Research Article

An Investigation on Cocombustion Behaviors of Hydrothermally Treated Municipal Solid Waste with Coal Using a Drop-Tube Reactor

Table 3

Comparison of 𝜂 , CO, and NO emissions between experimental value and calculated value and the enhancement of the 𝜂 by blending.

𝑇 (°C) 𝜂 (%) 𝜂 B 1 ( B 2 ) 𝜂 I C (%)CO (ppm)NO (ppm)

B1a (b)a a (b)a (b)

80094.26 (87.07)9.281954 (3352)281 (240)
90096.34 (90.25)7.912363 (4042)370 (342)
100097.08 (91.28)7.602333 (3646)439 (339)
110097.70 (92.71)6.662305 (2963)438 (324)

B2a (b)a a (b)a (b)

80095.69 (84.04)10.711740 (3372)246 (225)
90096.48 (88.30)8.053146 (4243)252 (318)
100096.81 (89.45)7.322226 (3853)384 (333)
110096.90 (91.10)5.872038 (3091)435 (313)

aExperimental value obtained from the measured data.
bCalculated value obtained on the assumption of the compositional ratio of the blends.