制浆纤维原料固废物基颗粒燃料的燃烧性能分析及改善

    Combustion performance of solid waste-based pellet fuel from fiber feedstock waste residues in the pulping process

    • 摘要: 利用农业废弃草类植物进行制浆造纸可缓解中国制浆造纸工业面临的纤维原料短缺压力,将制浆过程产生的纤维原料废渣和制浆废液溶出物等固体废弃物进行颗粒燃料制备是实现工业固废物资源化利用的有效途径。为了解制浆过程不同纤维原料废渣的燃烧特性,将制浆过程备料工段产生的纤维原料废渣通过压缩成型技术制备了颗粒燃料,利用热重仪、扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪、热分析-红外-气质联用仪对不同纤维原料废渣固废物制备的颗粒燃料的燃烧特性进行了分析比较,研究探讨了添加制浆废液对颗粒燃料燃烧性能的改善效果。结果表明,草类纤维原料废渣基颗粒燃料因不可燃杂质含量较高,固定碳含量较低,其燃烧性能稍差于木材废渣基颗粒燃料;草类纤维原料废渣基颗粒燃料中的碱金属元素与硅元素在高温下反应生成结渣性金属硅酸盐类颗粒灰分;草类废渣基颗粒燃料因不可燃杂质含量较高导致固定碳不完全燃烧,增加了燃烧排放气体中CO气体成分。基于资源化利用制浆过程溶出物和改善颗粒燃料的燃烧性能,将10.28%固形物含量的制浆废液/麦草废渣混合物压缩制备颗粒燃料,颗粒燃料的综合燃烧指数为2.50×10−7 %2/(min2·℃3),燃烧活化能为59.88 kJ/mol,与麦草废渣基颗粒燃料相比,燃烧指数提高了171.74%,燃烧活化能降低了22.72%,麦草废渣基颗粒燃料的燃烧性能得到明显改善。研究结果可为制浆造纸过程固体废弃物的资源化利用提供理论参考。

       

      Abstract: Agricultural waste grasses can be reused to alleviate the shortage pressure of fiber feedstock in the pulping and papermaking industry. The pellet fuel can also be prepared with industrial solid wastes, such as fiber feedstock waste residues and pulping liquid wastes. Furthermore, sustainable and clean energy sources are required to realize resource utilization, with the ever-increasing shortage of fossil energy and the growing environmental issues. In this study, the combustion performance of the waste residues was evaluated on the different fiber feedstock from the pulping process. The waste residue-based pellet fuel of fiber feedstock was also prepared by compression molding. The granular fuel was characterized by thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), and thermal analyzation-infrared gas generation combined instrument. A systematic investigation was made to explore the effect of pulping waste liquid on the combustion performance of pellet fuel. The results showed that the combustion performance of waste residue-based pellet fuel from grass fiber feedstock was slightly worse than that from wood fiber feedstock. The reason was that the grass fiber feedstock with a higher content of non-combustible impurities and lower fixed carbon content. There were relatively low combustion performance and short combustion time with a comprehensive combustion index of 0.92×10-7 %2/(min2·℃3). The grass waste residue-based pellet fuels were agglomerated lime-ash and blocked after combustion, which was different from wood waste residue-based pellet fuel. The alkali metal and silicon element in the waste residue-based pellet fuel from grass fiber feedstock were reacted at high temperatures, and then produced the slagging metal silicate particles ash containing SiO2, Na2Si2O3, and K6Fe2O5 metal salt oxides. The high content of non-combustible impurities of grass waste residue-based pellet fuel led to the incomplete combustion of fixed carbon, which increased the CO gas composition in the combustion emission. In order to improve the combustion performance of wheat straw waste residue-based granular fuels, the mixture of pulping waste liquid/wheat straw waste residue with a solid content of 10.28% was compressed to prepare pellet fuel. The pulping waste liquid had high output after the pulping process, including a lot of organic matter, such as lignin and hemicellulose. Moreover, the lignin and sugars can be expected to serve as the natural adhesive in the granular fuels, in order to improve the combustion performance and mechanical strength of grass waste residue-based granular fuels. Furthermore, the pulping waste liquid was added to bind the solid waste for stability. The comprehensive combustion index and combustion activation energy of granular fuels from the mixture of pulping waste liquid/wheat straw waste residue was 2.50×10-7 %2/(min2·℃3) and 59.88 kJ/mol, respectively. Correspondingly, the combustion index increased by 171.74%, whereas, the combustion activation energy decreased by 22.72%, compared with the pure wheat straw waste residue-based pellet fuel. The combustion performance was outstandingly improved in the wheat straw waste residue-based pellet fuel. The finding can provide the theoretical reference for the high-value utilization of agricultural waste plant fiber and resource utilization of solid wastes in pulping and papermaking.

       

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