生物质烘焙预处理对气流床气化的影响

为考查生物质在烘焙预处理过程中的能量产率和颗粒研磨变化规律及对气流床气化总体效率的影响情况,在一套小型烘焙试验台上,对4种不同种类的生物质进行烘焙试验,并对固体产物研磨后进行粒径分析.最后通过小型生物质气流床进行气化试验.结果表明:生物质的能量密度随着烘焙温度的提高而升高,其中,中温烘焙(～250℃)能获得较好的固体和能量产率,减少能量损失;烘焙温度是烘焙过程中最重要的影响因素;烘焙可减少生物质研磨时的电耗,使其易磨;气流床气化试验中,烘焙生物质能够改善煤气成分,提高气化的总体效率.总之,在生物质气流床气化过程中,烘焙预处理能为生物质的粒径减小和随后的大规模利用提供了-个良好的解决途径.     

生物质气流床气化的热解前处理工艺

考察了热解作为生物质气流床气化前处理工艺的可行性,热解温度对气、液、固3种形态产物的产率和各方面的性能有不同程度的影响。通过半焦的电镜图片分析,证实了热解后生物质的多孔结构比较明显,使其有一定的吸附能力;通过元素分析比较了原料和热解产物中各元素含量的差别,说明热解可以显著提高半焦中碳元素含量,降低半焦中氧元素含量;考察了热解气中各组分在不同温度下的变化规律;通过原料和产物的热值比较,证实了热解可以显著提高气化原料的热值,为下一步的气化反应提供了有利条件。     

基于ASPEN PLUS模拟生物质气流床气化工艺过程

基于ASPEN PLUS模拟平台,对热解后半焦气化与生物质原料直接气化分别进行了模拟计算,得出如下结论:热解方法作为生物质气流床气化工艺的前处理手段是可行的。热解终温为300℃时对气流床气化是最合适的;O/C摩尔比在0.9～1.1之间比较合适;气化温度和碳转化率随着O/C摩尔比的增加而升高;对于300℃半焦进行气化,空气温度预热到550℃比较合适,气化温度可达到1056℃,煤气热值可达到5958kJ/Nm~3,碳转化率也可达到99.59%。     

不同气化剂下海藻粉在气流床下气化特性试验研究

为考察O2/水蒸气和O2/CO2作为气化剂对海藻粉气化特性的影响,在自制的小型生物质气流床气化炉上开展海藻粉在气流床下气化特性试验研究。当氧气/生物质比（O/B）为0.3、气化温度为1200℃时,不同水蒸气/生物质比（S/B=0～1.2）对合成气组成有较大影响,其中H2产量的上升趋势最为明显,S/B=1.2时比单纯氧气气化提高了81.4%。而在O2/CO2气化条件下,由生物质产生的CO2随二氧化碳/生物质比（CO2/B）的增加而下降,当CO2/B=0.9时,H2、CO的产量分别比单纯氧气气化提高了33.9%和75.8%,热值由5521 kJ/m3上升至8576 kJ/m3。结果表明,如果以提高热值为制取合成气的目标时,添加CO2在一定范围内可以达到水蒸气的效果,同时降低了系统能耗及简化了气化设备。     

生物质气流床气化制取合成气的试验研究

利用一套小型生物质层流气流床气化系统,研究了稻壳、红松、水曲柳和樟木松4种生物质在不同反应温度、氧气/生物质比率(O/B)、水蒸汽/生物质比率(S/B)以及停留时间下对合成气成分、碳转化率、H2/CO以及CO/CO2比率的影响.研究表明4种生物质在常压气流床气化生成合成气最佳O/B范围为0.2～0.3(气化温度.1300℃),高温气化时合成气中CH4含量很低,停留时间为1.6s时其气化反应基本完毕.加大水蒸汽含量可增加H2/CO比率,在S/B为0.8时H2/CO比率都在1以上,但水蒸汽的过多引入会影响煤气产率.气化温度是生物质气流床气化最重要的影响因素之一.     

