Experimental trials to make wheat straw pellets with wood residue and binders

Lu, Donghui; Tabil, Lope G.; Wang, Decheng; Wang, Guanghui; Emami, Shahram

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.07.029

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“…Water uptake directly affects the amount of silicon and other inorganic elements in herbaceous biomass (Lu et al, 2014). More specifically, it accounts for the fact that the ash level of non-woody biomass is higher than the woody biomass.…”

Section: Factors In the Supply Chain That Affect Ash Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lignocellulosic materials such as wood residues with high lignin content and higher heating value can help to improve the strength and durability of pellets and briquettes derived from wheat straw, increase the calorific value and decrease the ash content (Lu et al, 2014). They also investigated the optimum weight ratio for blending sawdust and paper pulp to produce briquettes from wood residues.…”

Section: Blendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3.175 mm screen according to previous studies (Lu et al 2014;Theerarattananoona et al 2011;Mani et al 2004). An air suction system was attached to the hammer mill to remove and store the ground biomass temporarily before the milled biomass was fed to a vibratory screen shaker (Test-Master, Model W.S.…”

Section: Test Series I -Mechanical Fractionationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Improving the Quality of Crop Residues by the Reduction of Ash Content and Inorganic Constituents

Peng¹,

Lau²

2020

j biobased mat bioenergy

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In this study, the mechanical size fractionation technique and the water leaching technique were applied in sequence to reduce the ash content of crop residues to target value of 6% db (dry basis) following the applicable standard. Results showed that the finest fraction of ground crop residues (< 0.25 mm) had much higher ash content than the coarser fractions, thus demonstrating that size fractionation can reduce the need for leaching as ash removal technique, and it was most effective for corn stover. For a water-to-biomass ratio (w/w) of 30, the final ash contents of the biomass materials involved in all experimental treatments were effectively reduced to below the target value. Canola straw had the highest ash removal efficiency and element removal efficiency as compared to wheat straw and corn stover. Even though the leaching condition (12 h, 25 °C) was adequate for effective ash reduction, SiO2 removal efficiency could be significantly improved when the leaching temperature was raised from 25 °C to 45 °C. A preliminary cost analysis indicated that biomass pretreatment by mechanical size fraction followed by water leaching as needed would lead to a 30% increase in the total production cost (TPC) of agro-pellets, and this is significantly lower than the increase in TPC by 66% if the pretreatment is done by water leaching only of the ground crop residues.

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Section: Factors In the Supply Chain That Affect Ash Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Blendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Improving the Quality of Crop Residues by the Reduction of Ash Content and Inorganic Constituents

Peng¹,

Lau²

2020

j biobased mat bioenergy

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“…Proper quantity of moisture and temperature are necessary for it's activation. It has a lubricant function, too, and has effect on friction coefficient, moreover, on the properties of the final product, too [33].…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation, ranking and positioning of measurement methods for pellet production

2018

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A B S T R A C TPellet production and consumption are steadily increasing as a renewable energy source. The production and combustion properties of pellets are defined by molecular structure and elemental composition of raw materials. Quality control tools are different in terms of areas they cover the pellet-production cycle, but considering the raw materials, they regulate only the origin but not the components. There are standardized methods for measuring the biomass and these methods are mainly capable to the pellet raw material qualification, too. Using these together with the control and diagnostics of production parameters, the finished pellet quality (parameters) can be forecasted with high accuracy. A novel evaluation methodology is proposed in the paper for the measurement and qualification of the raw material. The introduced evaluation ranks these methods, based on measuring device-needed, time-requirement and measurement complexity triad. Moreover, the proposed best measurement solutions are positioned along the pellet production chain.

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“…With the addition of binders chosen in this study, the tensile strength of wheat straw pellets was improved with values ranging from 1.13 to 1.63 MPa. There was a significant increase in the higher heating value (17.98 MJ /kg to 18.77 MJ/kg) when crude glycerol, wood residue, and pretreated wood residue were used as binders [6]. It was found from literature reviews that RDF5 is an interesting waste to energy technology.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Properties of Densified-refuse Derived Fuel Using Glycerin as a Binder

Jamradloedluk

Lertsatitthanakorn

2015

Procedia Engineering

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Much attention has been recently paid to the refuse derived fuels (RDFs) due to its benefits in aspects of municipal solid waste management and waste to energy technology. Densified-refuse derived fuel (RDF5) with different raw materials were produced and characterized in this study. Municipal solid wastes used as raw materials for the RDF5 production were sawdust, corrugated paper, plastic bag, and dry cooked rice. Influences of raw material volumetric mixing ratio, extrusion temperature and addition of glycerin as a binder on properties of the RDF5 produced were experimentally investigated. It was found that an increase of dry cooked rice amount and an addition of the glycerin in the mixture led to an increase of density and a decrease of compressive strength of the RDF5. Densities and compressive strengths were in the ranges of 1.4-2.3 g/cm 3 and 75-457 N/cm 2 , respectively. Addition of the glycerin also increased the overall thermal efficiency of the cookstove using RDF5 as a fuel. While greater amount of dry cooked rice in the mixture had a negative effect on the overall thermal efficiency. However, extrusion temperature had no obvious effect on the properties of the fuel.

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Experimental trials to make wheat straw pellets with wood residue and binders

Cited by 125 publications

References 22 publications

Improving the Quality of Crop Residues by the Reduction of Ash Content and Inorganic Constituents

Improving the Quality of Crop Residues by the Reduction of Ash Content and Inorganic Constituents

Evaluation, ranking and positioning of measurement methods for pellet production

Properties of Densified-refuse Derived Fuel Using Glycerin as a Binder

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