Hydrogen production by gasification of Kenaf under subcritical liquid-vapor phase conditions

HASANOĞLU A., Demirci I., Secer A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, cilt.44, sa.27, ss.14127-14136, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 27
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.08.165
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.14127-14136
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Kenaf, Hydrogen, Subcritical liquid-vapor phase gasification, SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION, HOT-COMPRESSED WATER, CATALYTIC GASIFICATION, BIOMASS GASIFICATION, HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION, OXIDATIVE GASIFICATION, MODEL COMPOUNDS, REAL BIOMASS, WASTE-WATER, CELLULOSE
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, Kenaf biomass was gasified under subcritical liquid-vapor conditions and effect of initial water amount on gas composition and hydrogen production was evaluated at different temperatures. Gasification was carried out in a batch type reactor, with various initial water volumes (0, 12, 25, 50, 75 mL), at different temperatures (250, 275, 300, 325 degrees C) and with different catalysts (Ru/C, Pt/C, Na2CO3, Fe2O3, CaO, CaCO3 and RuCl3). The results revealed that the gasification efficiency and hydrogen selectivity are dramatically varied with initial water percentage that was fed to the reactor. The gaseous products obtained from hydrothermal gasification of kenaf were mainly H-2, CO2, and in lower but varying amounts, CH4 and C2H4. Water soluble RuCl3 was found to be more effective than water insoluble Ru/C catalyst on biomass gasification. RuCl3 catalyst has a high catalytic activity for kenaf gasification with greater H-2 selectivity. Maximum total gas (462.5 mL) and H-2 mole fraction in the gaseous product (44.5%) were obtained at 250 degrees C with RuCl3 catalyst. The maximum carbon conversion (%) was also obtained with RuCl3 as 71.3%. Water behaves as both the reaction medium and the second main reactant beside biomass, during the subcritical liquid-vapor phase gasification process. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.