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Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance

Recently, hydrogen production from biomass has become an attractive technology for power generation. The main objective pursued in this work is to investigate the hydrogen production potential from agricultural wastes (coconut coir and palm kernel shell) by applying the air gasification technique. A...

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Main Authors: Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina, Moghadam, Reza Alipour, Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran, Alias, Azil Bahari
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spelling my.upm.eprints.129762018-06-11T08:37:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12976/ Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina Moghadam, Reza Alipour Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran Alias, Azil Bahari Recently, hydrogen production from biomass has become an attractive technology for power generation. The main objective pursued in this work is to investigate the hydrogen production potential from agricultural wastes (coconut coir and palm kernel shell) by applying the air gasification technique. An experimental study was conducted using a bench-scale fluidized bed gasifier with 60 mm diameter and 425 mm height. During the experiments, the fuel properties and the effects of operating parameters such as gasification temperatures (700 to 900°C), fluidization ratio (2 to 3.33 m/s), static bed height (10 to 30 mm) and equivalence ratio (0.16 to 0.46) were studied. It was concluded that substantial amounts of hydrogen gas (up to 67 mol%) could be produced utilizing agricultural residues such as coconut and palm kernel shell by applying this fluidization technique. For both samples, the rise of temperature till 900°C favored further hydrocarbon reactions and allowed an increase of almost 67 mol% in the release of hydrogen. However, other parameters such as fluidizing velocity and feed load showed only minor effects on hydrogen yield. In conclusion, agricultural waste can be assumed as an alternative renewable energy source to the fossil fuels, and the environmental pollution originating from the disposal of agricultural residues can be partially reduced. MDPI 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12976/1/12976.pdf Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina and Moghadam, Reza Alipour and Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran and Alias, Azil Bahari (2009) Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance. Energies, 2 (2). pp. 258-268. ISSN 1996-1073 http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/2/258 10.3390/en20200258
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description Recently, hydrogen production from biomass has become an attractive technology for power generation. The main objective pursued in this work is to investigate the hydrogen production potential from agricultural wastes (coconut coir and palm kernel shell) by applying the air gasification technique. An experimental study was conducted using a bench-scale fluidized bed gasifier with 60 mm diameter and 425 mm height. During the experiments, the fuel properties and the effects of operating parameters such as gasification temperatures (700 to 900°C), fluidization ratio (2 to 3.33 m/s), static bed height (10 to 30 mm) and equivalence ratio (0.16 to 0.46) were studied. It was concluded that substantial amounts of hydrogen gas (up to 67 mol%) could be produced utilizing agricultural residues such as coconut and palm kernel shell by applying this fluidization technique. For both samples, the rise of temperature till 900°C favored further hydrocarbon reactions and allowed an increase of almost 67 mol% in the release of hydrogen. However, other parameters such as fluidizing velocity and feed load showed only minor effects on hydrogen yield. In conclusion, agricultural waste can be assumed as an alternative renewable energy source to the fossil fuels, and the environmental pollution originating from the disposal of agricultural residues can be partially reduced.
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author Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Moghadam, Reza Alipour
Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran
Alias, Azil Bahari
spellingShingle Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Moghadam, Reza Alipour
Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran
Alias, Azil Bahari
Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
author_facet Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Moghadam, Reza Alipour
Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran
Alias, Azil Bahari
author_sort Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
title Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
title_short Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
title_full Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
title_fullStr Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
title_full_unstemmed Air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
title_sort air gasification of agricultural waste in a fluidized bed gasifier: hydrogen production performance
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12976/1/12976.pdf
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