Publications (9)17.01 Total impact
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Article: Catalytic steam gasification of pig compost for hydrogen-rich gas production in a fixed bed reactor.
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ABSTRACT: The catalytic steam gasification of pig compost (PC) for hydrogen-rich gas production was experimentally investigated in a fixed bed reactor using the developed NiO on modified dolomite (NiO/MD) catalyst. A series of experiments have been performed to explore the effects of catalyst, catalytic temperature, steam to PC ratio and PC particle size on the gas quality and yield. The results indicate that the NiO/MD catalyst could significantly eliminate the tar in the gas production and increase the hydrogen yield, and the catalyst lives a long lifetime in the PC steam gasification. Moreover, the higher catalytic temperature and smaller PC particle size can contribute to more hydrogen production and gas yield. Meanwhile, the optimal ratio of steam to PC (S/P) is found to be 1.24.Bioresource technology 01/2013; 133C:127-133. · 4.25 Impact Factor -
Article: Allothermal gasification of biomass using micron size biomass as external heat source.
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ABSTRACT: An allothermal biomass gasification system using biomass micron fuel (BMF) as external heat source was developed. In this system, heat supplied to gasifier was generated from combustion of BMF. Biomass feedstock was gasified with steam and then tar in the produced gas was decomposed in a catalytic bed with NiO/γ-Al(2)O(3) catalyst. Finally the production gas was employed as a substitute for civil fuel gas. An overall energy analysis of the system was also investigated. The results showed that the lower heating value of the product gas reached more than 12 MJ/Nm(3). The combusted BMF accounted for 26.8% of the total energy input. Allothermal gasification based on the substituted BMF for conventional energy was an efficient and economical technology to obtain bioenergy.Bioresource technology 03/2012; 107:471-5. · 4.25 Impact Factor -
Article: Influence of particle size on pyrolysis and gasification performance of municipal solid waste in a fixed bed reactor.
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ABSTRACT: Pyrolysis and gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW) were carried out in a lab-scale fixed bed reactor in order to evaluate the effects of particle size at different bed temperatures on product yield and composition. The bed temperature was varied from 600 to 900 degrees C and the MSW was separated into three different size fractions (below 5 mm, 50-10 mm and above 10 mm). Particle size and temperature had integrated effects on product yield and composition: higher temperature resulted in higher gas yield with less tar and char, and, at the same temperature, dry gas yield increased with a decrease in particle size, and char and tar yield decreased. The differences due to particle sizes in pyrolysis and gasification performance practically disappeared at the highest temperatures tested. Smaller particle sizes resulted in higher H(2) and CO contents for both pyrolysis and gasification of MSW. Minimizing the size of raw materials is an alternative method to improve the gas quality of MSW pyrolysis and gasification.Bioresource technology 04/2010; 101(16):6517-20. · 4.25 Impact Factor -
Article: Effect of low power ultrasonic radiation on anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge.
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ABSTRACT: The effect of low power ultrasonic radiation on anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge was investigated. For this purpose, soluble substances and variation of microbial system of sewage sludge subjected to low power ultrasonic radiation were tested. The well known hydromechanical shear forces and heating effect of low frequency ultrasound plays a major role in the sludge pre treatment process. More, the increase of soluble substance may partly result from the destruction of microbial cell by excess ultrasonic pretreatment, which will inhibit the anaerobic process. By orthogonal tests, the optimal parameters were found to be an exposure time of 15 min, ultrasonic intensity of 0.35 W/cm(2) and ultrasonic power density of 0.25 W/ml. Under the optimal condition, anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge (R(vss/ss) %) was increased by 67.6%. Consequently, it can be concluded that low power ultrasonic pretreatment is a valid method for improving anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge.Bioresource technology 08/2009; 100(24):6217-22. · 4.25 Impact Factor -
Article: An experimental study on air gasification of biomass micron fuel (BMF) in a cyclone gasifier
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ABSTRACT: Biomass micron fuel (BMF) produced from feedstock (energy crops, agricultural wastes, forestry residues and so on) through an efficient crushing process is a kind of powdery biomass fuel with particle size of less than 250 μm. Based on the properties of BMF, a cyclone gasifier concept has been considered in our laboratory for biomass gasification. The concept combines and integrates partial oxidation, fast pyrolysis, gasification, and tar cracking, as well as a shift reaction, with the purpose of producing a high quality of gas. In this paper, characteristics of BMF air gasification were studied in the gasifier. Without outer heat energy input, the whole process is supplied with energy produced by partial combustion of BMF in the gasifier using a hypostoichiometric amount of air. The effects of equivalence ratio (ER) and biomass particle size on gasification temperature, gas composition, gas yield, low-heating value (LHV), carbon conversion and gasification efficiency were studied. The results showed that higher ER led to higher gasification temperature and contributed to high H2-content, but too high ER lowered fuel gas content and degraded fuel gas quality. A smaller particle was more favorable for higher gas yield, LHV, carbon conversion and gasification efficiency. And the BMF air gasification in the cyclone gasifier with the energy self-sufficiency is reliable.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. -
