| Title: | Evaluation of VOCs Emitted from Biomass Combustion in a Small CHP Plant: Difference between Dry and Wet Poplar Woodchips |
| Author(s): | Paris E; Carnevale M; Vincenti B; Palma A; Guerriero E; Borello D; Gallucci F; |
| Address: | "Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Center of Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Monterotondo (Roma), Via della Pascolare 16, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy. National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (CNR-IIA), Via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMA), La Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana, 18, 00184 Rome, Italy" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules27030955 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The combustion of biomass is a process that is increasingly used for the generation of heat and energy through different types of wood and agricultural waste. The emissions generated by the combustion of biomass include different kinds of macro- and micropollutants whose formation and concentration varies according to the physical and chemical characteristics of the biomass, the combustion conditions, the plants, and the operational parameters of the process. The aim of this work is to evaluate the effect of biomass moisture content on the formation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during the combustion process. Wet and dry poplar chips, with a moisture content of 43.30% and 15.00%, respectively, were used in a cogeneration plant based on a mobile grate furnace. Stack's emissions were sampled through adsorbent tubes and subsequently analyzed by thermal desorption coupled with the GC/MS. The data obtained showed that, depending on the moisture content of the starting matrix, which inevitably influences the quality of combustion, there is significant variation in the production of VOCs" |
| Keywords: | *Biomass Environmental Monitoring/*methods Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry *Hot Temperature Populus/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis Wood/*chemistry CHP plant POPs VOCs biomass combustion emission organic pollutants renewable energies; |
| Notes: | "MedlineParis, Enrico Carnevale, Monica Vincenti, Beatrice Palma, Adriano Guerriero, Ettore Borello, Domenico Gallucci, Francesco eng Comparative Study Evaluation Study Switzerland 2022/02/16 Molecules. 2022 Jan 31; 27(3):955. doi: 10.3390/molecules27030955" |
