Author/Authors :
Sakthivel, C Department of Mechanical Engineerin - K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India , Gopal, P Department of Automobile Engineering - Anna University - BIT campus, Tamil Nadu, India , Rameshkumar, C SMEC, VIT University, Tamil Nadu, India , Suresh Kumar,B Department of Mechanical Engineerin - K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract :
The technology of co-firing was used to study the combustion of groundnut shell and coal at three different
ratio of biomass (10%, 20%, and 30% in weight) and combustion of miscanthus and coal at three different
ratio of biomass(10%,20%,30%) using thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). When compared to firing of coal,
the co-firing of coal and biomass (groundnut shell, miscanthus) has shown a good combustion result. The
ignition temperature (Ti) burnout temperature (Tf) is reduced in the co-combustion when compared to the
combustion of coal alone. The best blend ratio of coal/groundnut shell is 80%/20%. The best blend ratio of
coal/miscanthus is 70%/30%.
Keywords :
Co-combustion study , Groundnut shell , Thermo gravimetric analysis , Coal
