DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED

Sunflower husk (SH) is a plant waste fuel. The carbon content in different samples of SH ranges from 40.5% to 54.5% in an operating state, with ash content ranging from 1.5% to 8.5%, moisture content ranging from 6.9% to 9.5%, chlorine content ranging from 0.05% to 0.3%, and lower heating value rang...

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  • L. Haponych — Thermal Energy Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leading Researcher, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • O. Topal — Thermal Energy Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leading Researcher, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • I. Holenko — Thermal Energy Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leading Researcher, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • S. Kobzar — Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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description Sunflower husk (SH) is a plant waste fuel. The carbon content in different samples of SH ranges from 40.5% to 54.5% in an operating state, with ash content ranging from 1.5% to 8.5%, moisture content ranging from 6.9% to 9.5%, chlorine content ranging from 0.05% to 0.3%, and lower heating value ranging from 14.5 MJ/kg to 20.5 MJ/kg. These characteristics make it a suitable substitute for fossil fuels in power boilers. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies are rapidly developing worldwide, offering the potential for generating renewable energy from waste, including agricultural and food industry waste such as SH. According to our estimates, Ukraine has an annual energy potential of approximately 3.4 million tons of SH or about two million tons of fuel equivalent. Approximately half of this volume is currently being burned in oil extraction plants' boilers; however, up to one million tons of SH end up in landfills annually, resulting in significant energy losses. To develop new and improve existing WTE technologies that utilize SH as a fuel source, it's essential to understand the thermal processing characteristics of SH under conditions similar to those found in different zones within real power boilers - specifically the heating of fuel particles at rates up to 500 °C/s over a temperature range of 500–1000 °C. In this study, we aimed to investigate the thermal processing characteristics by subjecting SH particles within a laboratory fluidized bed reactor to high-speed heating within the aforementioned temperature range. During rapid heating between 500–1000 °C temperatures range, SH particles undergo conversion into volatile compounds and solid carbon residue. Two distinct stages can be observed on the dynamic yield curves for volatiles. The release and burnout of volatiles occurs during the first stage while the second stage involves coke ash residue burnout. We obtained empirical temperature-dependents for total heat treatment time and carbon residue burnout time under fast heating conditions in the investigated temperature range. The stage of carbon residue combustion is the most enduring and determines the overall duration of thermal treatment. This stage determines the degree of fuel transformation, especially in cases where low-reactivity carbon residue enters the low-temperature combustion chamber area of the boiler. The obtained regularities have practical significance in designing combustion chambers for thermal processing of sunflower husk.
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fulltext 136 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика UDC 620.92 https://doi.org/10.36296/1819-8058.2024.2(77)137-149 DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED Received Apr. 24, 2024; accepted Jun. 21, 2024 Available online Jul. 01, 2024 Haponych L.1, Topal O.2, Holenko I.3, Kobzar S.4 Author for correspondence: Haponych Liudmyla, e-mail: haponych@ukr.net Sunflower husk (SH) is a plant waste fuel. The carbon content in different samples of SH ranges from 40.5% to 54.5% in an operat- ing state, with ash content ranging from 1.5% to 8.5%, moisture content ranging from 6.9% to 9.5%, chlorine content ranging from 0.05% to 0.3%, and lower heating value ranging from 14.5 MJ/kg to 20.5 MJ/kg. These characteristics make it a suitable substitute for fossil fuels in power boilers. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies are rapidly developing worldwide, offering the potential for generating renewable energy from waste, including agricultural and food industry waste such as SH. According to our estimates, Ukraine has an annual energy potential of approximately 3.4 million tons of SH or about two million tons of fuel equivalent. Approximately half of this volume is currently being burned in oil extraction plants' boilers; however, up to one million tons of SH end up in landfills annually, resulting in significant energy losses. To develop new and improve existing WTE technologies that utilize SH as a fuel source, it's essential to under- stand the thermal processing characteristics of SH under conditions similar to those found in different zones within real power boilers - specifically the heating of fuel particles at rates up to 500 °C/s over a temperature range of 500–1000 °C. In this study, we aimed to investigate the thermal processing characteristics by subject- ing SH particles within a laboratory fluidized bed reactor to high-speed heating within the aforementioned tem- perature range. During rapid heating between 500–1000 °C temperatures range, SH particles undergo conversion into volatile compounds and solid carbon residue. Two distinct stages can be observed on the dynamic yield curves for vol- atiles. The release and burnout of volatiles occurs during the first stage while the second stage involves coke ash residue burnout. We obtained empirical temperature-dependents for total heat treatment time and carbon residue burnout time under fast heating conditions in the investigated temperature range. The stage of carbon residue combustion is the most enduring and determines the overall duration of thermal treatment. This stage determines the degree of fuel transformation, especially in cases where low-reactivity carbon residue enters the low-temperature combustion chamber area of the boiler. The obtained regularities have practical significance in designing combustion chambers for thermal processing of sunflower husk. Keywords: biomass; sunflower husks; waste-to-energy; fluidized bed; heat treatment; pyrolysis; volatiles; car- bon residue. 