Biofuels combustion technologies

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The annual heat production from small-scale combustion of biofuels, applying wood-fired boilers or wood stoves, was around 11 TWht in the year 1998 in private Swedish households [7]. The wood-fired boilers and wood stoves are typical examples of PBC technology. 

Appendix B consists of a systematic classification and review of conceptual models (physical models) in the context of PBC technology and the three-step model. The overall aim is to present a systematic overview of the complex and the interdisciplinary physical models in the field of PBC. A second objective is to point out the practicability of developing an all-round bed model or CFSD (computational fluid-solid dynamics) code that can simulate thermochemical conversion process of an arbitrary conversion system. The idea of a CFSD code is analogue to the user-friendly CFD (computational fluid dynamics) codes on the market, which are very all-round and successful in simulating different kinds of fluid mechanic processes. A third objective of this appendix is to present interesting research topics in the field of packed-bed combustion in general and thermochemical conversion of biofuels in particular. 

Rutkauskas, G., Research on the characteristics of energy plant biofuel and combustion ability subject to harvest time, in 10th International Conference on New Technological Processes and Investigation Methods for Agricultural Engineering, Raudondvariz, Lithuania, September 8-9, 2005, pp. 350-356. 

Various forms of biofuels represent interesting feedstocks for combustion, gasification and pyrolysis processes in power plant technology as a source of CO2 neutral fuels. Biomass has an estimated potential in Germany of about 660 PJ (1 Petajoule = lO Joule). This is equivalent to about 5 % of the annual primary energy consunqrtion in Germany. [10]... 

Bioresource Technology. 1979- Amsterdam Elsevier (0960-8524). Online ScienceDirect. Topics include biofuels production, modeling and economics bioprocesses and bioproducts biocatalysis and fermentations biomass and feedstocks utilization and thermal conversion of biomass combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, catalysis. 

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