Design of methodology for wood chips moisture estimation determined for gasification

The moisture content of the charged wood chips is a significant factor affecting the gasification process. The increased moisture content increases the demand on the energy consumption, which is needed to cover the heat consumption related to the water evaporation and adversely affects the wood gas...

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Published in:EPJ Web of conferences 2014-01, Vol.67, p.2069-1-02069-4
Main Authors: Lukáč, Ladislav, Kuna, Štefan, Kizek, Ján, Repášová, Magdaléna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Energy consumption
Evaporation
Gasification
Humidity
Methodology
Moisture content
Monitoring
Wood chips
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Summary:The moisture content of the charged wood chips is a significant factor affecting the gasification process. The increased moisture content increases the demand on the energy consumption, which is needed to cover the heat consumption related to the water evaporation and adversely affects the wood gas quality and input fuel amount. Monitoring of the moisture content in wood chips is therefore the diagnostic tools suitable to evaluate the operational parameters of the whole gasification process. Present paper describes the design of the suitable methodology to measure and estimate the wood chips moisture content. The issues related to the moisture content estimation include preliminary the selection of the suitable methodology based on the assumed moisture content in the wood chips. Further factor which needs to be considered is the fact that the moisture content in wood chips is time dependent due to the changing parameters of the ambient air (as temperature, pressure and air humidity). Correctly estimated moisture content will enable to improve the wood chips gasification process.
ISSN:2100-014X
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/20146702069