An introduction to heating values, energy quality, efficiency, fuel and ash analysis and environmental aspects

An introduction to heating values, energy quality, efficiency, fuel and ash analysis and environmental aspects
Lecture by Dr. Øyvind Skreiberg in Energy Systems for Developing Countries
Faculty of Technology, Makerere University 21. July 2005

Contents
• Fuels in general
• Solid fuels
• Biomass
• Waste
• Fuel composition and heating values
• Physical and chemical properties of solid fuels
• Fuel and ash analysis - Why?
• Methods
• Instruments
• Fuel related environmental aspects
• Fuel utilisation
• Energy quality
• Energy efficiency
• Simple, but useful, calculations: Fuelsim-Average
• Advanced calculations
• Optimal design