Wan Muhamad Syafiq, Wan Ismail and Ruwaida, Abdul Rasid (2017) Empty fruit bunch (EFB) gasification in an entrained flow gasification system. Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin, 19. pp. 43-49. ISSN 0379-7678 (Print); 2072-9510 (Online). (Published)
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Abstract
Biomass has become one of the most commonly used renewable sources of energy in the last two decades. Empty fruit bunch (EFB) is one of the examples for the biomass that is used as a renewable energy source. From the palm oil processing industry, only 10% are the final products such as palm oil and palm kernel oil, while the remaining 90% are harvestable biomass waste in the form of EFB, palm kernel shell (PKS) and oil palm frond (OPF). This overload amount of biomass waste will cause an abundance of waste which will also affect the environment. To convert EFB into usable energy in ways that are more efficient, less polluting, and economical, gasification has merge as one of the most favorable technological innovations in synthesis gas (syngas) production. The main aim of this work is to study the EFB gasification in an entrained flow gasification process based on the different operating temperature (700°C to 900°C) and equivalence ratio, ER (0.2 – 0.4), evaluated based on the production of gases such as hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). It was found that as the temperature was increased from 700°C to 900°C, the production of H2 and CO2 increased while CO was decreased. The optimum ER value of 0.30 was found to attain the highest Cold Gas Efficiency (CGE) value of 74.03% at 900°C.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Renewable energy; Empty fruit bunch; Gasification; Entrained flow gasifier; Equivalence ratio |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Faculty/Division: | Centre of Excellence: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2018 08:02 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2022 06:17 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19929 |
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