Deformation and breakage of biofuel wood pellets

Abstract

A convenient approach to employ an elliptic load-deformation elastoplastic approximation has been proposed and used to evaluate the mechanical behavior of pinewood biofuel pellets from lab-scale compressive load-deformation measurements. Verification of model predictions has been attempted against apparent finite element method based simulations. A database of essential mechanical properties has been established. This submission is intended as a model for being able to study the deformation and breakage behavior using lab-scale compression tests. (C) 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Biomass; Biofuel; Pellets; Wood; Strength; Breakage

Published in

Chemical Engineering Research and Design
2020, volume: 153, pages: 419-426
Publisher: ELSEVIER

SLU Authors

• Larsson, Sylvia

  • Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Salehi Kahrizsangi, Hamid

  • Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Subirana De La Rosa, Jordi

  • Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Samuelsson, Robert

  • Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Bioenergy

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2019.10.034

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104558