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Characterisation of Biomass and Coal Co-Firing on a 3 MWth Combustion Test Facility using Flame Imaging and Gas/Ash Sampling Techniques

This paper presents one of the main outcomes of a collaborative international project (Interreg III 162/025/309). It is a comprehensive study of the impact of biomass-coal co-firing on the combustion characteristics (flame temperature, emissions, etc.), applying techniques including digital imaging, probing/sampling, spectral and gas analysis. The work has revealed a close link between addition of biomass, flame stability and NOx/SOx emissions, underpinning a successful EPSRC grant application (EP/F061307/1-Biomass/coal co-combustion through integrated monitoring and computational modelling). This output also led to Lu being invited to give a keynote lecture at the IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques in 2012.