High quality syngas production via steam-oxygen blown bubbling fluidised bed gasifier

Stefano Stendardo, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Mirko Nobili and Silvera Scaccia

Energy, 2016, vol. 103, issue C, 697-708

Abstract: This paper presents experimental and modelling results of fuel gas obtained in a steam-oxygen blown fluidised bed pilot scale (500 kWth) coal gasifier that is part of the ZECOMIX (Zero Emission of CarbOn with MIXed Technologies) research infrastructure run by ENEA. As there is poor information about start up and steady state operation of fluidised bed gasifiers at such a scale, in this work we investigated the influence of some important parameters such as coal ignition temperature, feeding rate of particulate bed material (olivine sand) and transition from oxidant to reducing environment. The experimental runs confirmed the crucial importance of S/O (steam/oxygen) ratio on the product gas composition. High quality syngas (low content of methane, below 1.0 v/v %, and high content of H2 and CO: CO + H2 61.0 v/v%) was obtained with S/O = 1.1.

Keywords: Research infrastructure; High quality syngas; Coal gasification; Kinetic and equilibrium modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.03.011

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