Hydrogen production by gasification of municipal solid waste
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 an energy source, as it burns cleanly and can be extracted from a number of renewable materials such as municipal solid waste (MSW), which is considered to be largely renewable because of its high content of paper and biomass-derived products. A computer model is being developed using Aspen Plus{sup {trademark}} flowsheeting 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.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 105710
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-114972-2; CONF-9405328-Absts.; ON: DE95014118; TRN: 95:006489-0005
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Science and Engineering Research Semester (SERS) student symposium, Livermore, CA (United States), 6 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: 6 May 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of SERS intership: Spring 1994 abstracts and research papers; Goldman, B.; PB: 195 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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