Triboelectric charging behavior of wood particles during pellet handling processes |
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Authors: | Lifeng Zhang Jiangtian Hou Xiaotao Bi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Clean Energy Research Center, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;2. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada |
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Abstract: | Electrostatic charges accumulated on wood particles through triboelectrification during their transportation and handling processes can cause hazardous electrical discharge which may further trigger dust explosion. In this work, tribo-charging behavior of different kinds of wood particles was investigated by a vibrating plate charging method. It was found that reduction in the work function difference between contact bodies might contribute to the reduction of tribo-charge generation, while the reduction of electrical resistivity of wood pellets could effectively accelerate the charge dissipation. As the particle size decreases, accumulated charges increase significantly. In contrast, higher moisture content of wood particles leads to lower charge accumulation due to an accelerated charge dissipation rate. Tribo-charging behaviors of white pellets, torrefied pellet, steam treated pellets and dark pellets have also been investigated. Compared to the white pellets, they all have shown a reduction on charge accumulation to some extent. However, results suggested that all of them have nearly equivalent tribo-charge density as coal and wheat grains used as references in this study. |
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Keywords: | Biomass Dust explosion Electrostatic charge Triboelectrification Powder handling Wood particles |
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