Ignition Behavior of Benzoic Resin Solid Fuel Pellets over a Surface Induction Heating Plate Using a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Flame Ignitor

In South Western Nigeria, after the harvesting of maize cobs from the field, large amount of maize stock remains as agricultural residues and wastes. The maize stock constitutes a menace to the environment if not property handled. In this study, densification equipment was designed, fabricated and tested using maize stock grind as raw material. The equipment consists of mixer/ moisture conditioner and a pelleting machine. The power rating for the mixer/moisture conditioner is 0.069 kW with an input capacity of 81 kg/h while the power consumption of the pellet machine is 0.8 kW with throughout capacity of 40 kg/h. The result of the test showed that the highest product temperature, which gives an indication of the quality and durability of the pellets produced was 930C at 0.8 mm hammer mill screen size, 10% moisture content and 150 rpm die speed, at this temperature the machine is operating at optimum efficiency of 74%. High product temperature is an important parameter during pelleting/briquetting operations because it gives the degree of compaction and binding of the pellets/briquettes. The densification equipment for organic biomass was developed using locally sourced materials as a means of converting agricultural wastes into pellets for domestic cooking and cottage industry uses.

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Gasification of solid fuel pellets in a pressurized combustion chamber

The Proceedings of Conference of Hokkaido Branch ◽

10.1299/jsmehokkaido.2002.42.86 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 2002.42 (0) ◽

pp. 86-87

Author(s):

Atsushi FUJII ◽

Shinichiro KURITA ◽

Harunori NAGATA ◽

Tsuyoshi TOTANI ◽

Isao KUDO

Keyword(s):

Combustion Chamber ◽

Solid Fuel ◽

Fuel Pellets ◽

Pressurized Combustion

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The wall-free non-stationary fire whirls generation by axisymmetric burning of solid fuel pellets

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ◽

10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.03.076 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 110 ◽

pp. 890-897 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

P.B. Dermer ◽

A.Y. Varaksin ◽

A.I. Leontiev

Keyword(s):

Solid Fuel ◽

Fuel Pellets

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Low energy technologies for energy plants growing and using

Agrobìologìâ ◽

10.33245/2310-9270-2019-153-2-75-81 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 75-81

Author(s):

M. Trehub ◽

V. Demeshchuk ◽

O. Vasylenko

Keyword(s):

Solid Fuel ◽

Internal Combustion Engines ◽

Low Cost ◽

Technical Problem ◽

Dry Mass ◽

Low Energy ◽

Energy Technologies ◽

Fuel Pellets ◽

Production Area ◽

Energy Plants

The technological and energy costs for the cultivation, collection and processing of crop fuels are analyzed and the low-cost technologies of their use for energy needs are substantiated in the article. The technology for growing miscanthus in a production area of Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University training and production center sized 12 hectares during 2013–2019 is described. The prospect of growing giant miscanthus in the conditions of Bila Tserkva district in terms of reproduction technology simplicity, rhizomes planting mechanization with the modernized seedling machine SKN-6, low energy technology of processing and use in solid fuel boilers water heating. Recommendations on preparation of planting material of Miscanthus, which will provide effective seedlings, increased viability and plant development are given. The importance of solving the technical problem of compacting the crushed dry mass of miscanthus immediately before putting into solid fuel boilers or gas generators of internal combustion engines using serial mechanisms is discussed. Key words: energy plants, energy efficient processing, crop fuels, fuel pellets, low energy technologies, energy independence.

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Effect of Dual Surface Cooling on the Temperature Distribution of a Nuclear Fuel Pellet

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.769.296 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 769 ◽

pp. 296-310

Author(s):

Odii Christopher Joseph ◽

Agyekum Ephraim Bonah ◽

Bright Kwame Afornu

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Temperature Distribution ◽

Nuclear Fuel ◽

Solid Fuel ◽

Nucleate Boiling ◽

Temperature Management ◽

Fuel Pellet ◽

Surface Cooling ◽

Fuel Pellets ◽

External Cooling

Heat removal from nuclear reactor core has been one of the major Engineering considerations in the construction of nuclear power plant. At the center of this consideration is the nuclear fuel pellet whose burning efficiency determines the rate of heat transfer to the coolant. This research, focuses on the study of temperature distribution of solid fuel, temperature distribution of annular fuel with external cooling and the temperature distribution of annular fuel with internal and external cooling. We analyzed the different distribution and made a conclusion on the possibility of improving temperature management of Nuclear fuel rod, by designing fuel pellets based on this geometrical and thermal Analysis. To date, a lot of studies has been done on the thermal and geometrical properties of Nuclear fuel pellet, it is observed that annular fuel pellet with simulteneous internal and external cooling can achieve better temperature distribution which leads to high linear heat generation rate, thus generating more power in the design [1]. It has also been observed that annular fuel pellets has low fission gas release [10]. In large LOCA, the peak cladding temperature of annular fuel is about 600 which is significantly less than that of solid fuel (920 ), this is due to the fact that annular fuel cladding has lower initial temperature and the thinner annular fuel can be cooled more efficiently than the solid fuel. One of drawbacks of annular fuel technology is “the fuel gap conductance assymmetry” which is caused by outward thermal expansion, it has a potential effect on the MDNBR (Minimum Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio), which is the minimum ratio of the critical to actual heat flux found in the core [10]. In this model, we used the ceramic fuel pellet of UO2 as our case study. All the parameters in this model are assumed parameters of UO2. The Heat Transfer tool (ANSYS APDL) was used to validate the Analytical Model of this research.

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