Cofiring

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Co-firing (or cofiring, also referred to as complementary firing or co-combustion) is the combustion of two different fuels in the same combustion system. [1] Fuels can be solid fuels, liquid fuels or gaseous, and its source either fossil or renewable. [2] Therefore, use of heavy fuel oil assisting coal power stations may technically be considered co-firing. The term co-firing was popularized in the 1980s and then referred specifically to the use of waste solid residues (paper, plastic, solvents, tars, etc.) or biomass [3] in coal power stations that were designed only for the combustion of coal. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Ekmann, J. M; Winslow, J. C; Smouse, S. M; Ramezan, M (1998-03-01). "International survey of cofiring coal with biomass and other wastes". Fuel Processing Technology. 54 (1): 171–188. doi:10.1016/S0378-3820(97)00068-4. ISSN   0378-3820.
  2. ↑ Tillman, D. A (2000-12-01). "Biomass cofiring: the technology, the experience, the combustion consequences". Biomass and Bioenergy. Cofiring Benefits for Coal and Biomass. 19 (6): 365–384. doi:10.1016/S0961-9534(00)00049-0. ISSN   0961-9534.
  3. ↑ Sondreal, Everett A.; Benson, Steven A.; Hurley, John P.; Mann, Michael D.; Pavlish, John H.; Swanson, Michael L.; Weber, Greg F.; Zygarlicke, Christopher J. (2001-06-01). "Review of advances in combustion technology and biomass cofiring". Fuel Processing Technology. Fuel science in the year 2000: Where do we stand and where do we go from here?. 71 (1): 7–38. doi:10.1016/S0378-3820(01)00134-5. ISSN   0378-3820.
  4. ↑ Mann, M.; Spath, P. (2001-08-01). "A life cycle assessment of biomass cofiring in a coal-fired power plant". Clean Products and Processes. 3 (2): 81–91. doi:10.1007/s100980100109. ISSN   1435-2974.
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