Production of synthesis gas by co-gasifying coke and natural gas in a fixed bed reactor

Xueping Song and Zhancheng Guo

Energy, 2007, vol. 32, issue 10, 1972-1978

Abstract: The production of synthesis gas has gained increasing importance because of its use as raw material for various industrial syntheses. In this paper synthesis gas generation during the reaction of a coal/methane with steam and oxygen, which is called the co-gasification of coal and natural gas, was investigated using a laboratory scale fixed bed reactor. It is found that about 95% methane conversion and 80% steam decomposition have been achieved when the space velocity of input gas (oxygen and methane) is less than 200h−1 and reaction temperature about 1000°C. The product gas contains about 95% carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The reaction system is near the equilibrium when leaving the reactor.

Keywords: Synthesis gas; Coal; Natural gas; Gasification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2007.04.002

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