在流化床气化炉中生物质与煤共气化的研究(Ⅰ)以空气-水蒸汽为气化剂生产低热值燃气

在600kW流化床气化炉工业示范装置上以空气.水蒸汽为气化剂,将生物质/煤按不同比例进行了共气化的实验研究.在实验研究的运行条件下,得到了生物质/煤混合比例对气化炉工作温度、燃气热值、气体产率和气化效率等重要技术参数的影响.对玉米芯/煤的比例为81/19时的典型实验结果表明:气化炉工作温度869℃,空气当量比ER=0.21,S/B=0.20时,气体产率1.96m3/kg,燃气热值6.4MJ/m3,气化效率71.3%,燃气中焦油含量小于10mg/m3,该炉经过连续运行考核,运行平稳,工况稳定.     

生物质半焦高温水蒸汽气化反应动力学的研究

利用高温定碳炉研究了1000~1300℃条件下水蒸汽与生物质半焦的反应过程以及反应性.研究结果表明:高温条件下有利于缩短反应时间,提高CO产率;3种生物质半焦的反应性表现出相同的趋势,当转化率在0.3~0.4之间时,生物质半焦的反应性达到最大值,随后又降低;含碳量及灰中金属氧化物含量对其反应性存在一定的影响;生物质半焦的水蒸汽气化行为可以用未反应收缩核模型来描述.在水蒸汽分压不变的情况下,求出了3种生物质半焦的动力学参数,并对比了不同转化率时的动力学参数.     

串联交替式炉膛高热值生物质气化炉数值模拟及试验研究

对串联交替式炉膛高热值燃气生物质气化炉进行了研究,气化炉以木质颗粒为燃料、空气-水蒸气为气化剂,采用Fluent软件数值模拟了气化炉内水蒸气入口距离炉栅位置高度h、水蒸气入口流量Vs与空气入口流量V03个参数对燃气组分CO,H2和CH4体积浓度的影响。采用正交试验优化了上述3个参数,并试验测试了3个参数下燃气组分CO,H2和CH4体积浓度及燃气热值。数值模拟与试验结果表明,当h为175 mm,V0为0.92 m3/h,Vs为1.33 m3/h时,生物质燃气热值Q最大值为10.46 MJ/m3,比单一空气气化剂作用下提高了107.95%。     

木屑旋风空气分级气化试验研究

基于生物质空气气化机理,结合气流床气化工艺的优点,参考旋风分离器的设计原理,提出了生物质旋风空气分级气化工艺.对不同的位置加入二次风和改变二次风率进行了试验研究.研究结果表明,分级气化能够改善燃气品质.在还原区加入二次风有利于提高燃气热值和气化效率,在氧化区加入二次风有利于减少燃气中焦油的含量.燃气热值、气体产率、气化效率和碳转化率随着二次风率的增加而增加.     

废轮胎整胎与生物质共气化实验研究

以树枝秸秆及废轮胎整胎为原料,在"反烧"式固定床气化炉中以空气为气化剂进行气化实验研究。结果表明,随着空气当量比ER的增加,炉内气化温度升高,气化效率提升,当ER为0.30时,炉内温度达到750℃,气化效率为56.45%,气体热值为4.68 MJ/m3;随着原料中废轮胎比例的增加,气化效率有所提高,燃气热值升高,当废轮胎质量含量为44%时,气化效率达到60.21%,气体热值为5.34 MJ/m3;气化温度是影响气化效率和气体热值的最重要因素,提高空气当量比可以使炉内温度升高,强化气化效果;同时原料中废轮胎比例也对气化效率及气体热值有较大影响,废轮胎质量含量为40%~50%较为适宜。废轮胎以整胎形式与生物质共气化是废轮胎处置与资源化利用的有效方式。     

