Fluidized Bed Straw Pellets Combustion with Minimal Emissions of Carbon Monoxide

Abstract

The type of air entry distribution is essential in the formation of hydrodynamic structures of fluidized bed. The present study is aimed to form a hydrodynamic structure of fluidized bed optimal for burning low-grade solids fuels. In order to determine the uniformity of the fluidized bed in the bed heat exchange rate between the bed and a heat exchange member immersed therein was measured. At a first approximation, heat exchange with the member immersed into the bed imitates heat exchange between the fluidized bed and a fuel particle. It is allowed to determine that an optimal hydrodynamic structure of the bed can be formed by using a lattice supplying the major portion of air near the furnace wall. The above conclusion was confirmed by experiments using a real furnace with a fluidized bed.