IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v13y2021i13p7205-d583305.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Direct Improvement in the Combustion Chamber and the Radiant Surface to Reduce the Emission of Particles in Biomass Cooking Stoves Used in Araucanía, Chile

Author

Listed:
  • Robinson Betancourt Astete

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
    Center of Waste Management and Bioenergy, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile)

  • Nicolás Gutiérrez-Cáceres

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
    Center of Waste Management and Bioenergy, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile)

  • Marcela Muñoz-Catalán

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
    Center of Waste Management and Bioenergy, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile)

  • Tomas Mora-Chandia

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
    Center of Waste Management and Bioenergy, University of La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile)

Abstract

Solid particle emissions from burning wood in three internal combustion biomass cooking stoves commonly used in southern Chile were compared. Each stove was used to show differences in sealing systems, combustion chamber shape, and heating surfaces in order to optimize biomass combustion and the energy produced at a low manufacturing cost. The influence of cooking stove design along with particle and gas emissions that resulted from the biomass combustion within the cooking stove was investigated in this study. Levels of diverse atmospheric contaminants, such as particulate matter, emission factor, NO x , CO 2 , and CO, and the temperature of the flue gases were determined with the Ch-28 method and UNE-EN 12815. The average emission of particulate matter was significantly reduced by modifying the geometry of the combustion chamber and heating surface of each stove, resulting in 5 g/h particle emissions in conventional equipment and 2 g/h in the improved equipment. In relation to gas emissions, there was a 25% maximum decrease in NO x gases and 35% in CO after modifying the heating surface of each stove. This background supports the evidence of technological improvement with high environmental impact and low economic cost for local manufacturers.