Pyrolysis pretreatment of biomass for entrained-flow gasification

The biomass for entrained-flow gasification needs to be pretreated to significantly increase its heating value and to make it more readily transportable. The pyrolysis pretreatment was conducted in a lab scale fixed-bed reactor; the reactor was heated to elevate the temperature at 5 °C/min before holding at the desired pyrolysis temperature for 1.5 h a fixed time. The effects of pyrolysis temperature on the yield, composition and heating value of the gaseous, liquid and solid products were determined. The pyrolysis removed most oxygenated constituents of rice straw while significantly increased its energy density. Meantime, it changes the physical properties of biomass powders. The results show that the angle of repose, the angle of internal friction of semi-char decrease obviously; the bulk density of semi-char is bigger than that of biomass. This could favor the feeding of biomass. Considering yield and heating value of the solid semi-char product and the feeding problem, the best pyrolysis temperature was 400 °C. The results of this study have confirmed the feasibility of employing pyrolyzed biomass for entrained-flow gasification; they are useful for the additional studies that will be necessary for designing an efficient biomass entrained-flow gasification system.     

生物质半焦CO2气化反应动力学研究

采用热天平研究生物质半焦CO2气化反应动力学特性。考察半焦粒径、热解制焦温度以及热解制焦气氛对气化反应碳转化率的影响。采用随机孔模型、未反应芯缩核模型和混合模型对生物质半焦气化反应速率随碳转化率变化的趋势进行拟合,并求出半焦气化的动力学参数,结果表明随机孔模型的拟合效果最好。     

Assessment of low-rank coal and biomass co-pyrolysis system coupled with gasification

To utilize low-rank coal and biomass in a highly efficient and environmental-friendly manner, a co-pyrolysis system coupled with char gasification is investigated. This system has five main units, namely, the drying and mixing, pyrolysis, cooling and separation, combustion, and gasification units, which are simulated by ASPEN plus based on experimental data. Results show that 37% of the pyrolysis char is burned to supply heat for pyrolysis and drying processes based on cascade utilization of heat energy, whereas the rest is sent to a gasifier. The sensitivity analysis is performed to investigate the impacts of steam and O₂ injection on gas composition, gasification temperature, carbon conversion efficiency, heating value of gas during gasification, and gas production efficiency. The fractions of H₂, CH₄, CO, and CO₂ demonstrate diverse variation tendencies with an increasing equivalence ratio and steam-to-char (S/C) ratio. However, carbon conversion efficiency reaches its peak of 99.91% when the equivalence ratio is approximately 4 regardless of S/C ratio. An equivalence ratio of 4 and S/C ratio of 0.15 are used as decent examples to calculate the mass balance and to simulate the overall system. Results show that 1000 kg/h coal and 500 kg/h biomass can produce 285.83 m³/h pyrolysis gas and 2580.78 m³/h gasification gas with low heating values of 8.20 and 9.746 MJ/m³, respectively.     

生物质组分热解气化特性研究现状

为了提升生物质气化气热值,减少焦油产率,越来越多的研究者开始试图从生物质组分的角度对热解气化特性进行探索.概述了碱金属、温度、压力、升温速率在热解气化过程中对生物质组分造成的影响,以及纤维素、半纤维素、木质素、萃取物和组分间相互作用对生物质热解气化过程造成的影响.提出了在二组分相互作用研究的基础上,应继续开展三组分相互作用的实验研究,以及生物质模化物和生物质原料化学结构差异对生物质原料热解气化特性的影响.此外,提出了采用单变量对照实验方法研究单变量的作用大小.     

