Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
DETERMINATION OF THE RISK OF FIRE IN AN OLIVE-OIL MILL WASTE DRYER
Year:2016
Research Areas
  • Engineering,
  • Distributed generation,
  • Cogeneration and trigeneration
Information
Abstract
For the energy valorization of ?alperujo?, residue of the olive oil two phases extraction process, it is necessary to perform a drying process to reduce moisture content from over 60% to less than 10%. In order to reduce primary energy consumption and get an economic return, usually in this kind of drying facilities Gas Turbine CHP is used as a heat source. There have been recently in Spain some fires in this kind of GT-CHP facilities, which have caused high material losses. In some of these fires it has been suggested that the fire was caused by the output of incandescent alperujo in the flue gasesof the drying system. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine experimentally and analytically under which operational conditions a process of alperujo self-ignition in the drying process can begin, and determine the actual fire hazard in this type of TG-CHP system. For analytical study, the temperature and initial composition of the combustion gases of the Gas Turbine at the entrance of the drying process was calculated and the gas equilibrium conditions reached in contact with the biomass were calculated and, therefore, the temperature of the biomass during the drying process. Moreover, the layer and dust ignition temperature of alperujo has been experimentally determined, according to EN 50281-2-1: 2000. With these results, the operating conditions of the drying process, in which there are real risk of auto-ignition of alperujo have been established
International
Si
JCR
Si
Title
Dyna-Bilbao
ISBN
0012-7361
Impact factor JCR
0,179
Impact info
Datos JCR del año 2014
Volume
Dyna acele
http://dx.doi.org/10.6036/7936
Journal number
From page
1
To page
13
Month
SIN MES
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Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Departamento: Energía y Combustibles
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Energética