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Regulation of ash slagging behavior of palm oil decanter cake by alum sludge addition

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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 330, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138452

Keywords

Palm oil decanter cake; Slagging; Alum sludge; Biomass ash; Biomass waste; Co-combustion

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This study investigates the effect of adding different proportions of alum sludge on the slagging characteristics during combustion of palm oil decanter cake (PODC). The results show that the addition of alum sludge improves the ash fusion temperature and reduces the lifespan of combustion reactors. At 50% alum sludge addition, the slagging tendency can be ignored.
Combustion of palm oil decanter cake (PODC) is a propitious alternative waste to energy means. However, the mono-combustion of PODC prompt severe ash slagging behavior which give rise to reduction in heat transfer and also shorten the lifespan of combustion reactors. In this study, alum sludge (AS) was introduced at different proportion of 30%, 50% and 70% to revamp the slagging characteristics of PODC during combustion. The addition of AS improved ash fusion temperature of PODC during co-combustion as ash fusion temperature increased significantly under high AS dosage. Slagging and fouling indices showed that at 50% AS addition, slagging tendency of the co-combustion ashes can be ignored. The predictive model for PODC-AS combustion showed good correlation coefficient with 0.89. Overall, co-combustion of PODC and AS is an ideal ash related problem-solving route. The proposed PODC slagging preventive method by AS was based on: (1) limited amount of aluminum content in PODC-AS system resulted in development of refractory ash (2) reduction in proportion of basic oxide which act as ash bonding glue played important role in the regulation of slagging (3) reduction of cohesive bond by formation of spongy and porous structure which prevented ash slagging.

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