Article Number 200205, May 2002

TRACE ELEMENT PARTITIONING IN THE CO-FIRING OF RDF, SAWDUST AND PEAT
P. Kouvo¹, K. Sandelin ^2,3 and R. Backman²

¹ Fortum Power & Heat
FIN-00048 Fortum - FINLAND
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² Åbo Akademi University
Lemminkäisenkatu 14-18 B FIN-20520 Turku - FINLAND
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³ Wärtsilä Finland Oy - Power Plant Technology
Tarhaajantie 2 - P.O. BOX 252 - FIN-65101 - FINLAND
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ABSTRACT:

The current work focuses on studying the behaviour of cadmium, chromium, lead, and zinc in the burning of fuel mixtures in a bubbling fluidised bed facility. The fuel mixtures of interest are sawdust or peat, blended with refuse-derived fuel pellets. The paper reports the results from full-scale measurements, chemical analyses of power plant streams, and theoretical predictions. Special interest is directed towards the vaporisation tendency of the elements within the bed region of the boiler, although the reactions in the freeboard of the installation are also studied. The results show that most of the trace elements escape the bed and are recaptured in the condensed ash streams of the unit. The theoretical method predicts cadmium to volatilise from the bed. Lead and zinc are likely to be captured in the bottom ash, but it appears that the theoretical approach taken in this paper tends to overpredict the volatility of these elements. Chromium is not volatilised to any greater extent, as compared with the other elements in the study.

Key Words: Trace elements, co-firing, biofuels

Corresponding Author:

Petri Kouvo
Fortum Power & Heat
FIN-00048 Fortum
FINLAND

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