Characteristic of hydrogen and syngas evolution from gasification and pyrolysis of rubber

The characteristics of syngas evolution during pyrolysis and gasification of waste rubber have been investigated. A semi-batch reactor was used for the thermal decomposition of the material under various conditions of pyrolysis and high temperature steam gasification. The results are reported at two different reactor temperatures of 800 and 900 °C and at constant steam gasifying agent flow rate of 7.0 g/min and a fixed sample mass. The characteristics of syngas were evaluated in terms of syngas flow rate, hydrogen flow rate, syngas yield, hydrogen yield and energy yield. Gasification resulted in 500% increase in hydrogen yield as compared to pyrolysis at 800 °C. However, at 900 °C the increase in hydrogen was more than 700% as compared to pyrolysis. For pyrolysis conditions, increase in reactor temperature from 800 to 900 °C resulted in 64% increase in hydrogen yield while for gasification conditions a 124% increase in hydrogen yield was obtained. Results of syngas yield, hydrogen yield and energy yield from the rubber sample are evaluated with that obtained from woody biomass samples, namely hard wood and wood chips. Rubber gasification yielded more energy at the 900 °C as compared to biomass feedstock samples. However, less syngas and less hydrogen were obtained from rubber than the biomass samples at both the temperatures reported here.     

Hydrogen production from polystyrene pyrolysis and gasification: Characteristics and kinetics

Polystyrene (PS) pyrolysis and gasification have been examined in a semi-batch reactor at temperatures of 700, 800 and 900 °C. Characteristic differences between pyrolysis and gasification of polystyrene (PS) have been evaluated with specific performance focus on the evolution of syngas flow rate, evolution of hydrogen flow rate, evolution of output power, syngas yield, hydrogen yield, energy yield, apparent thermal efficiency and syngas quality. Behavior of PS under either pyrolysis or gasification processes is compared to that of char based sample, such as paper and cardboard. In contrast to char based materials, PS gasification yielded less syngas, hydrogen and energy than pyrolysis at 700 °C. However, the gasification of PS yielded more syngas, hydrogen and energy than pyrolysis at 900 °C temperature. Gasification of PS is affected by reactor temperature more than PS pyrolysis. Syngas, hydrogen and energy yield increased exponentially with temperature in case of gasification. However, syngas and energy yield increased linearly with temperature having rather a mild slope in the case of pyrolysis. Pyrolysis resulted in higher syngas quality at all temperatures. Kinetics of hydrogen evolution from the PS pyrolysis is introduced. The Coats and Redfern method was used to determine the kinetic parameters, activation energy (E_act), pre-exponential factor (A) and reaction order (n). The model used is the nth order chemical reaction model. Kinetic parameters have been determined for three slow heating rates, namely 8, 10 and 12 °C/min. The average values obtained from the three heating rate experiments were used to compare the model with the experimental data.     

Hydrogen-rich syngas production via integrated configuration of pyrolysis and air gasification processes of various algal biomass: Process simulation and evaluation using Aspen Plus software

In the present study, hydrogen-rich syngas production via integrated configuration of pyrolysis and air gasification processes of different algal biomass is investigated at relevant industrial condition. A comprehensive steady state equilibrium simulation model is developed using Aspen Plus software, to investigate and evaluate the performance of pyrolysis and air gasification processes of different algal biomass (Algal waste, Chlorella vulgaris, Rhizoclonium sp and Spirogyra). The model can be used as a predictive tool for optimization of the gasifier performance. The developed process consists of three general stages including biomass drying, pyrolysis and gasification. The model validation using reported experimental results for pyrolysis of algal biomass indicated that the predicted results are in good agreement with experimental data. The effect of various operational parameters, such as gasifier temperature, gasifier pressure and air flow rate on the gas product composition and H₂/CO was investigated by sensitivity analysis of parameters. The achieved optimal operating condition to maximize the hydrogen and carbon monoxide production as the desirable products were as follows: gasifier temperature of 600 °C, gasifier pressure of 1 atm and air flow rate of 0.01 m³/h.     