1 Ph. D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-3193 2 Ph. D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-9420 3 Ph. D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3487-8025 4 Ph. D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8615-4400 1,2,3 Thermal Energy Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Leading Researcher, Kyiv, Ukraine 4 Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 137 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ ТЕРМІЧНОГО РОЗКЛАДАННЯ ЛУШПИННЯ СОНЯШНИКА В КИПЛЯЧОМУ ШАРІ Отримано 24 квіт. 2024 р.; рекомендовано до публікації 21 чер. 2024 р. Доступно онлайн 01 лип. 2024 р. Гапонич Л.1, Топал О.2, Голенко І.3, Кобзар С.4 Автор для кореспонденції: Гапонич Людмила, e-mail: haponych@ukr.net Лушпиння соняшника (ЛС) – це паливні відходи рослинного по- ходження. Вміст вуглецю в перерахунку на робочий стан у різ- них зразках ЛС коливається в межах 40,5–54,5 %, зольності – 1,5–8,5 %, вологості – 6,9–9,5 %, хлору – 0,05–0,3 %, а нижча те- плота згоряння в межах 14,5–20,5 МДж/кг. З огляду на вказані характеристики це паливо придатне для використання як за- мінник викопного палива в енергетичних котлах. Останніми роками у світі стрімко розвиваються технології перетворення відходів на енергію (WTE), які мають потенціал для отримання відновлюваної енергії з відходів, зокрема сільськогосподарських. За нашими оцінками, щорічний енергетичний потенціал ЛС в Україні сягає 3,4 млн т, або близько 2 млн т умовного палива. Близько половини цього обсягу спалю- ється в котлах олійноекстракційних заводів, але щорічно до 1 млн т лушпиння потрапляє на звалища, що призводить до значних енергетичних втрат. Розробка нових та вдосконалення існуючих технологій WTE, що використовують ЛС як паливо, має базуватися на розумінні закономірностей його термічної переробки. Тому метою цієї роботи було дослідження закономірностей термічної переробки ЛС у характерних для різних зон енергетичних ко- тлів умовах – при нагріванні частинок палива зі швидкістю до 500 °С/с в інтервалі температур 500– 1000 °С. Така швидкість нагріву була реалізована в лабораторному реакторі киплячого шару. При швидкісному нагріванні в діапазоні температур 500–1000 °C частинки ЛС перетворюються на леткі і твердий вуглецевий залишок. Динамічні криві виходу газоподібних летких мають дві ділянки: перша відповідає виходу і вигорянню летких, а друга – вигорянню вуглецевого залишку. Отримано ем- піричні температурні залежності загального часу термообробки та часу вигоряння вуглецевого за- лишку лушпиння соняшника при швидкому нагріванні в інтервалі температур 500–1000 оС. Стадія вигоряння вуглецевого залишку є найтривалішою і визначає загальний час термообробки. Ця стадія визначає ступінь перетворення палива, особливо у випадках, коли низькореакційний вуглеце- вий залишок потрапляє в низькотемпературну область камери згоряння котла. Отримані закономі- рності мають практичне значення при проєктуванні камер згоряння котлів термічної переробки лу- шпиння соняшника. Ключові слова: біомаса, лушпиння соняшника, перетворення відходів на енергію, киплячий шар, тер- мічна обробка, піроліз, леткі речовини, вуглецевий залишок. The list of used symbols and abbreviations CR – carbon residue CHPs – combined heat and power plants FB – fluidized bed LHV – lower heating values OEP – oil extraction plant SH – sunflower husk TPPs – thermal power plants WTE – Waste-to-energy 1 канд. техн. наук https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-3193 2 канд. техн. наук https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-9420 3 канд. техн. наук. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3487-8025 4 канд. техн. наук https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8615-4400 1,2,3 Інститут теплоенергетичних технологій національної академії наук України, м. Київ, Україна 4 Інститут технічної теплофізики національ- ної академії наук України, Київ, Україна 138 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика Introduction. Sunflower is one of the most widely grown oilseeds in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, global production amounted to 55 million tons in the 2022/2023 season. In Ukraine, sunflower production reached 15 million tons in the same season [1]. The modern oil and fat complex of Ukraine includes 32 large oil extraction plants (OEPs) and almost a thousand small enterprises and processes about 70% of sunflower seeds. According to the Ukroliyaprom Association, sun- flower seed processing reached 13.5 million tons in the 2022/2023 season, resulting in a production of 6 million tons of sunflower oil. The production of sunflower oil gen- erates approximately 15-25% husk waste [2]. Sunflower husk (SH) is a plant-based fuel waste with a car- bon content ranging from 40%–55%, and a heating value between 15–21 MJ/kg [3]. Various scientific studies have shown that sunflower husk samples have low ash and sulfur content [4]. Articles [5, 6] have determined that the chlo- rine content in SH samples ranges from 0.05% to 0.3%. These qualities make SH suitable for replacing organic fuel in both industrial and municipal energy boilers due to their high volatile yield as well as low sulfur and chlorine con- tents. SH can be burned either uncompressed or com- pacted into higher-quality biofuels such as pellets or bri- quettes [7]. Additionally, SH is considered CO2 neutral fuel. On April 22nd, 2016, Ukraine signed the Paris Agreement on climate change for 2021–2030 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. According to this agreement, majority of countries globally have made commitments to reduce their anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions with the goal of limiting temperature in- creases to a maximum of 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels. The substitution of fossil fuels with renewable alter- natives including biomass, is one of the main focuses in many national decarbonization strategies [8]. The National Action Plan for Renewable Energy Develop- ment until 2030 sets an indicative target of boosting the re- newable energy share in final energy consumption three times from 9% in 2020 to 27% in 2030, and up to 25% in the electricity sector. In addition, the substitution of organic fuels, such as coal and gas, with eco-friendly fuels becomes more relevant. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies have been rapidly developing worldwide and have the potential to recover renewable energy from waste, including agricul- tural and food industry waste. WTE technologies convert waste matter into various forms of fuel that can be used to supply energy. Waste from agriculture and the food indus- try, including SH, also has significant renewable energy po- tential. According to our estimates, the energy potential of sun- flower husks (SH) in Ukraine reaches 3.4 million tons or 2.0 million tons of fuel equivalent. In recent years, approxi- mately 1.7 million tonnes of SH (about half of the annual volume) have been utilized in energy boilers in Ukraine, with 1.3 million tonnes in uncompressed form and 0.4 million tonnes in briquette form [2]. Additionally, 0.2 mil- lion pellets are exported each year. However, up to one mil- lion tons of sunflower husks end up in landfills annually, re- sulting in energy losses. Since 2000, almost all large oil extraction plants (OEPs) in Ukraine have implemented SH combustion technology [9]. Several thermal power plants (TPPs) and combined heat and power plants (CHPs) are currently operational [10]. The largest biomass TPP in Ukraine is the 15 MW Ajax-Dnipro TPP (OEP Potoky, Dnipro), which was com- missioned in the summer of 2020. The TPP is equipped with two boilers that produce 35 tons of steam per hour (Kotloenergoproekt project, Kharkiv) and a Siemens tur- bine generator. The main fuel used is sunflower husks and husk pellets. The boilers can also runon other types of bi- omass such as wood chips and waste from sunflower cul- tivation, transportation, and processing. Аccording to pro- ducer data the environmental characteristics of the boilers are as follows: NOx – 100 ppm; CO – 0 ppm; effi- ciency – 90%; load control range – from 30 to 110%, al- lowing the TPP to operate in a maneuvering mode. In 