An experimental and numerical study on the Miscanthus gasification by using a pilot scale gasifier

Nuno Dinis Couto, Valter Bruno Silva, Eliseu Monteiro, Abel Rouboa and Paulo Brito

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 109, issue C, 248-261

Abstract: This work comprises the study of several mixtures of air with O2, CO2 and steam in a pilot scale gasification plant. Out of eight substrates characteristic of south-central and southern Portugal, Miscanthus was chosen for revealing the highest potential for energy generation and for its friendliness from an ecological standpoint. Experiments with Miscanthus were performed in a pilot scale reactor and generated results were compared with ones from a numerical model, which consists of a Eulerian-Eulerian approach within the Fluent framework that is able to describe the transport of mass, momentum and energy for both solid and gas phases.

Keywords: Gasifying agents; CO2/ biomass ratio; CFD; Semi-industrial gasifier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.028

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