LAPSE:2023.21320
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LAPSE:2023.21320
Development of a Chemical Quasi-Equilibrium Model of Biomass Waste Gasification in a Fluidized-Bed Reactor by Using Aspen Plus
Vera Marcantonio, Enrico Bocci, Danilo Monarca
March 22, 2023
In the delicate context of climate change, biomass gasification has been demonstrated to be a very useful technology to produce power and hydrogen. Nevertheless, in literature, there is a lack of a flexible and fast but accurate model of biomass gasification that can be used with all the combinations of oxidizing agents, taking into account both organic and inorganic contaminants, and able to give results that are more realistic. In order to do that, a model of biomass gasification has been developed using the chemical engineering software Aspen Plus. The developed model is based on the Gibbs free energy minimization applying the restricted quasi-equilibrium approach via Data-Fit regression from experimental data. The simulation results obtained, considering different mixes of gasifying agents, were compared and validated against experimental data reported in literature for the most advanced fluidized bed technology. The maximum discrepancy value obtained for hydrogen, with respect to experimental data, is of 8%, and all the other values reached by the developed simulations, considering both organic and inorganic compounds, are in good agreement with literature data. The gas yield reached by the developed simulation is in the range of 1.1−1.3 Nm3/kg.
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Aspen Plus, biomass gasification, equilibrium model, Gibbs free energy minimization, hazelnut shells, steam gasification, Syngas, tar
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Marcantonio V, Bocci E, Monarca D. Development of a Chemical Quasi-Equilibrium Model of Biomass Waste Gasification in a Fluidized-Bed Reactor by Using Aspen Plus. (2023). LAPSE:2023.21320
Author Affiliations
Marcantonio V: Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), Tuscia University of Viterbo, Via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy [ORCID]
Bocci E: Department of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, Marconi University, 00193 Rome, Italy
Monarca D: Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), Tuscia University of Viterbo, Via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Energies
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13
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E53
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2019
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2019-12-20
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1996-1073
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