2009, the Kropyvnytskyi OEP’s CHP plant with a capacity of 12.3 MW (33 MW thermal) was equipped with three E- 16-3.9-360-D boilers (manufactured in Ukraine) capable of burning sunflower husks with steam capacity of 16 tons per hour. These boilers can also run on natural gas. The elec- tricity and heat generated are used for the technological needs of the OEP. In 2020, AGL Energy's oil extraction plant located in Kharkiv region commissioned a biofuel TPP with an electric capacity of 7 MW. This TPP utilizes wood pellets as its primary fuel source. It is equipped with two steam boiler units manufac- tured by Kharkiv Boiler and Mechanical Plant, each having a steam capacity of 16 tons per year, along with a steam condensing turbine generator manufactured by TRIVENI TURBINE LTD. In 2012, two solid fuel boilers DKVr-10-23-370 with a steam capacity of 20.0 tons per hour were reconstructed at the CHP plant of Mykolaiv Oil and Gas Processing Plant (Agroin- dustrial Company EVGROIL) to burn wood pellets. The plant has an electric capacity of 5 MW and a thermal capacity of 10 MW [11]. In 2020, a RAFACO boiler designed to burn sunflower husks was installed at the Zaporizhzhia TPP, which has a capacity of 2.7 MW. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih also uses biofuel burners at furnaces 4-5, where sunflower husks are utilized. Furthermore, boilers at Ukrainian sugar factories have been converted to burn biomass, including sunflower husks [10]. In 2019, coal boilers manufactured by Babcock-Wilcox in the Khorostkiv branch of Radekhiv Sugar Plant were con- verted to burn sunflower husk pellets. The Radekhiv Sugar Plant's BKZ-75GMA boiler uses a grate manufactured by FPM S.A. Mikulov from Poland with a dense layer of direct run. The Haisyn Sugar Plant's BGM-35M boilers were recon- structed for pellet combustion via the installation of flame- layer furnaces equipped with mechanical feeders. 139 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика There are three types of boilers used in the oil and fat in- dustry: 1) modern boilers manufactured by companies such as Vyncke (Belgium), Rafako (Poland), Larget-Bad- cock (France); 2) new boilers designed and manufactured within Ukraine: 3) old boilers originally designed for fossil fuels but reconstructed for husk combustion even after exceeding their design life [10]. When designing new fur- nace devices, significant attention is given to the combus- tion process of the initial fuel particles. The combustion of solid organic fuel particles can be divided into several stages: 1) pyrolysis of the fuel particle, including heating, drying, and release of volatiles; 2) combustion of volatiles and coke residue (CR), including ignition [12]. These stages have different rates, durations, and degrees of in- fluence on combustion depending on the process condi- tions [13]. The total combustion time for sunflower husks (SH) can be represented as a sum of two time intervals corresponding to: 1) release and combustion of volatiles, and 2) combustion of CR [14, 15]. Pyrolysis of biomass is the direct thermal decomposition of organic components with the production of CR and volatile liquids (tars) and gaseous products [16]. This complex pro- cess involves multiphase reactions, complex chemical path- ways, highly unstable intermediate products as well as heat and mass transfer effects. The volatile fraction includes combustible components such as H2, CH4, CO2 along with small amounts of C2H6, C2H4 higher hydrocarbons, and wa- ter vapor [13]. The volatiles formed during thermal decom- position significantly influence subsequent ignition pro- cesses. Higher yields of volatiles in initial fuels result in faster ignition rates for CR leading to more intense burning. Heating rates during pyrolysis also affect the ratio between volatiles’ yield (both gaseous and liquid) to coke residues. Depending on heating rates slow or fast pyrolysis can be distinguished. The yield and combustion of volatiles, which precede the combustion of CR, can hinder the diffusion of the oxidizer to its surface [17]. This is because the intense saturation of the boundary layer adjacent to the particle with volatiles leads to the formation of a gas mixture of fuel and oxidizer in it. The combustion of this mixture leads to a sharp de- crease in the concentration of oxidizer on the surface of the coke particle. As a result, the coke residue hardly partici- pates in the ignition and combustion process at the initial stage, leading to a phenomenon known as homogeneous- heterogeneous ignition. Biomass is a very complex fuel consisting of many compo- nents. The three main organic components of biomass are cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin [18]. Cellulose is a car- bohydrate polymer composed of glucose monomers – pol- ysaccharides with a chemical formula С6Н10О5 [19]. Its structure includes five carbon atoms forming a ring struc- ture with attached H and OH groups, while oxygen occupies another angle [20]. Due to its high degree of hydrogen bonding, cellulose is resistant to chemical degradation [21]. It serves as the main structural component in most terrestrial biomass [22]. Within the lignocellulosic complex, cellulose retains its crystalline fibrous structure and acts as its core. Many properties exhibited by cellulose depend on its polymerization degree i.e., the number of glucose mole- cules that make up one polymer molecule. Hemicelluloses is a collective term used to describe a wide range of heteropolysaccharides, such as xylan. The chemi- cal formula of a hemicellulose molecule is (C5H8O4)n [12]. Hemicellulose is an amorphous organic polymer that de- composes more rapidly than cellulose when exposed to heat, and its thermal decomposition begins at lower tem- peratures [22]. Hemicellulose is a mixture of various pol- ymerized monosaccharides and can be relatively easily hy- drolyzed into its constituent sugars. Lignin, on the other hand, is a large hydrophobic (mostly aromatic) polymer composed of phenolic monomeric units linked together in a three-dimensional structure [23]. Its chemical formula is [C9H10O3(OCH3)0.9–1.7]n [24]. Lignin is the second most abundant organic material on Earth after cel- lulose. It provides the framework, in which cellulose and hemicellulose are embedded [25]. While most lignin is found in the middle lamella where it serves as support for plant cell walls, there may also be smaller amounts located on the cell surface. As a general rule, cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer, accounting for 35%–55% of biomass [26]. Hemi- cellulose is the second most abundant natural polymer, ac- counting for 20%–40% of mass, followed by lignin, which makes up 10%–30% of lignocellulosic biomass. The content of each component varies for different types of biomasses, as well as between different parts of the same type of bio- mass. For example, sunflower seeds, husks and stalks are characterized by different compositions of cellulose, hemi- cellulose and lignin. As a result, they have different ele- mental compositions and lower heating values (LHV). The structural composition of sunflower husks also varies between different cultivars [27]. SH generally contain ap- proximately 30%–48% wt. cellulose, 34%–38% wt. hemicel- lulose, and 17%-26% wt. lignin [28]. The elemental compo- sition of the fuel and the amount of volatiles (which affects LHV) can also vary depending on the structure. Chemical analysis has shown that SH contains approxi- mately 14%-18% bound carbon, 70%-76% volatiles, and 6%-10% moisture [29]. Table shows the elemental compo- sition of the operating state and LHV from various samples of SH: 1 - [4], 2 - [3], 3 - [6], 4 - [10], and 5 - [30]. Different samples of SH have a content (on the operating state of fuel) of carbon Cr = 40.5%–54.5%, sulphur Sr = 0.1%–0.2%, chlorine Clr = 0.05%–0.3%, ash Ar =1.5%–8.5%, and mois- ture Wr =7.0%–9.5%. The lower heating values range from 14.5 to 20.5 MJ/kg. The high lignin content in biomass is as- sociated with LHV since lignin contains approximately 30% higher heating value than cellulose and hemicellulose [29]. Sunflower husks have a high LHV due to their high lignin content. 