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Integration of a wood pellet burner and a Stirling engine to produce residential heat and power
KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), Energiteknik, Kraft- och värmeteknologi. Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia .ORCID-id: 0000-0003-0042-0227
KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), Energiteknik, Kraft- och värmeteknologi.
KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), Energiteknik, Kraft- och värmeteknologi.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-4479-344X
2014 (Engelska)Ingår i: Applied Thermal Engineering, ISSN 1359-4311, E-ISSN 1873-5606, Vol. 73, nr 1, s. 669-678Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

The integration a Stirling engine with a pellet burner is a promising alternative to produce heat and power for residential use. In this context, this study is focused on the experimental evaluation of the integration of a 20 kWth wood pellet burner and a 1 kWe Stirling engine. The thermal power not absorbed by the engine is used to produce hot water. The evaluation highlights the effects of pellet type, combustion chamber length and cycling operation on the Stirling engine temperatures and thermal power absorbed. The results show that the position of the Stirling engine is highly relevant in order to utilize as much as possible of the radiative heat from the burner. Within this study, only a 5 cm distance change between the Stirling engine and the pellet burner could result in an increase of almost 100 °C in the hot side of the engine. However, at a larger distance, the temperature of the hot side is almost unchanged suggesting dominating convective heat transfer from the hot flue gas. Ash accumulation decreases the temperature of the hot side of the engine after some cycles of operation when a commercial pellet burner is integrated. The temperature ratio, which is the relation between the minimum and maximum temperatures of the engine, decreases when using Ø8 mm wood pellets in comparison to Ø6 mm pellets due to higher measured temperatures on the hot side of the engine. Therefore, the amount of heat supplied to the engine is increased for Ø8 mm wood pellets. The effectiveness of the engine regenerator is increased at higher pressures. The relation between temperature of the hot side end and thermal power absorbed by the Stirling engine is nearly linear between 500 °C and 660 °C. Higher pressure inside the Stirling engine has a positive effect on the thermal power output. Both the chemical and thermal losses increase somewhat when integrating a Stirling engine in comparison to a stand-alone boiler for only heat production. The overall efficiency of the pellets fired Stirling engine system reached 72%.

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2014. Vol. 73, nr 1, s. 669-678
Nyckelord [en]
Biomass, Wood pellets, Stirling engine, Micro-CHP, Polygeneration
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Energiteknik
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-150347DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.08.024ISI: 000346543400068Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84906831303OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-150347DiVA, id: diva2:742482
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Tillgänglig från: 2014-09-01 Skapad: 2014-09-01 Senast uppdaterad: 2022-06-23Bibliografiskt granskad
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1. Combustion of agricultural residues: Application for Stirling micro-combined heat and power
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Combustion of agricultural residues: Application for Stirling micro-combined heat and power
2014 (Engelska)Doktorsavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

Access to energy services is crucial for the development of countries. Therefore, in developing countries, the access to modern conversion technologies would contribute to reduce the poverty, improve health services and promote the economy especially in rural areas. Around 2.5 billion people in these countries use biomass for cooking. However, major concerns are due to the unsustainable use of biomass and the inefficient conversion technologies employed in rural areas. Therefore, the use of locally available biomass in modern biomass conversion technologies would significantly reduce emissions and improve the energy efficiency. These modern technologies may include residential pellet stoves and boilers which at the moment only are used for heating appliances in industrialized countries. Their combination with a prime mover like a Stirling engine could a very attractive solution to produce combined heat and power (CHP) though still in prototype stage. In this context, this study is mainly focused on the development of an energy system fuelled by locally available biomass to produce heat and electricity based on a Stirling engine. The main objective is to perform experiments to find relevant parameters that characterize the energy system proposed.

In the first stage of this work, the suitability of using agricultural residues in a pellet boiler was evaluated in comparison to commercial wood pellets. The agricultural residues used during the tests were: sugar cane bagasse, sunflower husks and Brazil nut shells. The first two residues were pelletized and the last one was reduced to a uniform size. Parameters and energy used during the pelletizing were found. Emission levels and boiler efficiency under steady-state and transient conditions were also presented for the different biomass sorts. In the second stage, the integration of the same pellet burner and the Stirling engine was characterized in terms of losses and efficiency calculations. Finally, the integration of the pelletizing, combustion, and heat and power generation was discussed based on experimental and predicted results.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2014. s. xx, 85
Serie
TRITA-KRV, ISSN 1100-7990 ; 14:03
Nationell ämneskategori
Energiteknik
Forskningsämne
Energiteknik
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-150350 (URN)978-91-7595-241-3 (ISBN)
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2014-09-22, Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, KTH, Stockholm, 10:00 (Engelska)
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Tillgänglig från: 2014-09-03 Skapad: 2014-09-01 Senast uppdaterad: 2022-10-05Bibliografiskt granskad

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