Fluidized-bed and fixed-bed reactor testing of methane chemical looping combustion with MgO-promoted hematite
Abstract
In this article MgO-promoted Fe2O3 hematite oxygen carriers were synthesized from various Mg sources and evaluated for methane chemical looping combustion. Particles suitable for fluidized bed flow reactor studies were prepared in the lab. Cyclic CLC tests conducted in the fluidized bed with MgO promoted hematite showed better performance than that with hematite. Attrition resistance of laboratory prepared MgO promoted hematite was excellent. Reactivity and stability of the oxygen carrier materials were also tested in the thermogravimetric analyzer and bench-scale reactors. Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction were used to study the morphology and elemental compositions present in the hematite and promoted hematite oxygen carriers prior to and following the multi-cycle chemical looping reaction. The incorporation of 5 wt% MgO led to an increased reaction rate and an increase in oxygen utilized as compared to the pure hematite oxygen carrier. Possible reasons for the promotion effect by MgO were evaluated. These studies reveal that the best performing oxygen carrier was the 5 wt% MgO/Fe2O3 which exhibited no observed degradation in the kinetics and conversion performance in the methane step over 15 reduction and oxidation cycles. The Mg promoted oxygen carrier also showed reduced coke formation asmore »
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- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States); URS Corp., Morgantown, WV (United States)
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1225713
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1247577
- Report Number(s):
- A-CONTR-PUB-050
Journal ID: ISSN 0306-2619; PII: S030626191500224X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0004000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 146; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-2619
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; chemical looping; fluidized bed; fixed bed; MgO promoted hematite
Citation Formats
Miller, Duane D., Siriwardane, Ranjani, and Poston, James. Fluidized-bed and fixed-bed reactor testing of methane chemical looping combustion with MgO-promoted hematite. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.047.
Miller, Duane D., Siriwardane, Ranjani, & Poston, James. Fluidized-bed and fixed-bed reactor testing of methane chemical looping combustion with MgO-promoted hematite. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.047
Miller, Duane D., Siriwardane, Ranjani, and Poston, James. Thu .
"Fluidized-bed and fixed-bed reactor testing of methane chemical looping combustion with MgO-promoted hematite". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.047. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225713.
@article{osti_1225713,
title = {Fluidized-bed and fixed-bed reactor testing of methane chemical looping combustion with MgO-promoted hematite},
author = {Miller, Duane D. and Siriwardane, Ranjani and Poston, James},
abstractNote = {In this article MgO-promoted Fe2O3 hematite oxygen carriers were synthesized from various Mg sources and evaluated for methane chemical looping combustion. Particles suitable for fluidized bed flow reactor studies were prepared in the lab. Cyclic CLC tests conducted in the fluidized bed with MgO promoted hematite showed better performance than that with hematite. Attrition resistance of laboratory prepared MgO promoted hematite was excellent. Reactivity and stability of the oxygen carrier materials were also tested in the thermogravimetric analyzer and bench-scale reactors. Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction were used to study the morphology and elemental compositions present in the hematite and promoted hematite oxygen carriers prior to and following the multi-cycle chemical looping reaction. The incorporation of 5 wt% MgO led to an increased reaction rate and an increase in oxygen utilized as compared to the pure hematite oxygen carrier. Possible reasons for the promotion effect by MgO were evaluated. These studies reveal that the best performing oxygen carrier was the 5 wt% MgO/Fe2O3 which exhibited no observed degradation in the kinetics and conversion performance in the methane step over 15 reduction and oxidation cycles. The Mg promoted oxygen carrier also showed reduced coke formation as compared to the pure hematite carrier.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.047},
journal = {Applied Energy},
number = C,
volume = 146,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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