Grate-fired energy crop conversion : experiences with Brassica carinata and Populus sp. /

Grate-fired energy crop conversion : experiences with Brassica carinata and Populus sp. /

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Author / Creator:	Díaz-Ramírez, Maryori C., author.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Springer theses Springer theses.
Subject:	Renewable energy sources. Energy crops. Agriculture and energy. Grate firing. Brassica -- Biotechnology. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Alternative & Renewable. Agriculture and energy. Brassica -- Biotechnology. Energy crops. Grate firing. Renewable energy sources. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095456

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ISBN:	9783319207599 3319207598 331920758X 9783319207582 9783319207582
Notes:	Doctoral thesis accepted by University of Zaragoza, Spain. Includes bibliographical references. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	This book provides important insights into the combustion behavior of novel energy crops and agricultural fuels. It describes a new experimental approach to combustion evaluation, involving fundamental, bench-scale and commercial-scale studies. The studies presented were conducted on two representative biomass energy crops: a woody biomass poplar (Populus sp. or poplar) and an herbaceous biomass brassica (Brassica carinata or brassica). Moreover, agricultural residues of Manihot esculenta or cassava were also analyzed. The main accomplishments of this work are threefold. Firstly, it offers an extensive characterization of the above-mentioned fuels, their ash chemistry and their emissions of both solid particles and gaseous compounds that form at typical grate combustion conditions. Secondly, it presents an in-depth analysis of ash fractionation processes for major ash species. Thirdly, it describes the role of some critical and volatile key elements (K, Cl, S and P) in grate-Ơ̐ℓred combustion systems and elucidates the main diƠ̐ℓerences in the ash chemistry during combustion of Si-rich and P-rich fuels. All in all, this work provides novel insights on the basic and fundamental mechanisms of biomass grate combustion with a special focus on ash transformation, and highlights important issues and recommendations that need to be considered for an appropriate conversion of ash-rich fuels and for the development of future technology in the context of both small- and medium-scale biomass-based heat and power production.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319207582
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-20759-9

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions.