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LAPSE:2023.30194
CFD Simulations of Allothermal Steam Gasification Process for Hydrogen Production
Tomasz Janoszek, Wojciech Masny
April 14, 2023
The article presents an experimental laboratory setup used for the empirical determination of the gasification of coal samples in the form of solid rock, cut out in the form of a cylinder. An experimental laboratory set enabled a series of experiments carried out at 700 °C with steam as the gasification agent. The samples were prepared from the coal seam, the use of which can be planned in future underground and ground gasification experiments. The result of the conducted coal gasification process, using steam as the gasification agent, was the syngas, including hydrogen (H2) with a concentration between 46% and 58%, carbon dioxide (CO2) with a concentration between 13% and 17%, carbon monoxide (CO) with a concentration between 7% and 11.5%, and methane(CH4) with a concentration between 9.6% and 20.1%.The results from the ex-situ experiments were compared with the results of numerical simulations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods. A three-dimensional numerical model for the coal gasification process was developed using Ansys-Fluent software to simulate an ex-situ allothermal coal gasification experiment using low-moisture content hard coal under atmospheric conditions. In the numerical model, the mass exchange (flow of the gasification agent), the turbulence description model, heat exchange, the method of simulating the chemical reactions, and the method of mapping the porosity medium were included. Using the construction data of an experimental laboratory set, a numerical model was developed and its discretization (development of a numerical grid, based on which calculations are made) was carried out. Tip on the reactor, supply method, and parameters maintained during the gasification process were used to define the numerical model in the Ansys-Fluent code. A part of the data were supplemented on the basis of literature sources. Where necessary, the literature parameters were converted to the conditions corresponding to the experiment, which were carried out. After performing the calculations, the obtained results were compared with the available experimental data. The experimental and the simulated results were in good agreement, showing a similar tendency.
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CFD method, coal gasification, Energy, numerical modeling, Syngas
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Janoszek T, Masny W. CFD Simulations of Allothermal Steam Gasification Process for Hydrogen Production. (2023). LAPSE:2023.30194
Author Affiliations
Janoszek T: Department of Extraction Technologies, Rockburst and Mining Support, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland [ORCID]
Masny W: Department of Extraction Technologies, Rockburst and Mining Support, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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Energies
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14
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6
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1532
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2021
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2021-03-10
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1996-1073
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