils will have slightly different molecular structures such as carbon-chain lengths, hydrogen-carbon ratio and oxygen content due to the variation of the degree of unsaturation of the fatty acids in different sources [5]-[7].These fuels can be available in burner easier than other combustion equipment. However, the application of low quality fuel in the burner system offer not only attractive and more economical fuel but also generates complications of higher toxic emission such as nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matters (PM) compared to standard petroleum based diesels[8]- [11]. Thus, there is a need for tests to characterize the performance and emission properties of the biodiesel burner system.

The development of energy-saving operation technology of the biodiesel plant as a part of the cogeneration system

“…Підвищенню ефективності виробництва біодизелю, наприклад, присвячена робота [5], в якій представлено обґрунтування переробки побічного продуктугліцерину в метанол без передбачуваного зневоднення з використанням спеціального каталізатора. В роботах [6,7] досліджено вплив якості сировини як первинного продукту на склад продуктів згоряння біодизелю, а в роботах [8,9] на основі експериментальних досліджень встановлено вплив оптимізації процесу спалювання біодизелю як кінцевого продукту на зміну шкідливих викидів. Для підтримки функціонування біодизельних установок розроблена, наприклад, архітектура відбору проб біодизелю щодо оцінки зміни його параметрів [10], а в роботі [11] представлено алгоритм аналітичної обробки інформації на основі моніторінгу параметрів біодизелю щодо визначення його якості.…”