title: Investigation of ash deposition in a pilot-scale fluidized bed combustor co-firing biomass with lignite.
abstract: This study presents the results from investigation of ash deposition characteristics of a high ash and sulfur content lignite co-fired with three types of biomass (olive residue, 49 wt%; hazelnut shell, 42 wt%; and cotton residue, 41 wt%) in 0.3 MW(t) Middle East Technical University (METU) Atmospheric Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustion (ABFBC) Test Rig. Deposit samples were collected on an air-cooled probe at a temperature of 500 degrees C. Samples were analyzed by SEM/EDX and XRD methods. The results reveal that co-firing lignite with olive residue, hazelnut shell and cotton residue show low deposition rates. High concentrations of silicon, calcium, sulfur, iron, and aluminum were found in deposit samples. No chlorine was detected in deposits. Calcium sulfate and potassium sulfate were detected as major and minor components of the deposits, respectively. High sulfur and alumina-silicate content of lignite resulted in formation of alkali sulfates instead of alkali chlorides. Therefore, fuel blends under consideration can be denoted to have low-fouling propensity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey. zuhalgogebakan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Zuhal
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gogebakan
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gogebakan
authors.forename: Nevin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Selçuk
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Selçuk