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Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste

Leading and heading towards a renewable and sustainable society and community is a must in the modern world. The production of energy will play a big role in this process. One of the options for a renewable and sustainable energy is the production of hydrogen from palm waste as a biomass. Hydrotherm...

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Main Author: Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: IRC 2015
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TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/16298/1/FYP%20II-%20dissertation-%20Hussein-15672.pdf
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.162982017-01-25T09:35:02Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/16298/ Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein TP Chemical technology Leading and heading towards a renewable and sustainable society and community is a must in the modern world. The production of energy will play a big role in this process. One of the options for a renewable and sustainable energy is the production of hydrogen from palm waste as a biomass. Hydrothermal Gasification of biomass provides a highly efficient pathway to hydrogen production. The main objective of this project is to simulate the gasification model in order to know the effect of the temperature and steam/biomass ratio in the gas composition. Modeling and simulation approach allows to identify the potential alternatives for the optimal production of hydrogen. A simulation process will be adopted for achieving the desired objectives. The process under focus is hydrogen production from empty fruit bunch from oil palm via steam gasification with in-situ carbon dioxide capture by CaO as sorbent. The model incorporates the chemical reaction kinetics models of the steam gasification of EFB (C3.4H4.1O3.3) and carbon dioxide adsorption, and the material balances. Parameter analysis on the influence of the temperature and steam/biomass ratio is performed. Increasing in temperature results in increasing of hydrogen and decreasing in methane and carbon dioxide. Increasing the steam/biomass ratio leads to increase of hydrogen and decrease of methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. IRC 2015-09 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/16298/1/FYP%20II-%20dissertation-%20Hussein-15672.pdf Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein (2015) Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein
Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste
description Leading and heading towards a renewable and sustainable society and community is a must in the modern world. The production of energy will play a big role in this process. One of the options for a renewable and sustainable energy is the production of hydrogen from palm waste as a biomass. Hydrothermal Gasification of biomass provides a highly efficient pathway to hydrogen production. The main objective of this project is to simulate the gasification model in order to know the effect of the temperature and steam/biomass ratio in the gas composition. Modeling and simulation approach allows to identify the potential alternatives for the optimal production of hydrogen. A simulation process will be adopted for achieving the desired objectives. The process under focus is hydrogen production from empty fruit bunch from oil palm via steam gasification with in-situ carbon dioxide capture by CaO as sorbent. The model incorporates the chemical reaction kinetics models of the steam gasification of EFB (C3.4H4.1O3.3) and carbon dioxide adsorption, and the material balances. Parameter analysis on the influence of the temperature and steam/biomass ratio is performed. Increasing in temperature results in increasing of hydrogen and decreasing in methane and carbon dioxide. Increasing the steam/biomass ratio leads to increase of hydrogen and decrease of methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.
format Final Year Project
author Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein
author_facet Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein
author_sort Malik Ahmed, Mohamed Hussein
title Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste
title_short Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste
title_full Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste
title_fullStr Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste
title_full_unstemmed Simulation and Parametric Study for the Hydrothermal Gasification of Palm Waste
title_sort simulation and parametric study for the hydrothermal gasification of palm waste
publisher IRC
publishDate 2015
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/16298/1/FYP%20II-%20dissertation-%20Hussein-15672.pdf
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