140 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика Table. Elemental composition and lower heating values of different samples of sunflower husks Sunflower husks samples The elemental composition of the operating state, % LHV, MJ/kg Wr, % Ar, % Cr, % Or, % Nr, % Hr, % Sr*, % 1 6.9 3.5 54.3 26.3 1.5 7.4 0.1 20.7 2 7.7 4.0 47.4 35.0 5.8 0.1 18.0 3 9.3 8.5 40.7 35.6 0.7 5.0 0.2 14.8 4 9.5 3.5 44.1 38.2 4.6 0.1 20.5 5 9.2 1.4 45.1 38.5 0.4 5.3 0.1 17.4** *sum of organic and sulphide sulphur or pyritic; **according to our calculations The pyrolysis rate of biomass is considered to be the sum of the rates of the main components: cellulose, hemicellu- lose, and lignin [21]. Each component contributes to this rate in proportion to its contribution to the composition of the biomass [31]. Interactions between biomass compo- nents have a negligible effect on pyrolysis results. The mechanism of the chemical reaction of lignocellulose pyrolysis is not fully understood and remains ambiguous and controversial. Pyrolysis of lignocellulose is a complex process involving multiphase reactions, intricate chemical pathways, highly unstable intermediate products, and the effects of heat and mass transfer. The pyrolysis of hemicel- lulose and cellulose occurs in three stages. The first stage is an intramolecular dehydration process that leads to the formation of anhydrocelluloses. This process is weakly en- dothermic and occurs at a temperature around 220°C. The second stage involves the production of levoglucosan, which is an endothermic process occurring at a tempera- ture around 280°C. The third stage involves numerous re- actions leading to the cleavage of С–С and С–О bonds as well as radical reactions that form gases or volatile com- pounds, mainly through the decomposition of anhydrocel- luloses. The breaking of glycosidic bonds in cellulose R–О– R, R-radical occurs at temperatures between 300°C and 500°C [22]. Since lignin is an aromatic polymer, kinetic models that are valid for cellulose cannot be applied to it. Lignin is usually considered the most stable of the biomass components. However, lignin undergoes weak decomposition at very low temperatures and is less stable than cellulose at the initial stages of decomposition. This initial instability of lignin is likely related to the breakage of side groups that form the lignin polymer. Due to the structural similarity between lig- nin and coal, some models developed for coal pyrolysis can be applied to lignin pyrolysis. Obviously, direct extrapola- tion of results obtained with coal, cellulose, and lignin to the pyrolysis of specific biomass is possible only for qualita- tive analysis and evaluative calculations. Primary pyrolysis of biomass begins with dehydration at temperatures below 200 °C, while secondary pyrolysis (de- struction and synthesis), which includes the aromatization process, begins at temperatures above 400 °C [32]. The initial decomposition temperatures of biomass range from 220–240 °C with significant structural modifications occur- ring between 350 °C and 400 °C [13]. These modifications are characterized by a reduction in intensity in С–О and C=C bonds formation as well as alkyl bond С–С formation in- creases. As the temperature increases, there is a continu- ous decrease in the intensity of the valence bonds -OH and an increase in the production of aromatic compounds. The maximum yield of these compounds is observed at temper- atures above 600 °C and depends on the ratio of cellulose to lignin in the fuel. The temperature dependence of mass loss during pyrolysis of different biomass samples is characterized by two stages. The first stage involves the decomposition of hemi- cellulose at temperatures between 250–300 °C and cellu- lose at temperatures close to 350 °C [33]. The second stage is associated with lignin decomposition, which occurs at higher temperatures [34]. While the characteristic pyrolysis temperatures are similar for different types of biomasses, the amount of volatile yield at each stage depends on the type of biomass, specifically on its ratio of cellulose, hemi- cellulose, and lignin, as well as the elemental composition of the biomass. The regularities of fast high-temperature pyrolysis of bio- mass and the simultaneous combustion of its coke residue have not been sufficiently studied. Most biomass pyrolysis studies focus on the results of thermogravimetric analysis [23]. Thermogravimetric analysis is a method that records the weight loss of a sample against temperature under con- trolled heating rate and gas atmosphere. Differential ther- mogravimetric analysis curves are derived from thermo- gravimetric curves and are widely used to evaluate pyrolysis kinetics in biomass [13]. These methods provide data in the form of kinetic information at a low heating rate (2–30 °C/min.). In the articles [31, 33], the fast pyrolysis of biomass in a fluidized bed was studied, but the dynamic characteristics of the process were not determined. The ar- ticle [35] investigated the fast pyrolysis of isolated compo- nents of biomass. It was found that the maximum volatile hemicellulose yield occurs at layer temperatures above 500 °C, while lignin yield is maximized above 800 °C. H2O, CO2, and CO make up the largest fractions of all three 141 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика biomass components at all the temperatures studied. In the study [36], it was found that for fast pyrolysis, the max- imum volatile yield for hemicellulose occurs at a tempera- ture of 550 °C, for cellulose at 700 °C, and for lignin at 900 °C and above. The transfer of the results of existing studies on the pyroly- sis of individual components of lignocellulose to real bio- mass will inevitably result in some inaccuracies. However, the established patterns allow us to interpret the results of experimental studies on the thermal degradation of real bi- omass. We have not found any studies on the fast pyrolysis of sunflower husks. Setting of tasks. According to the Recovery and Develop- ment Plan of Ukraine (part of the United 24 initiative), re- newable energy development plays a crucial role in shaping the future structure of Ukraine's power system. The Energy Strategy of Ukraine aims to increase the use of renewable fuels, including agricultural and food industry waste. To achieve this, it is necessary to improve existing waste-to- energy (WTE) technologies and develop new ones for the incineration of agricultural and food industry waste [37]. These efforts should be based on the thermal processing characteristics of such fuels [38]. It is worth emphasizing that the waste