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FUEL BIN [7 records]

Record 1 2007-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

A type of biomass combustion burner in which a pile of fuel burns on the grates.

OBS

Primary combustion air comes from above the grates, not below.

CONT

The boilers are fed wood fuel from the main fuel bin located adjacent to the boiler house. The boilers are the "pile burner" type, which burn wood in a large pile on the floor of a refractory lined furnace box. Combustion efficiency with this type of boiler is generally low but pile burners are simple and therefore relatively inexpensive. Low combustion efficiency also means that emissions such as particulates and carbon monoxide are relatively high. One notable advantage to these systems is that high moisture content fuels can be burned as well as "dirty" fuels containing debris.

CONT

Pile burner: Boilers incorporating a pile burning design find applications where the anticipated wood fuel has a high (up to 65%) relative moisture content, as is found in whole green tree chips, bark, and green mill residue. Grates serve to support the fuel, and underfire air flowing up through the grates provides oxygen for combustion, cools the grates, promotes turbulence in the fuel bed, and dries the fuel. The most common form of pile burning is the Dutch oven, which was used almost exclusively during the early part of the century (Guinn and Turner 1990).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Énergie de la biomasse
CONT

Le combustible de bois sec est mélangé à de la sciure de bois vert afin de produire un mélange de combustible qui convienne aux brûleurs de biomasse [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Storage
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Heating
DEF

An intermediate fuel storage bin with sufficient capacity to automatically fuel the combustor for a selected period of time(often one day or one shift).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Chauffage
DEF

Réserve de combustible de capacité moyenne, suffisante pour l'alimentation automatique de la chaudière pendant une période donnée (habituellement un jour ou un quart de travail).

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Instrumentation (Mechanical Components)
  • Gas Industry
CONT

The below-ground fuel bin, meanwhile, has a capacity of 45 tonnes. The bin is equipped with a travelling screw that moves along the floor of the fuel bin, extracting fuel and sending it to a series of transfer augers that deliver it to a small metering bin that fuels the combustor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Composants mécaniques)
  • Industrie du gaz
CONT

La capacité du compartiment à combustible souterrain est de 45 tonnes. Il est doté d'une vis mobile qui se déplace sur le sol; le combustible est ainsi extrait et acheminé vers une série de tarières de transfert qui remplissent un petit compartiment de dosage alimentant la chambre de combustion.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

Fluid Bed Calciner. A fluidized bed reburning system... The exhaust gases from the fluid bed are used to dry the lime mud, which is then collected in two cyclones and discharged into a surge bin. The dry lime mud is blown into the calcination bed where the fuel is being burned, and is almost instantaneously transformed into lime pellets. The heavy pellets fall into the cooling compartment, while the lighter dust is recycled with the air for drying the mud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

Four à calciner à lit fluidisé [...] système de calcination des boues de chaux à lit fluidisé [...] Les gaz s'échappant du lit fluide sont utilisés pour sécher la boue, qui est ensuite récupérée dans deux cyclones et rejetée dans une capacité tampon. La boue déshydratée est soufflée dans le lit de calcination où on brûle un combustible; elle se transforme presque instantanément en boulettes de chaux. Les boulettes assez lourdes tombent dans le compartiment de refroidissement, alors que les poussières sont recyclées avec l'air pour sécher la boue.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fuel Heating
DEF

Device for breaking down of solid lumps into a fine material ...

CONT

Pulverized coal Systems : These are of two general types : 1) the direct-fired, or unit, system and 2) the storage, or bin, system. In the direct-fired system, raw coal is fed directly to a pulverizer where it is pulverized, mixed with air, and blown to the burner. In the storage system, coal is delivered to a raw-fuel bin and then passed to a pulverizer where it is reduced to a powder and dried for storage in a pulverized fuel bin before delivery to the furnace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage aux combustibles solides
CONT

Chauffe semi-directe. Sans ce procédé, à la sortie du broyeur, le charbon pulvérisé est envoyé dans un cyclone [...] l'absence de stockage rend l'alimentation du brûleur tributaire du fonctionnement de l'installation de pulvérisation.

CONT

À l'origine, cette enquête [étude du broyage - combustion du charbon pulvérisé] était axée uniquement sur les broyeurs et pulvérisateurs commercialisés [...]

CONT

Brûleurs pour combustibles pulvérulents. Ces appareils brûlent du charbon pulvérisé, soit dans une installation annexe de la chaufferie, dite centrale de pulvérisation, soit dans un broyeur individuel associé au brûleur.

OBS

[...] dans son sens le plus général, «broyeur» s'applique à tous les instruments destinés à émietter une matière, à la réduire en fragments menus, sinon en poudre [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A storage place for fish on a fishing boat.

OBS

bunker : A bin or other place for storing fuel on a ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Endroit où remiser les poissons sur un navire de pêche.

OBS

soute : Magasin situé dans la cale ou l'entrepont d'un navire.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
  • Thermodynamics
CONT

Research is under way to develop an automatic or self-fueling wood furnace. This system would burn either wood chips, sawdust or densified wood pellets of uniform size. Similar to automatic coal-burning systems, these automatic wood furnaces would draw wood fuel from a storage bin through a motorized fuel auger. A control system would adjust the amount of fuel according to the heating demands of the home. It would require little operating maintenance beyond periodic ash removal and filling of the fuel storage bin.

Key term(s)
  • self-fueling system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
  • Thermodynamique

Spanish

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