Production of hydrogen from municipal solid waste
The Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) includes gasification and the process for producing a gasificable slurry from raw MSW by using high pressures of steam. A potential energy source, MSW is a composite of organic materials such as: paper, wood, food waste, etc. There are different paper grades producing different results with low-quality paper forming better slurries than high-quality papers; making MSW a difficult feedstock for gasification. The objective of the bench-scale laboratory work has been to establish operating conditions for a hydrothermal pre-processing scheme for municipal solid waste (MSW) that produces a good slurry product that can be pumped and atomized to the gasifier for the production of hydrogen. Batch reactors are used to determine product yields as a function of hydrothermal treatment conditions. Various ratios of water-to-paper were used to find out solid product, gas product, and soluble product yields of MSW. Experimental conditions covered were temperature, time, and water to feed ratio. Temperature had the strongest effect on product yields.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 282971
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-114972-4; CONF-9505323-; ON: DE96006013; TRN: 96:003984-0007
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Science and Engineering Research Semester (SERS) spring 1995 symposium, Livermore, CA (United States), 5-12 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of SERS internship Spring 1995 abstracts and research papers; Davis, B.; PB: 294 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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