Influence of Pelletization and Moisture Content of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (EFBs) on Dynamic Gasification Performance

Valdes, Carlos F.; Montoya, Jorge I.; Gomez, Carlos A.; Chaquea, Hernando; Pecha, M. Brennan; Chejne, Farid

doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00456

Title: Influence of Pelletization and Moisture Content of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (EFBs) on Dynamic Gasification Performance

Journal Article · Wed May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00456· OSTI ID:1797383

Valdes, Carlos F.; Montoya, Jorge I.; Gomez, Carlos A.; Chaquea, Hernando;

; Chejne, Farid

Wet-ground empty fruit bunches (EFBs), dry-ground EFB, and pelletized EFB were gasified in a laboratory-scale updraft fixed-bed reactor at differing temperatures and equivalent ratios (ERs) between 0.19 and 0.78 to evaluate the performance and quality of the syngas under autothermal operating conditions. In addition, the theoretical estimation of the key performance indicator of the ashes on the performance of the gasification process was obtained. The results show that for ERs > 0.4 the autothermal operating condition was achieved for pretreatments with pelletized and dry-ground EFBs, with reactor operating temperatures T > 700 °C. With wet EFB, this condition is achieved at any ER value. The average composition of the syngas from pelletized EFB presented the best average concentrations of the combustible species CO, H2, and CH4 when the ER values were between 0.25 and 0.40. The highest hot and cold thermal efficiency values were obtained for the gasification of EFB pellets with ER values between 0.25 and 0.40. For ground EFB, increases in the ER value led to improvements in hot thermal efficiency. Finally, during the EFB pellet gasification tests, no agglomeration and sintering problems were evidenced in comparison with wet-ground and dry-ground EFBs that showed slag formation, especially at ER < 0.46.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1797383

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-2800-78895; MainId:32812; UUID:7c84f265-c542-4ddb-91c9-39cee2d2c7ba; MainAdminID:24607

Journal Information:: Energy & Fuels, Vol. 35, Issue 10

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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