Abstract
Amongst the thermochemical conversion technologies of biomass fuels, combustion is the only proven technology for heat and power production available for installations in the range of a few kilowatts to more than 100 MW due to its high-level technical maturity, considerable heat production efficiency and essential economic feasibility (Nussbaumer 2003). For example, the energy output/input ratios for corn combustion can reach 6.5 to 7.7, which is superior to the value for making ethanol from corn (Duxbury 2006).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Biomass processing technologies |
Editors | Vladimir Strezov, Tim J. Evans |
Place of Publication | Boca Raton |
Publisher | CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group |
Pages | 53-80 |
Number of pages | 28 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781482282603 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781466566163 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- emissions
- pretreatment
- fundamentals
- reduction
- fuels
- fires
- coal