The huge amounts of coal are being used in Industries (cement, bricks, etc.). Is it technically possible to replace coal used in such industries by pellet?
I'm looking examples, case studies, technical papers, etc.
There are three possible limitations to the use of wood in place of coal. Firstly, the calorific value will be lower (although compressed wood pellets are now used at Drax power station in the UK and these are claimed to have a similar calorific value to coal). Secondly, the wood may contain chlorides, which could act as a flux and make the brick "sticky" during heating. Finally, there is considerable variation in composition between species, season and pre-processing method (pellets or chips).
https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Publications/Research/Biomass-Solar-Wind/elemental-analysis-wood-fuel.pdf
You can add almost anything to concrete! However, I would rather use the wood as an energy source or fertilizer, rather than locking it away in the concrete. Once you have burned the wood to ash, you could use the ash in the concrete.
I would also think that it would not be advisable to use wood pellets in concrete that woud need to be fire resistant, for obvious reasons. The relative low sg of the wood pellets could also be problematic w.r.t the mixing of the concrete, tending to float to the top of the concrete. The potential water absorbtion of the wood pellets might be a further complication.
Dear Sagar,
pl find attachment .it is useful for your research work.
All the best
http://www.ijrer.org/ijrer/index.php/ijrer/article/viewFile/3170/pdf
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