Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages 875-883Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.147
Keywords
Biomass; Gasification properties; Grass; Torrefaction; Leaching
Funding
- National Research Foundation of South Africa (ITALY/SOUTH AFRICA JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAMME (ISARP))
- University of Johannesburg, South Africa [TAL170829260902]
- Politecnico Di Torino Italy
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Wet torrefaction showed significant improvement in gasification properties of grass biomass with higher reactivity index and lower activation energy, likely due to the enhancement of pore structure and pore volume in the treated biomass.
The effect of different pre-treatments method on the gasification efficiency of grass biomass have not previously been evaluated. In this study, the effect of three different pre-treatment methods on gasification properties of grass biomass was investigated under CO2 conditions. The pre-treatment methods were dry torrefaction, wet torrefaction, and leaching (chemical). The results obtained showed that the heating values increased by 2,77% in the leached grass, 8,3% in the dry torrefied grass and 13,5% in the wet torrefied grass. However, the wet torrefaction had the highest reactivity index of 0,25 followed by dry torrefaction 0,182, then leaching 0,156. The effect of the different pre-treatment on activation energy showed that the activation energy of raw grass biomass was reduced from 161,7 kJ/mol to 141.5 kJ/mol for leached grass, 124.3 kJ/mol for dry torrefied and 86.97 kJ/mol for wet torrefied grass. These results show that wet torrefaction can improve gasification properties significantly when compared to dry torrefaction and leaching. The pore structure and pore volume effect of treated biomass was likely the predominant reason for the better char reactivity and conversion during gasification of wet torrefied sample. The research supplied an insight into the effect of different pre-treatment methods on grass biomass gasification. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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