Experimental Study on the Effects of Air Velocity, Temperature and Depth on Low-temperature Bed Drying of Forest Biomass Residue

Energy Procedia 2015
Krista Kļaviņa, Armands Cinis, Aivars Žandeckis

Experiments are carried out for a wood chip bed dryer with a perforated floor. Methodology for the calculation of a benefit-cost ratio is created and validated with experimental results. Statistical analysis was performed and empirical models with non-linear multivariate correlation equations describing the drying rate, and the benefit-cost ratio were developed. With the appropriate adjustments this methodology can be used for the economic evaluation of a biomass dryer.

Keywords
Wood chips; Drying; Low temperature; Biofuel; Bed dryer; Box-Behnken design
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2015.06.007
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610215006979

Kļaviņa, K., Cinis, A., Žandeckis, A. Experimental Study on the Effects of Air Velocity, Temperature and Depth on Low-temperature Bed Drying of Forest Biomass Residue. Energy Procedia, 2015, Vol.72, pp.42-48. ISSN 1876-6102. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.06.007

Publication language
English (en)