Calotă, R.; Antonescu, N.N.; Stănescu, D.-P.; Năstase, I. The Direct Effect of Enriching the Gaseous Combustible with 23% Hydrogen in Condensing Boilers’ Operation. Energies2022, 15, 9373.
Calotă, R.; Antonescu, N.N.; Stănescu, D.-P.; Năstase, I. The Direct Effect of Enriching the Gaseous Combustible with 23% Hydrogen in Condensing Boilers’ Operation. Energies 2022, 15, 9373.
Calotă, R.; Antonescu, N.N.; Stănescu, D.-P.; Năstase, I. The Direct Effect of Enriching the Gaseous Combustible with 23% Hydrogen in Condensing Boilers’ Operation. Energies2022, 15, 9373.
Calotă, R.; Antonescu, N.N.; Stănescu, D.-P.; Năstase, I. The Direct Effect of Enriching the Gaseous Combustible with 23% Hydrogen in Condensing Boilers’ Operation. Energies 2022, 15, 9373.
Abstract
Following the international trend of using hydrogen as combustible in many industry branches, this paper investigates the impact of mixing methane gas with 23% hydrogen (G222) on condensing boilers’ operation. After modeling and testing several boilers with heat exchange surface different designs, the authors gathered enough information to introduce a new concept, namely High-Performance Condensing Boiler (HPCB). All the boilers that fit into this approach have the same operational parameters at nominal heat load, including the CO2 concentrations in flue gases. After testing a flattened pipes condensing boiler, a CO2 emission reduction coefficient of 1.1 was determined, when converting from methane gas to G222 as combustible. Thus, by inserting into the national grid a G222 mixture, an important reduction in greenhouse gases can be achieved. For a 28 kW condensing boiler the annual reduction in CO2 emissions averages 1.26 tons, value which was experimentally obtained and is consistent with the theoretical evaluation.
Keywords
CO2 emissions; hydrogen (H2) combustible; energy efficiency; decarbonization
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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