LAPSE:2019.1413
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LAPSE:2019.1413
Simulation of Steam Gasification in a Fluidized Bed Reactor with Energy Self-Sufficient Condition
Ajaree Suwatthikul, Siripong Limprachaya, Paisan Kittisupakorn, Iqbal Mohammed Mujtaba
December 10, 2019
The biomass gasification process is widely accepted as a popular technology to produce fuel for the application in gas turbines and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). Chemical reactions of this process can be separated into three reaction zones: pyrolysis, combustion, and reduction. In this study, sensitivity analysis with respect to three input parameters (gasification temperature, equivalence ratio, and steam-to-biomass ratio) has been carried out to achieve energy self-sufficient conditions in a steam gasification process under the criteria that the carbon conversion efficiency must be more than 70%, and carbon dioxide gas is lower than 20%. Simulation models of the steam gasification process have been carried out by ASPEN Plus and validated with both experimental data and simulation results from Nikoo & Mahinpey (2008). Gasification temperature of 911 °C, equivalence ratio of 0.18, and a steam-to-biomass ratio of 1.78, are considered as an optimal operation point to achieve energy self-sufficient condition. This operating point gives the maximum of carbon conversion efficiency at 91.03%, and carbon dioxide gas at 15.18 volumetric percentages. In this study, life cycle assessment (LCA) is included to compare the environmental performance of conventional and energy self-sufficient gasification for steam biomass gasification.
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Aspen Plus, energy self-sufficient, fluidized bed gasifier, life cycle assessment (LCA)
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Suwatthikul A, Limprachaya S, Kittisupakorn P, Mujtaba IM. Simulation of Steam Gasification in a Fluidized Bed Reactor with Energy Self-Sufficient Condition. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1413
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Suwatthikul A: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Limprachaya S: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Kittisupakorn P: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Mujtaba IM: School of Engineering, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK [ORCID]
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Energies
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10
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3
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E314
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2017
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2017-03-06
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1996-1073
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