title: A comparison of co-combustion characteristics of coal with wood and hydrothermally treated municipal solid waste.
abstract: In this work, thermogravimetric analysis was used to investigate the co-combustion characteristics of wood and municipal solid waste (MSW) with Indian coal. Combustion characteristics like volatile release, ignition were studied. Wood presented an enhanced reaction rate reflecting its high volatile and low ash contents, while MSW enhanced ignition behavior of Indian coal. The results indicate that blending of both, wood and MSW improves devolatization properties of coal. Significant interaction was detected between wood and Indian coal, and reactivity of coal has improved upon blending with wood. On the other hand, MSW shows a good interaction with Indian coal leading to significant reduction in ignition temperature of coal and this effect was more pronounced with higher blending ratio of MSW. Hence MSW blending could more positively support the combustion of low quality Indian coal as compared to wood, due to its property of enhancement of ignition characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan. muthuraman.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Marisamy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muthuraman
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namioka
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D028203:Cedrus / Q000737:chemistry; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002947:Cities; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis*; D005742:Gasoline / Q000032:analysis; D007194:India; D007564:Japan; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D005742:Gasoline; D014867:Water