Gasification of municipal solid waste in an oxygen-blown fluidized bed reactor. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5963517

Guillory, J L

The purpose of the municipal solid waste gasification program at Combustion Power Company (CPC) was to demonstrate the technical feasibility of producing a medium-Btu gas from MSW by means of oxygen-based fluidized bed gasification. A 12'' I.D. fluidized bed gasification system was constructed using CPC facilities and existing equipment where applicable and a gas chromatograph system for product analysis provided on contract from Battelle Northwest Laboratories. A series of parametric tests using simulated MSW (artificially wetted newsprint) and a limited number of tests addressing air-blown operation and different fuels (actual MSW and wood) were conducted. It was shown that moisture content in the fuel is the most important factor in determining product composition and that MSW product gas closely resembles that of biomass gasification. Gas heating values of over 400 Btu/sdcf and H2/CO molar ratios over 0.45 were produced. An equilibrium-based analytical model of oxygen-blown gasification was developed to assist in sizing the test system and evaluating its performance. It was shown that this model predicts gross flowrates and product heating values adequately from first principles. A method of predicting the most likely product gas composition from statistically valid regression models is proposed. 26 references, 31 figures, 10 tables.

• Research Organization: Combustion Power Co., Inc., Menlo Park, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-83SF11723
• OSTI ID: 5963517
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/11723-T1; ON: DE85008689; TRN: 85-007405
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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