from oil extraction plants, such as sunflower husks, holds particular interest due to its suitability as a substitute for fossil fuels in power boilers. As mentioned earlier, its annual energy potential in Ukraine amounts to 3.4 million tons. The aim was to determine the dynamic regularities of ther- mal decomposition for SH particles across a wide tempera- ture range. The study focuses on investigating the thermal processing patterns of SH under conditions representative of different zones in energy boilers. In boiler units, fuel par- ticles undergo high heating rates and process tempera- tures. Therefore, it examines heating fuel particles at rates up to 500 °C/s within a temperature range of 500-1000 °C. To achieve these heating rates, experimental research was conducted using a fluidized bed (FB) system. The characteristics of the investigated fuel. Waste from the production of the Pology Oil Extraction Plant in the Za- porizhzhia region of Ukraine was chosen for the study. The initial samples used in the study were intact halves of solid sunflower seed shells with sizes ranging from 10-14 mm. The average technical analysis results for sunflower husks are as follows: ash content in dry state (Ad) is 2.4%, volatile yield to dry ash-free state (Vdaf) is 76.8%, moisture per op- erating state (Wr) is 10.2%. The lower heating value is meas- ured at 20 MJ/kg. The husk material was not subjected to any pre-treatment or particle size modification during ex- periments. The following standard methods were used to determine the lower heating value and technical parameters of sun- flower husk samples: ISO/CD 21645: Solid recovered fuels — Methods for sampling; ISO/CD 21646: Solid re- covered fuels — Sample preparation; ISO/DIS 21654: Solid recovered fuels — Determination of calorific value; ISO/DIS 21656: Solid recovered fuels — Determination of ash content; CEN/TS 15414-1:2010: Solid recovered fuels — Determination of moisture content using the oven dry method — Part 1: Determination of total moisture by a reference method. Fluidized bed reactor. FB reactors are commonly used for thermal processing of various materials, including sun- flower husk. In this study, the dynamics of SH thermal pro- cessing were investigated using a laboratory setup consist- ing of a vertically positioned quartz reactor with a pseudo- fluidized bed. The reactor had an internal diameter of 0.05 m and a height of 0.9 m. To achieve optimal heating condi- tions, it is important to control the rate at which tempera- ture changes occur in the reactor. Heating rates between 250 and 500 °C/s were implemented in this study. Before conducting combustion experiments, preliminary tests were conducted on a "cold" model to determine the air flow rate required to create pseudo-fluidization conditions for the husk particles. Pseudo-fluidization re- fers to when particles behave like fluid in response to an upward-flowing gas stream. The results showed that in- creasing the air flow rate did not result in pseudo-fluidi- zation of the husk particles until a certain threshold value was reached. Instead, the particles formed a weak- moving layer that acted as a filter. However, once this critical flow rate (linear velocity) was exceeded, inten- sive removal of particles from the reactor occurred. Based on these observations, it was concluded that sun- flower husk particles belong to group A materials [39], which are unable to undergo pseudo-fluidization with- out the presence of layer-forming material. Therefore, pre-burned sand with particle sizes ranging from 0.05- 0.63 mm and heated to 950 °C was used as an inert ma- terial for subsequent combustion experiments involving SH particles. The addition of pre-burned sand facilitated intense mix- ing between SH and sand particles within the reaction zone while ensuring uniform access of oxygen to fuel particles during combustion's final stage. This approach helped avoid concentration gradients along the husk layer (when airflow rates were below entrainment veloc- ity) and potential uncertainties caused by uncontrolled entrainment from reaction zones (near swirling speed boundaries). In summary, studying combustion dynamics in FB reac- tors requires careful consideration of particle character- istics such as their ability for pseudo-fluidization and im- plementing appropriate measures like using layer- forming inert materials for achieving uniform mixing and controlled reactions. Experimental procedure. During the experiments, the air flow rate was chosen based on the pseudo-fluidization con- dition of sand particles with a size range of 0.05-0.63 mm. Initially, 50 grams of inert material (sand) were loaded into the reactor to create a boiling layer at an air flow rate (Gair) ranging from (91–104)·10-6 m3/s, corresponding to air 142 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика velocities (wair) of 0.15-0.18 m/s. The reactor was vertically installed in an electric tube furnace with a power output of 2.5 kW. The temperature of the layer was measured using a type K thermocouple (Chromel-Alumel), which was placed within the layer for accurate temperature monitor- ing. After heating and stabilizing the layer temperature, a known weight of sunflower husk was introduced into the reactor through a gate system. Under these conditions, rapid heating and subsequent reaction of the husk took place at the predetermined layer temperature. The com- bustion experiments were conducted at atmospheric pres- sure within a range of layer temperatures from 500 to 1000 °C with intervals of 100 °C. The volatile products resulting from thermal destruction of the husk were carried upwards by airflow and passed through several stages including a bubbler, condensate collector (to delay condensation), fine filtration packing, and finally entered into a mass spectrom- eter connected to specialized analog-to-digital converter equipment controlled by a personal computer for data ac- quisition and processing using specific techniques. tThis way, valuable information about combustion characteris- tics such as gas composition and evolution rates during sun- flower husk combustion could be obtained. Gas analysis methodology. The gas analysis methodology described here utilizes a mass spectrometer with six chan- nels to measure the concentration of specific gases in a gas mixture at a pressure of 0.1 MPa. The output voltage of each channel is linearly related to the concentration of the corresponding gas. The measurement system is able to continuously determine and store partial pressures (ex- pressed as n, % vol.) of CO, CO2, CH4, H2, O2, and Ar. During the measurements, data is continuously monitored and recorded in dynamic curves that represent the component composition (partial pressure) of these gases over time [CO, CO2, CH4, H2, O2, Ar] = n(τ). The collected data can then be further analyzed to determine the characteristic time for the pyrolysis and combustion of volatiles, as well as the time required for the combustion of residual coke. This methodology provides valuable insights into the behavior and pyrolysis/combustion properties of different gases in a gas mixture. Measurement instrument errors. The main parameters di- rectly measured in the experiments were temperature, pressure, gas flow rates, and volumetric fractions of gase- ous components. For each of these parameters, the types of measuring instruments and the