Investigation on the co-combustion characteristics of multiple biomass and coal under O2/CO2 condition and the interaction between different biomass

Abstract

The co-combustion of coal and biomass in O₂/CO₂ conditions is a promising technology for CO₂ capture and waste disposal. Little attention has been paid to the interaction between different biomass in co-combustion process, which is of great significance to the study of the co-combustion mechanism. The co-combustion behavior of coal and multiple biomass under isothermal conditions was characterized by thermogravimetric method, and the interaction between different biomass was investigated from the perspective of thermogravimetric and proximate analysis. It found that biomass blending could remarkably improve the combustion performance of coal. Compared to the theoretical prediction, the interaction between coal and biomass showed remarkably promoting effects when the coal was blended with different biomass. While the interaction between different biomass was weak. Moreover, the influence of proximate analysis on combustion characteristic parameters was studied by establishing the linear relationship between combustion characteristic parameters and proximate analysis. The effects of proximate analysis on characteristic time/S were divided into five categories, and it were mainly controlled by the interaction both between coal with biomass and between different biomass.

Keywords: Coal and biomass co-combustion; Interaction; Isothermal conditions; Multiple biomass; O(2)/CO(2) condition.