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Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor

A study on gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, was investigated. The composition and particle size distribution of feedstock were determined and the thermal degradation behaviour was analysed by a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Then fluidized bed bench scale...

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Main Authors: Mohammed, M. A. A., Ali, Salmiaton, Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina, Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran, Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi
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Published: Elsevier 2011
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spelling my.upm.eprints.230722015-11-30T08:49:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23072/ Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor Mohammed, M. A. A. Ali, Salmiaton Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi A study on gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, was investigated. The composition and particle size distribution of feedstock were determined and the thermal degradation behaviour was analysed by a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Then fluidized bed bench scale gasification unit was used to investigate the effect of the operating parameters on EFB air gasification namely reactor temperature in the range of 700–1000 °C, feedstock particle size in the range of 0.3–1.0 mm and equivalence ratio (ER) in the range of 0.15–0.35. The main gas species generated, as identified by a gas chromatography (GC), were H2, CO, CO2 and CH4. With temperature increasing from 700 °C to 1000 °C, the total gas yield was enhanced greatly and reached the maximum value (∼92 wt.%, on the raw biomass sample basis) at 1000 °C with big portions of H2 (38.02 vol.%) and CO (36.36 vol.%). Feedstock particle size showed an influence on the upgrading of H2, CO and CH4 yields. The feedstock particle size of 0.3–0.5 mm, was found to obtain a higher H2 yield (33.93 vol.%), and higher LHV of gas product (15.26 MJ/m3). Equivalence ratio (ER) showed a significant influence on the upgrading of hydrogen production and product distribution. The optimum ER (0.25) was found to attain a higher H2 yield (27.31 vol.%) at 850 °C. Due to the low efficiency of bench scale gasification unit the system needs to be scaling-up. The cost analysis for scale-up EFB gasification unit showed that the hydrogen supply cost is RM 6.70/kg EFB ($2.11/kg = $0.18/Nm3). Elsevier 2011-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23072/1/Air%20gasification%20of%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20for%20hydrogen-rich%20gas%20production%20in%20a%20fluidized-bed%20reactor.pdf Mohammed, M. A. A. and Ali, Salmiaton and Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina and Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran and Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi (2011) Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor. Energy Conversion and Management, 52 (2). pp. 1555-1561. ISSN 0196-8904; ESSN: 1879-2227 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.10.023
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description A study on gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, was investigated. The composition and particle size distribution of feedstock were determined and the thermal degradation behaviour was analysed by a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Then fluidized bed bench scale gasification unit was used to investigate the effect of the operating parameters on EFB air gasification namely reactor temperature in the range of 700–1000 °C, feedstock particle size in the range of 0.3–1.0 mm and equivalence ratio (ER) in the range of 0.15–0.35. The main gas species generated, as identified by a gas chromatography (GC), were H2, CO, CO2 and CH4. With temperature increasing from 700 °C to 1000 °C, the total gas yield was enhanced greatly and reached the maximum value (∼92 wt.%, on the raw biomass sample basis) at 1000 °C with big portions of H2 (38.02 vol.%) and CO (36.36 vol.%). Feedstock particle size showed an influence on the upgrading of H2, CO and CH4 yields. The feedstock particle size of 0.3–0.5 mm, was found to obtain a higher H2 yield (33.93 vol.%), and higher LHV of gas product (15.26 MJ/m3). Equivalence ratio (ER) showed a significant influence on the upgrading of hydrogen production and product distribution. The optimum ER (0.25) was found to attain a higher H2 yield (27.31 vol.%) at 850 °C. Due to the low efficiency of bench scale gasification unit the system needs to be scaling-up. The cost analysis for scale-up EFB gasification unit showed that the hydrogen supply cost is RM 6.70/kg EFB ($2.11/kg = $0.18/Nm3).
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author Mohammed, M. A. A.
Ali, Salmiaton
Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran
Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi
spellingShingle Mohammed, M. A. A.
Ali, Salmiaton
Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran
Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi
Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
author_facet Mohammed, M. A. A.
Ali, Salmiaton
Wan Ab. Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran
Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi
author_sort Mohammed, M. A. A.
title Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
title_short Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
title_full Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
title_fullStr Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
title_full_unstemmed Air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
title_sort air gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fluidized-bed reactor
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23072/1/Air%20gasification%20of%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20for%20hydrogen-rich%20gas%20production%20in%20a%20fluidized-bed%20reactor.pdf
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