Preparation of Biomass Hydrochar and Application Analysis of Blast Furnace Injection

• Published in: Energies (Basel) 2023, Vol.16 (3), p.1216
• Main Authors: Wang, Guangwei, Li, Renguo, Dan, Jiayun, Yuan, Xiang, Shao, Jiugang, Liu, Jiawen, Xu, Kun, Li, Tao, Ning, Xiaojun, Wang, Chuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Air quality management; Alkali metals; Ash; Biomass; Biomass energy; Bituminous coal; blast furnace injection; Blast furnaces; Carbon dioxide; CO2 emission reduction; Coal; Coke industry; Combustion; Emissions; Emissions (Pollution); Energy consumption; Experiments; Fourier transforms; Furnaces; Global warming; High temperature; hydrochar; hydrothermal carbonization; Injection; Liquid phases; Nitrogen; Prolongation; Raw materials; Steel industry; Steel production
• ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en16031216

Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology was used to carbonize and improve biomass raw material to obtain hydrochar. The effects of HTC temperature and holding time on the yield, composition, structure, combustion behavior, and safety of hydrochar were studied systematically. In addition, the results show that with the increase in HTC temperature and the prolongation of holding time, the yield of hydrochar gradually reduces, the fixed carbon content of hydrochar increases, the volatile content decreases, and a large number of ash and alkali metals enter the liquid phase and are removed. Further, the analysis of the combustion properties and the structure of hydrochar can be observed in that, as the HTC process promotes the occurrence of polymerization reactions, the specific surface area gradually reduces, the degree of carbon ordering increases, and the combustion curve moves toward the high-temperature zone and gradually approaches bituminous coal. Since biomass hydrochar has the characteristic of being carbon neutral, blast furnace injection hydrochar can reduce CO2 emissions, and every 1 kg/tHM of biomass hydrochar can reduce CO2 emissions by 1.95 kg/tHM.