Influence of fuel mixture and catalyst on the ethanol burner flue gas composition

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the influences of chosen primary (mixing of standard recommended fuel with additives) and secondary (oxidation catalyst) measures on the composition of flue gas, produced by combustion of liquid fuels in a standard ethanol burner. The total amount of emitted NO x was decreased by 63%, after replacing the fuel by pure methanol, while the total amount of emitted CO was the lowest during pure ethanol usage. The implementation of chosen catalyst significantly affected the total amount of emitted CO with high conversion rates (82%-90%). The amount of emitted water vapour was increased by 0%-25% (per 1 kWh of released energy) when additives were used. Overall, applying the mentioned measures together proved to be very beneficial from the total amount of emitted CO and NOx point of view.