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Adiabatic fixed-bed gasification of coal, dairy biomass, and feedlot biomass using an air–steam mixture as an oxidizing agent

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  • Gordillo, Gerardo
  • Annamalai, Kalyan
  • Carlin, Nicholas

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Concentrated animal feeding operations, such as cattle feedlots and dairies, produce a large amount of manure, cattle biomass (CB), which can be included as renewable feedstock for locally based gasification for syngas (CO and H2) production and subsequent use in power generation. Experimental results on effects of bed temperature and gas composition on the higher heating value (HHV) and energy recovery are presented for dairy biomass (DB) gasification using air and air–steam as oxidizers. Some experimental data are compared with adiabatic gasification modeling which includes atom balance conservation for assumed product species and chemical equilibrium analysis. Wyoming sub-bituminous coal (WYC) and Texas Lignite coal (TXL) are used as standard fuels for comparison purposes in modeling studies. Two main parameters are investigated in this study. One is the modified equivalence ratio (ERM) defined as the ratio of stochiometric oxygen to total oxygen supplied in the oxidizing mixture of air and steam. The second is a measure of how much steam is in the oxidizer and is called the air steam ratio (ASTR), which is defined as the ratio of oxygen supplied in the air to the total oxygen supplied in the oxidizer. The results suggested that gasification of CB and coals under higher ERM yield elevated concentrations of CO and CH4, and low percentages of H2 and CO2, while higher ASTRs (less steam) produced mixtures poor in H2, CO2, and CH4 and rich in CO with lower HHV. It was also found that FB and DB produced higher amounts of H2 than WYC and TXL under the same ERM and ASTR.

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  • Gordillo, Gerardo & Annamalai, Kalyan & Carlin, Nicholas, 2009. "Adiabatic fixed-bed gasification of coal, dairy biomass, and feedlot biomass using an air–steam mixture as an oxidizing agent," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(12), pages 2789-2797.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:12:p:2789-2797
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.06.004
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