<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays, biomass or more precisely biofuel is more and more being exploited as a substitute for fossil fuels for heating as well as for example for heating a drying environment. This contribution focuses on assessing a heat source by combusting various types of solid biofuels. It is a boiler VIGAS 25 with AK 2000 regulation for heating a family house. Gaseous emissions were measured using a device TESTO 330-2LL. Firewood, peat briquettes, bark briquettes and hardwood briquettes were burnt. Results of experimental measurements concerning the production of gaseous emissions are processed in tables and graphs depending on boiler performance and combustion time.</p></abstract>

Nowadays, biomass or more precisely biofuel is more and more being exploited as a substitute for fossil fuels for heating as well as for example for heating a drying environment. This contribution focuses on assessing a heat source by combusting various types of solid biofuels. It is a boiler VIGAS 25 with AK 2000 regulation for heating a family house. Gaseous emissions were measured using a device TESTO 330-2LL. Firewood, peat briquettes, bark briquettes and hardwood briquettes were burnt. Results of experimental measurements concerning the production of gaseous emissions are processed in tables and graphs depending on boiler performance and combustion time.

Gas Emissions in Combustion of Biofuel

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic

Acta Technologica Agriculturae

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Nowadays, biomass or more precisely biofuel is more and more being exploited as a substitute for fossil fuels for heating as well as for example for heating a...

Gas Emissions in Combustion of Biofuel

Published Online: Oct 23, 2014

Page range: 75 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2014-0017

Keywords
heat source, solid biofuel, emissions, briquette, frewood

© 2014 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gas Emissions in Combustion of Biofuel

Published Online: Oct 23, 2014

Page range: 75 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2014-0017

Keywordsheat source, solid biofuel, emissions, briquette, frewood

© 2014 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
heat source, solid biofuel, emissions, briquette, frewood