allowable relative meas- urement errors δi (according to the instrument specifica- tions) are provided below. Temperature: Thermocouple transducers type TXA(K), measurement range 200-1300 °C, with a constant δt = 0.75% within the range of 500-1000 °C. Pressure: Sample spring gauge type MO, measurement range for excess pres- sure 0-2.5 MPa, with a constant δp = 0.5%. Gas flow rates: Rotameters types RM A-0.1 GUZ (for tracer gas), RM-0.63 GUZ and RC-3 (for carrier gas), with a normalized δG = 2.5% based on scale length. Volumetric fractions of gaseous components: Magnetostatic mass spectrometer type MX- 1215, measurement ranges 0-20% (Ar and CH4) and 0-100% (other components), with a δn = 2.5% for the upper value. It is worth noting that for computer registration of temper- atures and volumetric fractions of gaseous components, a multi-channel ADC with a step size of 1/1024 was used per channel's range. Taking into account the ADC's step size, it can be considered that additional errors were practically not introduced during direct measurement registration. Dynamic errors. During the experiment, the pressure in the reactor and the flow rate of the tracer gas remain constant, while the temperatures vary by no more than 2 °C between the two measurements. This allows us to consider the dy- namic error of measuring these parameters negligible. As for the volumetric fractions of gas components ni, it is taken into account that according to the technical descrip- tion of mass spectrometer MX-1215, its measurement time constant is up to 0.5 s (including integration of gas compo- sition in the inlet system). Therefore, ni values are meas- ured with a step size of 0.005 s for each mass spectrometer channel and averaged values are recorded every 0.5 s. The recorded dynamic curve of output impulses represents a histogram. The dynamic characteristics of the process were considered reliably measured at timescales exceeding 5 s. Other errors. Among the factors that contribute to addi- tional difficult-to-account-for measurement errors, the fol- lowing should be mentioned: variations in the ash content and moisture content in low-mass samples, uneven gas car- rier flow rate during manual adjustment of the output flow valve, temperature gradient throughout the reaction zone volume, possible uneven accessibility of gas carrier flow to LS particles, etc. The errors caused by these factors are con- sidered random [40], and the results are statistically pro- cessed using the EXCEL software package with an approxi- mation selected in each case to maximize correlation with experimental data points. Results and discussion. During pyrolysis, a portion of the husk mass is converted into volatile matter, while the re- maining portion (up to 20%–30% of the initial mass) forms a solid coke residue, which is characterized by low reactivity and high strength. Fig. 1 presents the dynamic curves of partial pressures of gas products generated during the combustion of a discrete sample of sunflower seed husks weighing of m = 0.1 g at a temperature of T = 500 °C. In comparative experiments, the mass of the sunflower husk sample was kept constant for all temperatures studied. The figure shows that the dynamic curves for CO2 and CO have 143 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика two fundamentally different sections. The first section cor- responds to the release and combustion of volatiles, while the second section corresponds to the combustion of the carbon residue. The first section has a pronounced maxi- mum. The duration of the initial section (up to the maximum) depends on the duration of the sequentially- parallel stages of fuel particle heating and mixing in the flu- idized bed. In the specified experiments, the initial section before the maximum is 2–3 seconds, and its duration slightly decreases with an increase in the bed temperature. Fig. 1. The dynamics of gas component emissions during the combustion of SH samples at a temperature of T = 500 °C and an air flow rate of Gair = 95.2 ml/s (wair = 0.16 m/s) The second stage, which is the burning of carbon residue, is longer compared to the release and burning of volatiles. The point where the CO2 curve changes direction can be chosen as a convention to distinguish between the end of the pyrolysis stage and the beginning of the carbon residue burning stage. It can be observed that the process of burn- ing carbon residue is accompanied by a slow release of CO2 until it reaches a quasi-steady state level. This trend was observed for all investigated temperatures and indicates a reduced reaction rate of carbon coke from sunflower husks with oxygen in the air, especially at the final stages of com- bustion (conversion). The release and combustion of vola- tiles counteract the diffusion of oxidizer to the surface of fuel particles. This is explained by the intensive saturation of boundary film adjacent to carbon residue particles with volatiles, leading to the formation of vapor-gas mixture consisting of combustible components and oxidizer. When it burns out, the concentration of oxidizer on the surface of the carbon residue sharply decreases, and as a result, the residue is almost not involved in ignition and combustion processes at the initial stage. Homogeneous-heterogene- ous ignition is realized. The observed fact may indicate the presence of significant mechanical unburned residue of sunflower husk material due to a mismatch between the time it spends in the combustion chamber and the time necessary for the complete combustion of coke residue to the required degree of conversion. For layer temperatures up to 900 °C, the aforementioned trends persist: the dynamic curves (for CO2 and CO) have two distinct segments, one of which corresponds to the re- lease and combustion of volatiles, while the other corre- sponds to the combustion of carbon residue (Fig. 2). Throughout the entire range of investigated temperatures, the longest stage of combustion for sunflower husk parti- cles is the combustion of carbon residue: 22–23 seconds at 500 °C; 14–15 seconds at 600 °C; 11–12 seconds at 700 °C; 10–11 seconds at 800 °C; 9–10 seconds at 900 °C; and 6-7 seconds at 1000°C. Increasing the layer temperature also leads to a decrease in the total burning time of sunflower husk particles, mainly due to a reduction in the burning time of carbon residue. Therefore, this stage in combustion chambers is recommended to be conducted at tempera- tures above 800-900 °C. An increase in temperature in the reaction zone is accom- panied by an increase in the recorded peaks of methane and hydrogen at the pyrolysis stage: at T = 500 °C for H2 up to 0.8% vol. and for CH4 – up to 0.14% vol.; at T = 700 °C for H2 up to 1.2% vol. and for CH4 up to 1.0% vol.; at T = 800 °C for H2 and CH4 up to 2.0% vol.; at T = 900 °C for H2 and CH4 up to 2.5% vol. The observed increase in the yield of CH4 and H2 with increasing temperature during sunflower husk pyrolysis qualitatively matches the results of previous stud- ies on fast pyrolysis of olive kernels, as well as isolated bio- mass components such as hemicellulose, cellulose, and lig- nin [33, 35]. 