Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas

Biogas produced from palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a type of renewable energy source that is available in abundance in Malaysia from its large palm oil industry. However, due to its low calorific value, POME biogas full potential has not been fully explored. Flameless combustion is new low NOx co...

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Main Author:	Hamzah, Afiqah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33821/5/AfiqahHamzahMFKM2013.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.338212017-07-13T06:43:12Z Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas 2013-06 Hamzah, Afiqah TP Chemical technology Biogas produced from palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a type of renewable energy source that is available in abundance in Malaysia from its large palm oil industry. However, due to its low calorific value, POME biogas full potential has not been fully explored. Flameless combustion is new low NOx combustion method which is believed to be able to accept low calorific fuels easily. In this study, POME biogas has been used to fuel a flameless combustor and its performance was analyzed in comparison to flameless combustion of natural gas. A biogas compression and storage system was designed and tested to fuel the flameless combustion system. Results show that mild flameless combustion regime is achieved for natural gas, simulated biogas (75% natural gas, 25% CO2) and POME biogas. POME biogas flameless combustion has slightly lower average furnace temperature (2.69% reduction) due to increased inert gas in the furnace chamber. Flameless combustion produce a larger and more uniform combustion area (Rtu = 0.097) compared to conventional flame combustion (Rtu = 0.21). NOx emission measurement has shown reduced NOx emission in flameless combustion of natural gas, POME biogas and simulated biogas. The magnitude of NOx emission in flameless combustion is 6 ppm in average for the three fuel type. Equivalence ratio of combustion mix has little effect of NOx formation. 2013-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33821/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33821/5/AfiqahHamzahMFKM2013.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Hamzah, Afiqah Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas
description	Biogas produced from palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a type of renewable energy source that is available in abundance in Malaysia from its large palm oil industry. However, due to its low calorific value, POME biogas full potential has not been fully explored. Flameless combustion is new low NOx combustion method which is believed to be able to accept low calorific fuels easily. In this study, POME biogas has been used to fuel a flameless combustor and its performance was analyzed in comparison to flameless combustion of natural gas. A biogas compression and storage system was designed and tested to fuel the flameless combustion system. Results show that mild flameless combustion regime is achieved for natural gas, simulated biogas (75% natural gas, 25% CO2) and POME biogas. POME biogas flameless combustion has slightly lower average furnace temperature (2.69% reduction) due to increased inert gas in the furnace chamber. Flameless combustion produce a larger and more uniform combustion area (Rtu = 0.097) compared to conventional flame combustion (Rtu = 0.21). NOx emission measurement has shown reduced NOx emission in flameless combustion of natural gas, POME biogas and simulated biogas. The magnitude of NOx emission in flameless combustion is 6 ppm in average for the three fuel type. Equivalence ratio of combustion mix has little effect of NOx formation.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Hamzah, Afiqah
author_facet	Hamzah, Afiqah
author_sort	Hamzah, Afiqah
title	Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas
title_short	Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas
title_full	Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas
title_fullStr	Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas
title_full_unstemmed	Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2013
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33821/5/AfiqahHamzahMFKM2013.pdf
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Performance of flameless combustion using palm oil mill effluent biogas

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