Gasification of oak sawdust, mesquite, corn stover, and cotton gin trash in a countercurrent fluidized bed pilot reactor

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · ACS Symp. Ser.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6488785

Beck, S R; Wang, M J; Hightower, J A

The Synthesis Gas From Manure (SGFM) process was designed to convert cattle feedlot manure to ammonia synthesis gas. Current work is aimed at using any biomass feedstock to produce either medium-Btu gas or chemical feedstocks. This paper presents a comparison of the experimental results compiled on gasification of oak sawdust, corn stover, mesquite, and cotton gin trash in the SGFM pilot plant. A weighted comparison of the product gas, hydrocarbon, and hydrogen yields, gas quality, calorific value of product gas, percentage conversion of raw feed heating value to gas heating value, and operability of each feed indicated the oak sawdust was the best feedstock.

• Research Organization: Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock
• OSTI ID: 6488785
• Report Number(s): CONF-790415-P8
• Journal Information: ACS Symp. Ser.; (United States), Vol. 144; Conference: 177. national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Honolulu, HI, USA, 1 Apr 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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