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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 14, 2017
Energy and Fuels 2016
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Article Number | 02015 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Fuels | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171402015 | |
Published online | 15 March 2017 |
Biomass - alternative renewable energy source to the fossil fuels
Kielce University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
* Corresponding author: dkoruba@tu.kielce.pl
The article presents the fossil fuels combustion effects in terms of the dangers of increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Based on the bibliography review the negative impact of increased carbon dioxide concentration on the human population is shown in the area of the external environment, particularly in terms of the air pollution and especially the impact on human health. The paper presents biomass as the renewable energy alternative source to fossil fuels which combustion gives a neutral CO2 emissions and therefore should be the main carrier of primary energy in Poland. The paper presents the combustion heat results and humidity of selected dry wood pellets (pellets straw, energy-crop willow pellets, sawdust pellets), dried sewage sludge from two sewage treatment plants of the Holly Cross province pointing their energy potential. In connection with the results analysis of these studies the standard requirements were discussed (EN 14918:2010 “Solid bio-fuels-determination of calorific value”) regarding the basic parameters determining the biomass energy value (combustion heat, humidity).
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