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The Use of Waste Biomass from the Wood Industry and Municipal Sources for Energy Production

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  • Andrzej Greinert

    (Institute of Environmental Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland)

  • Maria Mrówczyńska

    (Institute of Civil Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland)

  • Wojciech Szefner

    (Lubuski Centre for Innovation and Agricultural Implementation Ltd., University of Zielona Gora, Co., Kalsk 122, 66-100 Sulechów, Poland)

Abstract

Biomass can be used for the production of energy from renewable sources. Because of social resistance to burning crop plants, mixtures and pellets made from or including waste materials are a good alternative. The mixtures analyzed, prepared from wood and municipal waste, were characterized for their calorific values, 7.4–18.2 MJ·kg −1 . A result, over 15 MJ·kg −1 was obtained for 47% of the quantities of mixtures being composed. It has been demonstrated that wood shavings and sewage sludge have a stabilizing effect on the durability of pellets. The emissions of acidic anhydrides into the atmosphere from the combustion of pellets from waste biomass were lower for NO, NO 2 , NOx and H 2 S than emissions from the combustion of willow pellets. Obtained emission results suggest the need to further optimize the combustion process parameters.

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  • Andrzej Greinert & Maria Mrówczyńska & Wojciech Szefner, 2019. "The Use of Waste Biomass from the Wood Industry and Municipal Sources for Energy Production," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-19, May.
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