Suggested Citation

  • Robinson Betancourt Astete & Nicolás Gutiérrez-Cáceres & Marcela Muñoz-Catalán & Tomas Mora-Chandia, 2021. "Direct Improvement in the Combustion Chamber and the Radiant Surface to Reduce the Emission of Particles in Biomass Cooking Stoves Used in Araucanía, Chile," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:13:p:7205-:d:583305
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7205/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7205/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Roy, Murari Mohon & Corscadden, Kenny W., 2012. "An experimental study of combustion and emissions of biomass briquettes in a domestic wood stove," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 206-212.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Natalia Cid & Juan Jesús Rico & Raquel Pérez-Orozco & Ana Larrañaga, 2021. "Experimental Study of the Performance of a Laboratory-Scale ESP with Biomass Combustion: Discharge Electrode Disposition, Dynamic Control Unit and Aging Effect," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-12, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wang, Zhiwei & Lei, Tingzhou & Chang, Xia & Shi, Xinguang & Xiao, Ju & Li, Zaifeng & He, Xiaofeng & Zhu, Jinling & Yang, Shuhua, 2015. "Optimization of a biomass briquette fuel system based on grey relational analysis and analytic hierarchy process: A study using cornstalks in China," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 523-532.
    2. Li, Shiyuan & Xu, Mingxin & Jia, Lufei & Tan, Li & Lu, Qinggang, 2016. "Influence of operating parameters on N2O emission in O2/CO2 combustion with high oxygen concentration in circulating fluidized bed," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 197-209.
    3. Bartosz Choiński & Ewa Szatyłowicz & Izabela Zgłobicka & Magdalena Joka Ylidiz, 2022. "A Critical Investigation of Certificated Industrial Wood Pellet Combustion: Influence of Process Conditions on CO/CO 2 Emission," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-13, December.
    4. Lim, Mook Tzeng & Phan, Anh & Roddy, Dermot & Harvey, Adam, 2015. "Technologies for measurement and mitigation of particulate emissions from domestic combustion of biomass: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 574-584.
    5. Lacrimioara Senila & Ioan Tenu & Petru Carlescu & Daniela Alexandra Scurtu & Eniko Kovacs & Marin Senila & Oana Cadar & Marius Roman & Diana Elena Dumitras & Cecilia Roman, 2022. "Characterization of Biobriquettes Produced from Vineyard Wastes as a Solid Biofuel Resource," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-13, February.
    6. Corscadden, Kenneth W. & Biggs, Jaclyn & Thomson, Allan, 2014. "An integrated on-farm production system: Agricultural briquettes for residential heating in Nova Scotia, Canada," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 394-402.
    7. Gebrezgabher, Solomie & Amewu, S. & Njenga, M., 2018. "Adoption and economic impact of briquettes as cooking fuel: the case of women fish smokers in Ghana," Resource Recovery and Reuse Series H049000, International Water Management Institute.
    8. Míguez, José Luis & Porteiro, Jacobo & Pérez-Orozco, Raquel & Patiño, David & Gómez, Miguel Ángel, 2020. "Biological systems for CCS: Patent review as a criterion for technological development," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 257(C).
    9. Ozgen, S. & Cernuschi, S. & Caserini, S., 2021. "An overview of nitrogen oxides emissions from biomass combustion for domestic heat production," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    10. Wang, Zhiwei & Lei, Tingzhou & Yang, Miao & Li, Zaifeng & Qi, Tian & Xin, Xiaofei & He, Xiaofeng & Ajayebi, Atta & Yan, Xiaoyu, 2017. "Life cycle environmental impacts of cornstalk briquette fuel in China," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 192(C), pages 83-94.
    11. Liu, Xiang & Chen, Meiqian & Wei, Yuanhang, 2016. "Assessment on oxygen enriched air co-combustion performance of biomass/bituminous coal," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 428-436.
    12. Rezania, Shahabaldin & Md Din, Mohd Fadhil & Kamaruddin, Siti Fatimah & Taib, Shazwin Mat & Singh, Lakhveer & Yong, Ee Ling & Dahalan, Farrah Aini, 2016. "Evaluation of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as a potential raw material source for briquette production," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 768-773.
    13. Bala-Litwiniak, Agnieszka & Zajemska, Monika, 2020. "Computational and experimental study of pine and sunflower husk pellet combustion and co-combustion with oats in domestic boiler," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 151-159.
    14. Richter, Joseph P. & Weisberger, Joshua M. & Bojko, Brian T. & Mollendorf, Joseph C. & DesJardin, Paul E., 2019. "Numerical modeling of homogeneous gas and heterogeneous char combustion for a wood-fired hydronic heater," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 890-899.
    15. Yang Bai & He Yang & Yu Zhao & Min Zhang & Jinyuan Qin & Feng Mi, 2020. "Optimizing the Raw Material Supply Chain of the Wood Biomass Power Generation Industry for Different Stakeholders’ Benefits: An Analysis of Inner Mongolia, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, March.
    16. Gebrezgabher, Solomie & Amewu, S. & Njenga, M., 2018. "Adoption and economic impact of briquettes as cooking fuel: the case of women fish smokers in Ghana," IWMI Books, Reports H049000, International Water Management Institute.
    17. Richter, Joseph P. & Bojko, Brian T. & Mollendorf, Joseph C. & DesJardin, Paul E., 2016. "Measurements of fuel burn rate, emissions and thermal efficiency from a domestic two-stage wood-fired hydronic heater," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 96(PA), pages 400-409.
    18. Srivastava, N.S.L. & Narnaware, S.L. & Makwana, J.P. & Singh, S.N. & Vahora, S., 2014. "Investigating the energy use of vegetable market waste by briquetting," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 270-275.
    19. Yang, Wei & Zhu, Youjian & Cheng, Wei & Sang, Huiying & Xu, Hanshen & Yang, Haiping & Chen, Hanping, 2018. "Effect of minerals and binders on particulate matter emission from biomass pellets combustion," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 106-115.
    20. Pierobon, Francesca & Zanetti, Michela & Grigolato, Stefano & Sgarbossa, Andrea & Anfodillo, Tommaso & Cavalli, Raffaele, 2015. "Life cycle environmental impact of firewood production – A case study in Italy," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 185-195.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:13:p:7205-:d:583305. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.