144 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика Fig. 2. The dynamics of the release of gaseous components during the combustion of SH samples at a temperature of T = 900 °C and an air flow rate of Gair = 103.7 ml/s (wair = 0.18 m/s) It should be noted that distinguishing between volatile burning stages and carbon residue burnout becomes diffi- cult when temperatures exceed 900°C based on dynamic curve analysis (Fig. 3). In addition to a comprehensive study on the pyrolysis-com- bustion process conducted in these experiments, it is necessary to separately investigate pyrolysis in an inert en- vironment as well as carbon residue burnout in an oxidizer. One disadvantage of this analysis is that coke preparation conditions may influence its subsequent burnout; however, a clear advantage is the ability to divide the process into distinct stages. Fig. 3. Dynamics of volatile gases emission during thermal processing of SH samples at a temperature of 1000 °C The study enabled the determination of the main patterns of pyrolysis and burnout of SH during rapid heating to a temperature of 1000 °C. A notable characteristic of SH, which influences its thermal decomposition, is its lignocel- lulosic structure. During pyrolysis in a fluidized bed, the maximum yield of volatile hemicellulose occurs at approxi- mately 500 °C, cellulose at 700 °C, and lignin at 900°C. The highest proportions of H2O, CO2, and CO are observed for all three biomass components across all studied tempera- tures. This can be attributed to the fact that hemicellulose and 145 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика cellulose contain around 45%-50% wt. oxygen while lignin con- tains about 25%-30% wt. Consequently, hydrocarbons pro- duced during pyrolysis rapidly react with oxygen radicals gen- erated within the process and undergo oxidation. The initial stage of thermal processing of SH involves the degradation of hemicellulose. At temperatures ranging from 220-280 °C, intramolecular dehydration occurs, re- sulting in the formation of anhydrocellulose [22]. During this process, weakly bound impurity groups, primarily consisting of CO, CO2, and H2O, are released. Significant structural modifications occur between 350-400 °C as evi- denced by a decrease in intensity and the breaking of C-O and C=C bonds [13]. Additionally, alkyl bonds (C-C) are formed during this stage. The production of CH4 begins at 400 °C and increases as the temperature rises [36]. The pro- portions of CO, H2, and CH4 in the total volatile yield in- crease with temperature while H2O gradually decreases [35]. Fig. 4 illustrates an increase in the partial pressure of H2 with rising temperature. Fig. 4. Partial pressures of H2 for the temperature range 500–1000 oC Within the temperature range of up to 500 °C, bonds be- tween monomolecules are broken, and the material loses plasticity and becomes brittle [22]. With an increase in tem- perature, the intensity of valence bonds –OH decreases con- tinuously, and there is an increase in the yield of aromatic compounds. The maximum yield of these aromatic com- pounds depends on the ratio of cellulose to lignin in the fuel and is typically observed at temperatures above 600 °C [35]. In the temperature range of 450–600 °C, the ring structure of lignocellulose molecules breaks along oxygen heteroa- toms (O) and forms linear (aliphatic) radicals [36]. This leads to numerous reactions involving the splitting of C–C and C– O bonds as well as radical reactions that result in the for- mation of gases or volatile compounds. These reactions pri- marily occur due to the decomposition of anhydrocellulose [22]. Light peripheral groups such as СН2, H, OH break off from these molecules and are released in gaseous form. With rapid heating, detachment of light functional groups and degradation occur simultaneously. The yield of gaseous products depends on the environment. In an oxidizing at- mosphere (as in the conducted experiments), light H- and CO- groups quickly combine or undergo oxidation, resulting in an increased proportion of CO2 in the pyrolysis products. As the pyrolysis temperature further increases, more bonds break down into the initial substance, leading to an in- crease in small radical fragments and ultimately increasing the yield of gas phase products. Based on experimental data, both total heat treatment time (Fig. 5) and time required for complete combustion of CR from sunflower husk were determined for temperatures ranging from 500 to 1000 °C. The results for the temperature range of 500-1000 °C were summarized in the form of empirical equations. For the to- tal heat treatment time (τ), the equation is  = 415.0Т- 1.552.0, where T is the layer temperature in °C. The equa- tion for the time required for complete combustion of car- bon residue from sunflower husk  = 572.0Т-1.641.5, where τ represents the burnout time of husk particles in seconds. The proposed equations have an average error of less than 1.8%. In the temperature range of 600-1000 °C, an empirical equation for the total heat treatment time can be used:  = 160.0Т-1.42.2, with an average error of 2%. 146 Відновлювана енергетика. №2/2024 | Біоенергетика For temperatures ranging from 700-1000 °C, there is a lin- ear relationship between the total heat treatment time and process temperature:  = 28.0-0.019Т1.7, with an aver- age error of 1.5%. Fig. 5. Temperature dependence of the total heat treatment time of sunflower husk samples on temperature Conclusions 1. Sunflower husks are plant-derived fuel waste. The carbon content in different samples of lignocellulosic biomass ranges from 40%-55% by dry weight, with a heat of combustion ranging from 15-21 MJ/kg. The characteristics of high volatile yield, low sulfur content, chlorine, ash, and moisture make it suitable for replacing fossil fuels in industrial and municipal energy boilers. According to our estimates, the annual energy potential of SH in Ukraine is 3.4 million tonnes or 2.0 million tonnes of equivalent fuel. 2. Thermal treatment of sunflower husks is a complex of physicochemical processes that can be conditionally di- vided into the following sequential-parallel stages: 1) pyrol- ysis, which includes heating, drying, formation and release of volatiles; 2) combustion of volatiles and solid carbon res- idue. The volatile substances include H2, CH4, CO, CO2, Н2О and a small amount of C2H6 and C2H4. These stages have different speeds, durations and degrees of influence on combustion depending on the technological conditions of the process and the type of fuel. 3. Sunflower husk is a complex multicomponent fuel con- taining approximately 30%-48% cellulose, 34%-38% hemi- cellulose, and 17-26% lignin by mass. Depending on the structure, the elemental composition of the fuel varies as well as the quantitative and qualitative composition of vol- atiles and, as a result, the heat of combustion. In addition, different molecular structures of individual components lead to different decomposition mechanisms during pyrol- ysis. The major components of volatile sunflower husks at temperatures ranging from 500-1000 °C are H2O, CO2, and CO. This can be explained by the fact that cellulose and hemicellulose contain approximately 45%-50% oxygen by mass, while lignin contains about 25%-30% oxygen by mass. The yield of gaseous products depends on the environ- ment. In an oxidizing environment (as in the conducted ex- periments), the light H and CO groups quickly combine or oxidize, resulting in an increase in the proportion of CO2 in the gaseous reaction products. As the temperature in- creases, the number of bond breaks in the feedstock and small radical fragments increases, leading to an increase in gas phase yield. 