Article: Hydrogen-rich gas from catalytic steam gasification of biomass in a fixed bed reactor: Influence of temperature and steam on gasification performance
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ABSTRACT: The catalytic steam gasification of biomass was carried out in a lab-scale fixed bed reactor in order to evaluate the effects of temperatures and the ratio of steam to biomass (S/B) on the gasification performance. The bed temperature was varied from 600 to 900 and the S/B from 0 to 2.80. The results show that higher temperature contributes to more hydrogen production.The introduction of steam improves the dry gas yield and carbon conversion efficiency. But excessive steam will lower hydrogen content and degrade fuel gas quality. As S/B are 2.10, the hydrogen content reach the maximum, up to 52.7%.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. -
Article: Hydrogen-rich gas from catalytic steam gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW): Influence of catalyst and temperature on yield and product composition
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ABSTRACT: In the present study the catalytic steam gasification of MSW to produce hydrogen-rich gas or syngas (H2 + CO) with calcined dolomite as a catalyst in a bench-scale downstream fixed bed reactor was investigated. The influence of the catalyst and reactor temperature on yield and product composition was studied at the temperature range of 750–950 °C, with a steam to MSW ratio of 0.77, for weight hourly space velocity of 1.29 h−1. Over the ranges of experimental conditions examined, calcined dolomite revealed better catalytic performance, at the presence of steam, tar was completely decomposed as temperature increases from 850 to 950 °C. Higher temperature resulted in more H2 and CO production, higher carbon conversion efficiency and dry gas yield. The highest H2 content of 53.29 mol%, and the highest H2 yield of 38.60 mol H2/kg MSW were observed at the highest temperature level of 950 °C, while, the maximum H2 yield potential reached 70.14 mol H2/kg dry MSW at 900 °C. Syngas produced by catalytic steam gasification of MSW varied in the range of 36.35–70.21 mol%. The char had a highest ash content of 84.01% at 950 °C, and negligible hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur contents.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. -
Article: Hydrogen-rich gas from catalytic steam gasification of biomass in a fixed bed reactor: Influence of particle size on gasification performance
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ABSTRACT: The catalytic steam gasification of biomass was carried out in a lab-scale fixed bed reactor in order to evaluate the effects of particle size at different bed temperatures on the gasification performance. The bed temperature was varied from 600 to 900 °C and the biomass was separated into five different size fractions (below 0.075 mm, 0.075–0.15 mm, 0.15–0.3 mm, 0.3–0.6 mm and 0.6–1.2 mm). The results show that with decreasing particle size, the dry gas yield, carbon conversion efficiency and H2 yield increased, and the content of char and tar decreased. And the differences due to particle sizes in gasification performance practically disappear as the higher temperature bound is approached. Hydrogen and carbon monoxide contents in the produced gas increase with decreasing particle size at 900 °C, reaching to 51.2% and 22.4%, respectively.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. -
Article: Hydrogen-rich gas from catalytic steam gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW): Influence of steam to MSW ratios and weight hourly space velocity on gas production and composition
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ABSTRACT: The present work deals with a study coupling experiments and modeling of catalytic steam gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW) for producing hydrogen-rich gas or syngas (H2 + CO) with calcined dolomite as a catalyst in a bench-scale downstream fixed bed reactor. The influence of steam to MSW ratios (S/M) on gas production and composition was studied at 900 °C over the S/M range of 0.39–1.04, for weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) in the range of 1.22–1.51 h−1. Over the ranges of experimental conditions examined, calcined dolomite revealed better catalytic performance at the presence of steam. H2 and CO2 contents increased with S/M increasing, while CO and CH4 contents decreased sharply, the contents of CH4, C2H4 and C2H6 were relatively small, and the influence of S/M was insignificant. The highest H2 content of 53.22 mol %, the highest H2 yield of 42.98 mol H2/kg MSW, and the highest H2 potential yield of 59.83 mol H2/kg MSW were achieved at the highest S/M level of 1.04. Furthermore, there was a good agreement between the experimental gas composition and that corresponding to thermodynamic equilibrium data calculated using GasEq model. Consequently, a kinetic model was proposed for describing the variation of H2 yield and carbon conversion efficiency with S/M during the catalytic steam gasification of MSW. The kinetic model revealed a good performance between experimental results and the kinetic model.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
