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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 43, Issue 33, Pages 15693-15702Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.06.136
Keywords
Syngas; Hydrogen; Porous media burner; Biogas reforming; Steam addition; Gas chromatography
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- FONDAP [15110019/SERC-Chile]
- DGIIP-USM 21 [21.62.53]
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Biogas conversion to syngas (mainly H-2 and CO) is considered an upgrade method that yields a fuel with a higher energy density. Studies on syngas production were conducted on an inert porous media reactor under a filtration combustion mode of biogas with steam addition, as a non-catalytic method for biogas valorization. The reactor was operated under a constant filtration velocity of 34.4 cm/s, equivalence ratio of 2.0, and biogas concentration of 60 vol% Natural Gas/40 vol% CO2, while the steam to carbon ratio (S/C) was varied between 0.0 and 2.0. Total volumetric flow remained constant at 7 L/min. Combustion wave temperature and propagation rate, product gas composition, reactants conversion as well as H-2 and CO selectivity were measured as a function of S/C ratio. Chromatographic parameters, method validation and measurement uncertainty were developed and optimized. It was observed that S/C ratio of 2.0 gave optimal results under studied conditions for biogas conversion, leading to maximum concentrations of 10.34 vol % H-2, 9.98 vol% CO and highest thermal efficiency of 64.2% associated with a modified EROI of 46.3%, which considered energy consumption for steam supply. Conclusions indicated that the increment of the steam co-fed with the reactants favored the non-catalytic conversion of biogas and thus resulted in an effective fuel upgrading. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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