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WOOD-TO-CHARCOAL CONVERSION IN A PARTIAL-COMBUSTION KILN - AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY TO UNDERSTAND AND UPGRADE THE PROCESS

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Title WOOD-TO-CHARCOAL CONVERSION IN A PARTIAL-COMBUSTION KILN - AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY TO UNDERSTAND AND UPGRADE THE PROCESS
 
Creator SHAH, N
GIRARD, P
MEZERETTE, C
VERGNET, AM
 
Subject charcoal
combustion
wood
 
Description Commercial partial-combustion kilns (PCK) used in carbonization yield a mass efficiency of 15-30% (based on initial wet mass). The present process control of these kilns is tedious, subjective and difficult to generalize. The low yields not only accelerate deforestation but cause atmospheric pollution through smoke. This paper reports the findings of experimental research on a pilot PCK. The weight loss during carbonization, smoke characteristics (flow rate, temperature and chemical composition) and kiln temperatures were investigated to find a process parameter. Weight loss and smoke temperature (when kiln and chimney are insulated) can yield useful process parameters. Oxidation of the carbonization smoke is important in production of charcoal by PCK.
 
Publisher BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN LTD
 
Date 2011-07-19T09:40:19Z
2011-12-26T12:51:07Z
2011-12-27T05:37:33Z
2011-07-19T09:40:19Z
2011-12-26T12:51:07Z
2011-12-27T05:37:33Z
1992
 
Type Article
 
Identifier FUEL, 71(8), 955-962
0016-2361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-2361(92)90248-M
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/5251
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/5251
 
Language en