<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this article is to demonstrate possibilities of mixing coal with biomass using static mixers. The paper present simple and inexpensive methods for producing fuel mixes for heat-generating plants equipped with stoker-fired boilers of power ranging from 3 up to 50 MW. Static mixer proposed in this article may constitute an alternative for currently used solutions in production facility. Based on statistical analysis, the article demonstrates that five mixing elements of the mixer is optimal number to ensure best biomass (chips and pellets) concentration distribution in a mixture with fine hard coal.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate possibilities of mixing coal with biomass using static mixers. The paper present simple and inexpensive methods for producing fuel mixes for heat-generating plants equipped with stoker-fired boilers of power ranging from 3 up to 50 MW. Static mixer proposed in this article may constitute an alternative for currently used solutions in production facility. Based on statistical analysis, the article demonstrates that five mixing elements of the mixer is optimal number to ensure best biomass (chips and pellets) concentration distribution in a mixture with fine hard coal.

Mixing of Biomass and Coal in a Static Mixer as an Example of Technological Solutions Involving Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources

Department of Biosystems Engineering, Opole University of Technology, ul. E. Mikołajczyka 5, 46-020 Opole, Poland

Energetyka Cieplna Opolszczyzny Logistyka SA, ul. Harcerska 15, 45-118 Opole, Poland

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The purpose of this article is to demonstrate possibilities of mixing coal with biomass using static mixers. The paper present simple and inexpensive methods...

Mixing of Biomass and Coal in a Static Mixer as an Example of Technological Solutions Involving Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources

Published Online: Feb 02, 2015

Page range: 685 - 696

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2014-0050

Keywords
renewable energy sources, biomass, black coal, co-combustion, solids mixing processes, static mixer

© 2015 Królczyk et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mixing of Biomass and Coal in a Static Mixer as an Example of Technological Solutions Involving Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources

Published Online: Feb 02, 2015

Page range: 685 - 696

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2014-0050

Keywordsrenewable energy sources, biomass, black coal, co-combustion, solids mixing processes, static mixer

© 2015 Królczyk et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
renewable energy sources, biomass, black coal, co-combustion, solids mixing processes, static mixer