Title:
Feasibility Study of Burning Neat Jatropha Oil into a Vaporizing Burner for Household Applications
Author(s):
Makaire, D., Sartor, K., Fontaine, J-M., Ngendakumana, P.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Charcoal is one of the major energy sources for household applications in urban areas of developing countries. It is often produced from natural forest and thus accelerates forest depletion. The aim of this work is to evaluate the use of jatropha oil for combustion in vaporizing burners. This paper presents laboratory tests on a burner whose nominal output power is 7.5 kW. The burner had to be modified because of the high viscosity of jatropha oil and for cold start, as the oil flash point (240 °C) is much higher than the fuel oil flash point (55 °C). The pollutants emissions and the thermal performance are analyzed for three firing rates. The burner meets EN1 standard at high firing rate, but unburned emissions were found to be higher for middle and low firing rates.
Keywords:
renewable energy, Jatropha curcas, households applications
Topic:
Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Cooling and Electricity
Subtopic:
Biomass and bioliquids combustion for small and medium scale applications
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
2BV.1.10
Pages:
639 - 645
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-2BV.1.10
Price:
FREE
