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A Study of Bioenergy Production from Chilean Tessaria absinthioides

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This study assesses whether the use of Tessaria absinthioides (TA) pellets as a bioenergy resource is feasible or not. Its fuel properties were characterized and its combustion behavior assessed via a traditional log wood stove with a basket of wood pellets. Combustion of pinewood (Pinus radiata) commercial pellets (CP) was used as a reference in order to analyze experimental results. TA has a high ash content of 8.1% and an HHV of 17.47 MJ kg−1. Alkaline index on the TA pellets was of 1.46 kg alkali GJ−1, a relatively high value, which resulted from high sodium content in ash. Oven and exhaust temperatures during the combustion of TA and CP present similar behavior. The combustion chamber’s highest temperature for CP was 841.15 °C, while for TA, the highest temperature was 685.65 °C. Furthermore, CO and PM emission was superior for TA pellets, averaging about 4943.6 ± 235.2 mg Nm−3 and 32.45 ± 6.49 mg MJ−1, respectively at 13% O2. Results obtained have shown that there were no apparent hindrances for an extensive use of TA as a bioenergy resource and use of pellet baskets to combust pellets in traditional wood log stoves.

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Acknowledgments

Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research funded this paper through the projects: CONICYT PIA/APOYO CCTE AFB170007, FONDECYT 11180828, FIC Atacama 2016, BIP 30486479. The authors also would like to thank Carlos Salgado Riquelme for the experimental support provided on this research.

Funding

The National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research in Chile funded this paper through the projects CONICYT PIA/APOYO CCTE AFB170007, FAPESP-CONICYT 2018/04819-4, FONDECYT 11180828 as well as FIC Atacama 2016, BIP 30486479.

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile

    Daniel Travieso Pedroso

  2. Unidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Daniel Travieso Pedroso, Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas, Alejandra Pérez Loyola & Carla Pérez Quilodrán

  3. Facultad de Ingeniería, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Einara Blanco Machin & Oscar Farias

  4. Faculty of Engineering of Guaratinguetá, Energy Department, São Paulo State University, Guaratinguetá, Brazil

    Adrian Blanco Machín & Joao Andrade de Carvalho Junior

  5. Federal Center of Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), Angra dos Reis Campus, Angra dos Reis, Brazil

    Néstor Proenza Pérez

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Pedroso, D.T., Machin, E.B., Cabrera-Barjas, G. et al. A Study of Bioenergy Production from Chilean Tessaria absinthioides. Bioenerg. Res. 15, 385–398 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-021-10256-6

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