Improvement of Operational Properties of Technological Fuel – A Review

Abstract

An overview of the ways of improving the operational properties of furnace and boiler fuels has been presented; their positive and negative features have been analyzed. It has been established that the most effective way to improve the operational properties of furnace and boiler fuels is their compounding with additives as well as various components since it is easy to implement under conditions of direct application of process fuel. It has been suggested that a very successful alternative to the additives and components used in industry can be fractions (components) obtained by thermal destruction in the temperature range of 300-380°C of secondary polymer raw materials, represented by polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene.