Fuel and combustion properties of bio-wastes

All human and industrial processes produce wastes, that is, normally unused and undesirable products of a specific process. Biomass absorbs carbon dioxide during growth, and emits it during combustion. Utilization of biomass as fuel for power production offers the advantage of a renewable and CO2 -neutral fuel. Although the structural, proximate and ultimate analyses results of bio-wastes differ considerably, some properties of the biomass samples such as the hydrogen content, the sulfur content and the ignition temperatures changed in a narrow interval. The burning velocity of pulverized biomass fuels is considerably higher than that of coals. The use of biomass fuels provides substantial benefits as far as the environment is concerned.