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Title: Thermodynamic analysis of tar reforming through auto-thermal reforming process

Abstract

Fixed bed gasification is a simple and suitable technology for small scale power generation. One of the disadvantages of this technology is producing tar. So far, tar is not utilized yet and being waste that should be treated into a more useful product. This paper presents a thermodynamic analysis of tar conversion into gas producer through non-catalytic auto-thermal reforming technology. Tar was converted into components, C, H, O, N and S, and then reacted with oxidant such as mixture of air or pure oxygen. Thus, this reaction occurred auto-thermally and reached chemical equilibrium. The sensitivity analysis resulted that the most promising process performance occurred at flow rate of air was reached 43% of stoichiometry while temperature of process is 1100°C, the addition of pure oxygen is 40% and preheating of oxidant flow is 250°C. The yield of the most promising process performance between 11.15-11.17 kmol/h and cold gas efficiency was between 73.8-73.9%.The results of this study indicated that thermodynamically the conversion of tar into producer gas through non-catalytic auto-thermal reformingis more promising.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. R&D Centre for Mineral and Coal Technology, Jln. Jend.Sudirman no. 623, Bandung. Telp. 022-6030483 (Malaysia)
  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Jln. Jl. Prof. Soedarto, SH, Semarang (Malaysia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22494474
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1699; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: International conference of chemical and material engineering (ICCME) 2015: Green technology for sustainable chemical products and processes, Semarang (Indonesia), 29-30 Sep 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AIR; CONVERSION; EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; GASIFICATION; HEAT TREATMENTS; MIXTURES; OXIDIZERS; OXYGEN; PACKED BEDS; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCER GAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TAR; THERMODYNAMICS

Citation Formats

Nurhadi, N., E-mail: nurhadi@tekmira.esdm.go.id, Diniyati, Dahlia, Efendi, M. Ade Andriansyah, and Istadi, I. Thermodynamic analysis of tar reforming through auto-thermal reforming process. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4938343.
Nurhadi, N., E-mail: nurhadi@tekmira.esdm.go.id, Diniyati, Dahlia, Efendi, M. Ade Andriansyah, & Istadi, I. Thermodynamic analysis of tar reforming through auto-thermal reforming process. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938343
Nurhadi, N., E-mail: nurhadi@tekmira.esdm.go.id, Diniyati, Dahlia, Efendi, M. Ade Andriansyah, and Istadi, I. 2015. "Thermodynamic analysis of tar reforming through auto-thermal reforming process". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938343.
@article{osti_22494474,
title = {Thermodynamic analysis of tar reforming through auto-thermal reforming process},
author = {Nurhadi, N., E-mail: nurhadi@tekmira.esdm.go.id and Diniyati, Dahlia and Efendi, M. Ade Andriansyah and Istadi, I.},
abstractNote = {Fixed bed gasification is a simple and suitable technology for small scale power generation. One of the disadvantages of this technology is producing tar. So far, tar is not utilized yet and being waste that should be treated into a more useful product. This paper presents a thermodynamic analysis of tar conversion into gas producer through non-catalytic auto-thermal reforming technology. Tar was converted into components, C, H, O, N and S, and then reacted with oxidant such as mixture of air or pure oxygen. Thus, this reaction occurred auto-thermally and reached chemical equilibrium. The sensitivity analysis resulted that the most promising process performance occurred at flow rate of air was reached 43% of stoichiometry while temperature of process is 1100°C, the addition of pure oxygen is 40% and preheating of oxidant flow is 250°C. The yield of the most promising process performance between 11.15-11.17 kmol/h and cold gas efficiency was between 73.8-73.9%.The results of this study indicated that thermodynamically the conversion of tar into producer gas through non-catalytic auto-thermal reformingis more promising.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4938343},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22494474}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1699,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}