Erdiwansyah Erdiwansyah, Mahidin Mahidin, Husni Husin, Muhammad Faisal, Usman Usman, Muhtadin Muhtadin, Asri Gani, Rizalman Mamat

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer (FHMT) 18 - 25 (2022)

Investigation of combustion temperature through experiments with a wide range of fuels both solid and liquid continues to be conducted by scientists around the world. While the measurement of heat transfer rate can be analyzed when the combustion process occurs. Previous research has generally been conducted using liquefied gas, fossil fuels, and also alcohol additives. Specifically, the research in this work investigated the convection heat rate and combustion temperature through modification of the perforated plate. The experiment was conducted in the FBC fuel chamber using solid waste fuel of oil palm biomass. Measurements were performed at four different points using the HotTemp HT-306 Digital Thermometer. The results of the experiment showed that the convection heat rate in M-I reached 8,258 w/m for PKS fuel.  Meanwhile, in the measurement on M-II, the convection rate of 7,392 w/m was produced by OPM fuel. The highest combustion temperature was recorded on OPM fuel 884oC at M-I. However, the combustion temperature of the PKS combustion process is higher at 896oC but shows a less good trend than OPM. Overall, the measurement results of the three types of fuel used to modify the perforated plate applied in the FBC fuel chamber are excellent. It can be proven that the fuel is put into the combustion chamber with nothing left.