Abstract
The 14C method is an approach used to determine the proportion of carbon derived from biomass and fossil fuel in the co-fired flue gas. Its accuracy is mainly limited by the deviations between the applied biomass fuels’ 14C activity reference value and virtual value. To enrich the theoretical basis of the 14C method when applied to a Chinese biomass and coal co-firing power station, this study performed field sampling experiments and established a new evaluation method based on domestic literature. Unlike previous studies, this study revealed that the 14C activity of biomass far away from fossil carbon sources was 0.7–1.3 pMC lower than the local atmosphere. The 14C activity laws between tree rings and barks, specifically between eucalyptus bark and poplar bark were different, due to different growth models and different bark regeneration cycles, respectively. According to the test results and renewal conclusions, this study proposed a reasonable idea for constructing the prediction equation of referential biomass fuels’ 14C activity. Following this equation, the biomass fuels’ 14C activities of biomass direct-fired power stations at different Chinese cities were obtained.
Highlights
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; Abstract: The 14 C method is an approach used to determine the proportion of carbon derived from biomass and fossil fuel in the co-fired flue gas
The results show that the effects of fossil carbon emissions on atmospheric 14 C activity are mainly reflected in two aspects: 1. According to the increase of fossil energy consumption density (FCD), the cities’ atmospheric 14 C activity is lower at different degrees than that of the Northern Hemisphere background atmosphere; 2
This study established a new evaluation method of the relationship between bio- (5), the atmospheric C activity at Guigang should be the same as that of the Northern mass 14C and FCD based on the published domestic data, which is more in line with the Hemisphere
Summary
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; Abstract: The 14 C method is an approach used to determine the proportion of carbon derived from biomass and fossil fuel in the co-fired flue gas. Its accuracy is mainly limited by the deviations between the applied biomass fuels’ 14 C activity reference value and virtual value. To enrich the theoretical basis of the 14 C method when applied to a Chinese biomass and coal co-firing power station, this study performed field sampling experiments and established a new evaluation method based on domestic literature. According to the test results and renewal conclusions, this study proposed a reasonable idea for constructing the prediction equation of referential biomass fuels’ 14 C activity. Following this equation, the biomass fuels’ 14 C activities of biomass direct-fired power stations at different Chinese cities were obtained
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