Title:
Energy Requirement for Biomass Densification Via Mechanical Compression and an Integrated Pelletization Unit
Author(s):
Pradhan, P., Arora, A., Mahajani, S.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Growing demand of wood pellets in global market, coupled with concern arise due to solid waste management, has drawn attention to produce more fuel pellets from non-woody biomass feedstocks. In this context, a study was done to evaluate the compression energy requirement for garden waste biomass and compared with other biomass feedstocks. In addition, the energy consumption was also measured during fuel pellets production for an integrated pelletization unit under different test conditions. The energy requirement to compress garden waste to a density of 600 kg m-3 was found to be 0.71 kJ kg-1, which was around 3.5 times less as compared to Miscanthus and Switchgrass under similar conditions. But, in case of pelletization, the energy consumption was found to be 0.1 kWh kg-1 under a typical operating condition. Overall, the present study evaluated the energy requirement for garden waste densification under various experimental cases. The results will be useful for energy cost calculation in future techno-economic analysis.
Keywords:
biomass, energy, waste, pelletization, densification
Topic:
Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Cooling and Electricity
Subtopic:
Production and supply of solid biofuels
Event:
26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
2DV.2.5
Pages:
870 - 873
ISBN:
978-88-89407-18-9
Paper DOI:
10.5071/26thEUBCE2018-2DV.2.5
Price:
FREE