4. Dynamic curves describing volatile yields exhibit two dis- tinct stages: the first region corresponds to the release and combustion of volatiles, while the second region corresponds to the combustion of carbonaceous residue. Upon its combus- tion, there is a sharp decrease in oxidizer concentration on the surface of carbonaceous residue, which consequently has little involvement in ignition and burning processes during the ini- tial stage. Homogeneous-heterogeneous ignition is realized. The combustion of CR is considered as the dominant process in thermal decomposition of SH particles, which is also charac- terized by longer duration and determines overall burning time. Increasing the layer temperature leads to a decrease in the total burning time of SH particles, mainly due to a reduc- tion in the burning time of CR. 5. 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spelling veorgua-article-4642026-07-18T06:32:20Z DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ ТЕРМІЧНОГО РОЗКЛАДАННЯ ЛУШПИННЯ СОНЯШНИКА В КИПЛЯЧОМУ ШАРІ Haponych, L. Topal , O. Holenko , I. Kobzar , S. biomass; sunflower husks; waste-to-energy; fluidized bed; heat treatment; pyrolysis; volatiles; carbon resi-due. біомаса, лушпиння соняшника, перетворення відходів на енергію, киплячий шар, термічна оброб-ка, піроліз, леткі речовини, вуглецевий залишок. Sunflower husk (SH) is a plant waste fuel. The carbon content in different samples of SH ranges from 40.5% to 54.5% in an operating state, with ash content ranging from 1.5% to 8.5%, moisture content ranging from 6.9% to 9.5%, chlorine content ranging from 0.05% to 0.3%, and lower heating value ranging from 14.5 MJ/kg to 20.5 MJ/kg. These characteristics make it a suitable substitute for fossil fuels in power boilers. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies are rapidly developing worldwide, offering the potential for generating renewable energy from waste, including agricultural and food industry waste such as SH. According to our estimates, Ukraine has an annual energy potential of approximately 3.4 million tons of SH or about two million tons of fuel equivalent. Approximately half of this volume is currently being burned in oil extraction plants' boilers; however, up to one million tons of SH end up in landfills annually, resulting in significant energy losses. To develop new and improve existing WTE technologies that utilize SH as a fuel source, it's essential to understand the thermal processing characteristics of SH under conditions similar to those found in different zones within real power boilers - specifically the heating of fuel particles at rates up to 500 °C/s over a temperature range of 500–1000 °C. In this study, we aimed to investigate the thermal processing characteristics by subjecting SH particles within a laboratory fluidized bed reactor to high-speed heating within the aforementioned temperature range. During rapid heating between 500–1000 °C temperatures range, SH particles undergo conversion into volatile compounds and solid carbon residue. Two distinct stages can be observed on the dynamic yield curves for volatiles. The release and burnout of volatiles occurs during the first stage while the second stage involves coke ash residue burnout. We obtained empirical temperature-dependents for total heat treatment time and carbon residue burnout time under fast heating conditions in the investigated temperature range. The stage of carbon residue combustion is the most enduring and determines the overall duration of thermal treatment. This stage determines the degree of fuel transformation, especially in cases where low-reactivity carbon residue enters the low-temperature combustion chamber area of the boiler. The obtained regularities have practical significance in designing combustion chambers for thermal processing of sunflower husk. Лушпиння соняшника (ЛС) – це паливні відходи рослинного походження. Вміст вуглецю в перерахунку на робочий стан у різних зразках ЛС коливається в межах 40,5–54,5 %, зольності – 1,5–8,5 %, вологості – 6,9–9,5 %, хлору – 0,05–0,3 %, а нижча теплота згоряння в межах 14,5–20,5 МДж/кг. З огляду на вказані характеристики це паливо придатне для використання як замінник викопного палива в енергетичних котлах. Останніми роками у світі стрімко розвиваються технології перетворення відходів на енергію (WTE), які мають потенціал для отримання відновлюваної енергії з відходів, зокрема сільськогосподарських. За нашими оцінками, щорічний енергетичний потенціал ЛС в Україні сягає 3,4 млн т, або близько 2 млн т умовного палива. Близько половини цього обсягу спалюється в котлах олійноекстракційних заводів, але щорічно до 1 млн т лушпиння потрапляє на звалища, що призводить до значних енергетичних втрат. Розробка нових та вдосконалення існуючих технологій WTE, що використовують ЛС як паливо, має базуватися на розумінні закономірностей його термічної переробки. Тому метою цієї роботи було дослідження закономірностей термічної переробки ЛС у характерних для різних зон енергетичних котлів умовах – при нагріванні частинок палива зі швидкістю до 500 °С/с в інтервалі температур 500–1000 °С. Така швидкість нагріву була реалізована в лабораторному реакторі киплячого шару. При швидкісному нагріванні в діапазоні температур 500–1000 °C частинки ЛС перетворюються на леткі і твердий вуглецевий залишок. Динамічні криві виходу газоподібних летких мають дві ділянки: перша відповідає виходу і вигорянню летких, а друга – вигорянню вуглецевого залишку. Отримано емпіричні температурні залежності загального часу термообробки та часу вигоряння вуглецевого залишку лушпиння соняшника при швидкому нагріванні в інтервалі температур 500–1000 оС. Стадія вигоряння вуглецевого залишку є найтривалішою і визначає загальний час термообробки. Ця стадія визначає ступінь перетворення палива, особливо у випадках, коли низькореакційний вуглецевий залишок потрапляє в низькотемпературну область камери згоряння котла. Отримані закономірності мають практичне значення при проєктуванні камер згоряння котлів термічної переробки лушпиння соняшника. 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spellingShingle biomass
sunflower husks
waste-to-energy
fluidized bed
heat treatment
pyrolysis
volatiles
carbon resi-due.
Haponych, L.
Topal , O.
Holenko , I.
Kobzar , S.
DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED
title DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED
title_alt ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ ТЕРМІЧНОГО РОЗКЛАДАННЯ ЛУШПИННЯ СОНЯШНИКА В КИПЛЯЧОМУ ШАРІ
title_full DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED
title_fullStr DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED
title_full_unstemmed DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED
title_short DETERMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SUNFLOWER HUSK IN A FLUIDIZED BED
title_sort determination of the features of thermal decomposition of sunflower husk in a fluidized bed
topic biomass
sunflower husks
waste-to-energy
fluidized bed
heat treatment
pyrolysis
volatiles
carbon resi-due.
topic_facet biomass
sunflower husks
waste-to-energy
fluidized bed
heat treatment
pyrolysis
volatiles
carbon resi-due.
біомаса
лушпиння соняшника
перетворення відходів на енергію
киплячий шар
термічна оброб-ка
піроліз
леткі речовини
вуглецевий залишок.
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