Manufacturing gaseous products by pyrolysis of microalgal biomass

Algal biomass is considered as an alternative raw material for biofuel production. The search for new types of raw materials including high-energy types of microalgae remains relevant, since the share of motor fuels in the world energy balance remains consistently high (about 35%) with the oil price characterized by high volatility. The authors have considered the advantages of microalgae as raw materials for fuel production. Biochemical and thermochemical conversion are proposed as technologies for their processing. The paper presents the results of the study on the pyrolysis of the biomass of the blue-green microalgae/cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis rsemsu 1/02-P clonal culture from the collection of the Research Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The experimental investigation on the pyrolysis process of microalgal biomass has been carried out with the experimental setup made at the Institute of High Temperatures RAS in pure nitrogen 6.0 to create an oxygen-free medium with a linear heating rate of 10°С/min from room temperature to 1,000°С. The entire pyrolysis process has proceeded in the endothermic region. The specific values for solid residue, pyrolysis liquid and gaseous products have been experimentally determined. The following products have been manufactured by pyrolysis of microalgal biomass weighing 15 g: 1) char with a solid residue mass of 2.68 g, or 17.7% of MAB initial mass (while 9.3% of MAB initial mass has remained in the reactor); 2) pyrolysis liquid with a mass of 3.3 g, or 21.9% of initial mass; 3) noncondensable pyrolysis gases, 1.15 L. The specific volumetric gas yield (amount of gas released from 1 kg of RM) has amounted to 0.076 nm³/kg.In the paper, the analysis of the composition and specific volumetric yield of non-condensable pyrolysis gases produced in the pyrolysis process depending on temperature has been carried out. It is shown that the proportion of high-calorific components of the gas mixture (hydrogen, methane and carbon monoxide) increases with the temperature increase. The heating value assessment for the mixture of these gases has been performed as well.     

Numerical study on solar spouted bed reactor for conversion of biomass into hydrogen-rich gas by steam gasification

A solar-powered biomass steam gasification system was developed, in which heat transfer model, flow model and chemical model were constructed to predict the distributions of temperature, pressure, mole fraction of syngas, and solar incident flux. Several key parameters of gasifier were designed to ensure the fluidization stability. Based on the model validation, gasifier performance simulations in the design working conditions were obtained. The effects of the key variable parameters, including the rim angle of the dish collector, steam-to-biomass mass flow ratio, biomass feeding rate and the solar irradiance in the different operation working conditions on the composition of syngas, lower heating value, and efficiencies were investigated. The results reveal that the coupled system implements the best gasification performance in the design conditions which the rim angle, steam-to-biomass mass flow ratio, and biomass feeding rate are set at 60°, 0.4, and 2.5 g/min, while the LHV, carbon conversion, and gasification energy efficiencies are 11.51 MJ/m³, 78.17%, and 93.01%, respectively. The overall energy efficiency considering solar energy is 30.79%.     

High temperature steam gasification of wastewater sludge

High temperature steam gasification is one of the most promising, viable, effective and efficient technology for clean conversion of wastes to energy with minimal or negligible environmental impact. Gasification can add value by transforming the waste to low or medium heating value fuel which can be used as a source of clean energy or co-fired with other fuels in current power systems. Wastewater sludge is a good source of sustainable fuel after fuel reforming with steam gasification. The use of steam is shown to provide value added characteristics to the sewage sludge with increased hydrogen content as well total energy. Results obtained on the syngas properties from sewage sludge are presented here at various steam to carbon ratios at a reactor temperature of 1173 K. Effect of steam to carbon ratio on syngas properties are evaluated with specific focus on the amounts of syngas yield, syngas composition, hydrogen yield, energy yield, and apparent thermal efficiency. The apparent thermal efficiency is similar to cold gas efficiency used in industry and was determined from the ratio of energy in syngas to energy in the solid sewage sludge feedstock. A laboratory scale semi-batch type gasifier was used to determine the evolutionary behavior of the syngas properties using calibrated experiments and diagnostic facilities. Results showed an optimum steam to carbon ratio of 5.62 for the range of conditions examined here for syngas yield, hydrogen yield, energy yield and energy ratio of syngas to sewage sludge fuel. The results show that steam gasification provided 25% increase in energy yield as compared to pyrolysis at the same temperature.