01732nab a2200205 4500 20260520000835.0 260224s2009 xxu Influence of TiO2 additive on vaporization of potassium during straw combustion nov./dic. 2009 08/06/2010 ; 08/06/2010 7 p. ; 5367-5374 Transcripción del resumen del autor. In this work, the influence of TiO2 on the vaporization of K during combustion of straw under fixed bed condition was investigated experimentally. Controlled combustion experiments with a varied amount of TiO2 in straw pellets were performed in an 8 kW pellet burner together with sampling of particles (impactor and absolute filter), analysis of the flue gas composition (Fourier transform infrared, FTIR), and chemical analyses of the collected particles and bottom ash (inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD)). The experimental results showed that the vaporization of K from the fuel bed was significantly reduced when TiO2 was used as an additive. The vaporization of K was reduced by 40-50% for an optimal amount of TiO2 additive. The optimal added TiO2 for the straw used in this work corresponds to a Ti/K (wt) ratio between 0.6-1.0. If more TiO2 was added to the fuel, the release of K to the gas phase was not further reduced and unreacted TiO2 was found in the bottom ash. 6 Energy & fuels 23 ARTICULO Wiinikka, Henrik 35998 Grönberg, Carola 42228 Öhrman, Olov 42229 170767 170767 0 0 0 0 238586 BAAB BAAB 2026-03-05 200045621 0 200045621 2026-03-05 15:12:56 2026-03-05 ARTICULO