Ignition sensitivity of different compositional wood pellets and particle size dependence

Abstract Partial or complete substitution of coal with renewable biomass like wood is a sustainable and effective solution to reduce the CO 2 emissions in the atmosphere. Utilization of these woods in the form of compact pellets facilitates in its handling and transportation with higher energy density. However, for electric power generation the pellets are broken up into their constituent milled finer particles for burning as a pulverised biomass flame. There is a dust fire/explosibility hazards in the process handling facilities such as in storage, conveying and milling. In the present work, four commercial pellets were investigated, and each pellet sample was split into three size ranges