title: Incineration of paper sludge in a prototype vortexing fluidized bed combustor.
abstract: All experiments were carried out in a prototype vortexing fluidized bed combustor (VFBC). The dimension of the combustion chamber is 0.7 x 1.4 x 2 m, and the freeboard section is 1 m i.d. and 4 m in height. Paper sludge was used as the feeding material. Two types of coal particles were employed as the supplementary fuel. In order to understand the characteristics of the VFBC system for paper sludge incineration, the effect of various operating parameters, such as the primary airflow, excess air ratio, and secondary airflow rates, on temperature distribution, ash elutriation, combustion efficiency, and pollutant emissions were investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li, Taiwan, Republic of China. cschyang@mbox.cycu.edu.tw
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chyang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004867:Equipment Design; D017745:Incineration; D007221:Industry; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D010209:Paper; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009609:Nitrous Oxide