Hydrogen production by gasification of municipal solid waste

Technical Report · Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10172298· OSTI ID:10172298

Rogers, R III

As fossil fuel reserves run lower and lower, and as their continued widespread use leads toward numerous environmental problems, the need for clean and sustainable energy alternatives becomes ever clearer. Hydrogen fuel holds promise as such as energy source, as it burns cleanly and can be extracted from a number of renewable materials such as municipal solid waste (MSW), which can be considered largely renewable because of its high content of paper and biomass-derived products. A computer model is being developed using ASPEN Plus flow sheeting software to simulate a process which produces hydrogen gas from MSW; the model will later be used in studying the economics of this process and is based on an actual Texaco coal gasification plant design. This paper gives an overview of the complete MSW gasification process, and describes in detail the way in which MSW is modeled by the computer as a process material. In addition, details of the gasifier unit model are described; in this unit modified MSW reacts under pressure with oxygen and steam to form a mixture of gases which include hydrogen.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10172298
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-117603; ON: DE94016483; TRN: AHC29418%%22
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 20 May 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
08 HYDROGEN
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CARBON DIOXIDE
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
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