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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 2569-2579Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.11.227
Keywords
Biomass staged-gasification; Hydrogen; Exergy analysis; Thermodynamic performance; Aspen plus
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51576047]
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Using Aspen Plus simulations, exergy analyses of hydrogen-rich syngas production via biomass staged-gasification are carried out for three configurations, namely, staged gasification with pyrolysis gas combustion and char gasification (C-1), staged-gasification with pyrolysis gas reforming and char gasification (C-2), and staged-gasification with pyrolysis gas reforming and char combustion (C-3). The results show that, for the gasification and reforming processes, the exergy loss of pyrolysis gas with tar reforming is less than that of char gasification. As for the system, it is conducive to generating hydrogen by making full use of the hydrogen element (H) in biomass instead of the H in water. The benefits of C-1 are that it removes tar and produces higher yield and concentration of hydrogen. However, C-2 is capable of obtaining higher exergy efficiency and lower exergy loss per mole of H-2 production. C-3 theoretically has greater process performances, but it has disadvantages in tar conversion in practical applications. The appropriate gasification temperature (T-G) are in the range of 700-750 degrees C and the appropriate mass ratio of steam to biomass (S/B) are in the range of 0.6-0.8 for C-1 and C-3; the corresponding parameters for C-2 are in the ranges of 650-700 degrees C and 0.7-0.8, respectively. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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