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dc.contributor.advisor Narayana, M
dc.contributor.author Rajapaksha, GDM
dc.date.accessioned 2018
dc.date.available 2018
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Rajapaksha, G.D.M. (2018). Effect of particle size on packed bed biomass combustion [Master’s theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/15974
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/15974
dc.description.abstract In this thesis, particle size effect on biomass (rubber-wood) combustion in a packed bed reactor was investigated in experimentally. Mass loss rate, bed shrinkage rate, temperature profile at different bed locations and gas compositions in the out-of-bed flue gases were measured at a constant primary air flow rate. In this study used a fixed batch of biomass. An external heat source was used to ignite the biomass initially and after ignited the biomass, removed the external heat source. Rubber-wood cubes were fired with size ranging 25mm, 38mm, 50mm and 63mm. As time pass, the height of the packed bed is decreasing due to shrinkage of the bed and also the weight of biomass is reducing with time. It is found that at the operating condition of the current study, burning rate of biomass particle is higher with smaller fuel size; and also smaller biomass particles are faster to ignite than the large biomass particles and have unique combustion stages; on the other hand, larger biomass particles produced a higher flame temperature. Larger particles also cause the combustion process becoming more transient where the burning rate varies for the most part of the combustion process. And also biomass combustion time (operational time) is increased with increasing biomass particle size. And here calculate the percentage of excess air, when increased the particle size, amount of excess air release is high. Therefore, need to control the amount of primary air supply when increased particle sizes. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINERING-Dissertations en_US
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT-Dissertations en_US
dc.subject BIOMASS en_US
dc.subject COMBUSTION-Packed Bed en_US
dc.subject PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS en_US
dc.subject RUBBER-Wood en_US
dc.title Effect of particle size on packed bed biomass combustion en_US
dc.type Thesis-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree MSc in Sustainable Process Development en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Chemical and Process Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2018
dc.identifier.accno TH3909 en_US


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