Effective Optimization Model for Biomass Drying

Tesfaldet Gebgeegziabher, Adetoyese Olajire Oyedun, Yu Zhang and Chi Wai Hui,    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

Abstract

When utilizing biomass as fuel, the high moisture content of the biomass affects strongly the combustion process such as lowering the flame temperature and/or the boiler efficiency. The low flame temperature could result incomplete combustion and/or other operational problems. To overcome these, biomass is often dried before combustion. The level of drying is therefore a very important parameter, which strongly influence the economies of the utilization of biofuel. The drying ...

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