Buddhike Neminda Madanayake
An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal
Madanayake, Buddhike Neminda; Gan, Suyin; Eastwick, Carol; Ng, Hoon Kiat
Authors
Suyin Gan
CAROL EASTWICK CAROL.EASTWICK@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Hoon Kiat Ng
Abstract
Jatropha curcas seed cake is a potential candidate for co-firing with coal. Combustion modelling using Ansys Fluent 14.0 was carried out to assess the combustion and co-firing characteristics of untorrefied and torrefied Jatropha curcas seed cake. The effect of torrefaction on the devolatilisation characteristics, flame properties and consequently NOx pollutant formation was established. Compared to the torrefied biomass, the untorrefied seed cake devolatilised earlier, had a more dispersed flame and higher NO formation. The higher reactivity of the biomass was shown to have a positive effect on the devolatilisation rate of the less reactive coal under co-firing simulations.
Citation
Madanayake, B. N., Gan, S., Eastwick, C., & Ng, H. K. (2018). An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal. International Journal of Green Energy, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2018.1525559
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 15, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 25, 2018 |
Publication Date | Sep 25, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Sep 28, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 26, 2019 |
Journal | International Journal of Green Energy |
Print ISSN | 1543-5075 |
Electronic ISSN | 1543-5083 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Open |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 1-17 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2018.1525559 |
Keywords | CFD; Co-firing; Combustion modelling: Jatropha curcas; Torrefaction |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1138864 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15435075.2018.1525559 |
Additional Information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Green Energy on 25/09/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15435075.2018.1525559 |
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