PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER FOR SYNGAS PRODUCTION USING RICE HUSK

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Abstract
List of Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2       Research Problem Statement
1.3       Justification of the Research
1.4       Aim and Objectives of the Research
1.5       The Scope of the Research

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1       Historical Background and Current Status of Gasification Technology
2.2       Types of Biomass
2.3       Components of Biomass
2.4       Properties of Biomass
2.5       Gasification Process
2.5.1    Combustible gases
2.6       Different Processes Occurring in Gasification
2.6.1    Drying
2.6.2    Pyrolysis (Devolatilization)
2.6.3    Combustion/Oxidation
2.6.4    Gasification/Reduction
2.7       Gasifier Design
2.7.1    Gasification in fixed bed reactors
2.7.2    Fluidized bed gasifiers
2.7.3    Entrained flow gasifier
2.7.4    Gasifiers suitable for biosyngas production
2.8       Effect of Feedstock Properties on Gasifier Performance
2.8.1    Moisture
2.8.2    Volatile matter content
2.8.3    Ash content
2.8.4    Bulk density
2.8.5    Elemental composition
2.9       Effect of Various Operating Parameters in Gasification Process
2.9.1    Gasification agent
2.9.2    Equivalence ratio
2.9.4    Operating pressure
2.9.5    Residence time
2.10     Gas Cooling
2.11     Gas Clean-Up Technologies
2.12     Gas Utilization
2.12.1  Product gas application
2.12.2  Biosyngas
2.12.2.1Power generation
2.13     Gasifier Performance
2.13.1 Gas composition
2.13.2  Gas energy content
2.13.3  Quantity of tar
2.13.4  Quantity and size of particulates
2.13.4  Cold and hot gas efficiencies
2.13.5  Carbon Conversion Efficiency (CCE)
2.14     Biomass Gasification Models
2.14.1  Equilibrium models
2.14.2  Kinetic or non-equilibrium models
2.14.3  Steady state rate models
2.14.4   Quasi-steady and transient models
2.14.5  Kinetics-free models
2.14.6   Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
2.14.7   Artificial neural network models (ANN)
CHAPTER THREE
METHODS AND MATERIALS
3.1       Materials and Equipment
3.2       Research Methodology
3.2       Rice Husk Characterization
3.2.1 ASTM procedures
3.3       Equilibrium Modelling Formulation
3.3.1    Model assumptions
3.3.2    Model formulation
3.4       Experimental Procedure

CHAPTER FOUR
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1       Characterization of Rice Husk
4.2       Equilibrium Modelling of Rice Husk Gasification Using Air as the Gasifying Agent
4.3       Experimental Rice Husk Gasification Using Different Air Flow Rates
4.4       Comparison between Modelling and Experimental Results
4.5       Experimental Gasification of Rice Husk Using Oxygen-Enriched Air
4.6       Overall Performance Analysis of the Gasification Process

CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.0       CONCLUSIONS
5.2       RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCE
APPENDIX

Abstract
Biomass gasification is a thermochemical process that converts biomass to a combination of gases known as syngas comprising mainly of CO, H2and CH4as a result of partial combustion with a gasifying agent. It is considered to be a promising clean energy option for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and a way of utilizing agricultural wastes like rice husk. The syngas can be used not only to produce heat and power but in synthesis of liquid fuels and chemicals. This research comprises of rice husk characterization, mathematical model formulation to predict rice husk gasification theoretically and gasification of rice husk using both air and oxygen-enriched air as gasifying agents experimentally. Theoretical rice husk air gasification was done by inputting the composition of the characterizedrice husk into set of mathematical equations derived based on thermodynamics, mass and energy balances using equilibrium approach and resulting equationswere computed using MATLAB as a toolto predictsyngas composition and calorific value between temperature of500 and 1100 °C. Experimental ricehusk gasification was conducted using a downdraft gasification system installed at National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, Zaria, Nigeria, comprising of a gasifier as reactor, cyclone, filter and air blower. The gasification was done with two different gasifying agents; air and oxygen-enriched air. For the air gasification, effect of 6.4, 3.0 and 0.7 L/min flow rates were studied while for the oxygen-enriched air gasification, 30 to 100% oxygen enrichment in air were examined. Temperature, syngas composition and calorific value were monitored during the experiment using online portable infrared syngas analyser (Gasboard 3100P series), digital thermometer (UT 350) and K-type (chromel-alumel) thermocouple. The results of the model indicated an optimum temperature at 800 °C with syngas composition of 18.72 CO%, 16.68% H2, 13.05% CO2, and 0.39% CH4, and 4.47 MJ/m3 calorific value. The best experimentalsyngas composition was at 6.4 L/min air flow rate with composition of 10.83 CO%, 9.51% CO2, 2.12% H2 and 1.18 CH4%, desired syngas composition of 14.13 % and equivalence ratio of 0.128, with an average temperature of 567°C and 2.53 MJ/Nm3 calorific value.Root mean square error value of 7.58 was calculated when the model developed was validated with the best results obtained from rice husk air gasification. For oxygen enriched- air rice husk gasification,the best point was considered at 50% oxygen enrichment in air having the highest CO to CO2ratio of 1.63 with equivalence ratio of 0.494, desired syngas of 24.34%, syngas composition of 19.8% CO, 12.16% CO2, 2.26% H2, 2.28% CH4, and calorific value of 3.67 MJ/m3.Performance analysis shows that for air gasification the highest Carbon

Conversion efficiency (CCE) and Cold Gas Efficiency (CGE)was achieved at the highest air flow rate (6.4L/min) as 21.27 and 12.55% respectively.While for oxygen-
enriched air gasification, 50 % oxygen enrichment in air gave the best values of both CCE and CGE as 46.72 and 26.24%, respectively.

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Access to cheap, reliable, and sustainable energy is a precursor for attaining and sustaining socio economic development. In fact it is fundamental requirement for poverty reduction. Currently about 90% of the world primary energy consumption is from fossil (petroleum, gas and coal), (Melgaraetal., 2009). However depleting of these fossil energy sources, the rate at which carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere when they are burnt and increasing demand of the world energy due to population coupled with technological advancement are the current challenges. These challenges have served as motivation globally to develop alternative and renewable energy like biomass and solar that can help the present generation to meet their energy demand without jeopardizing the ability of the future generation to meet their energy demand.

Biomass is a non-fossilized and biodegradable organic material originating from plants, animals and micro-organisms. They include products, by-products, residues and waste from agriculture, forestry and related industries as well as the non-fossilized and biodegradable organic fractions of industrial and municipal wastes. Biomass has high but variable moisture content and is made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur and inorganic elements (Bhavanam and Sastry, 2011).The biomass is the only source of carbon-based renewable energy (Pandeyetal., 2013) and the most dominant renewable energy source used in the world today, comprising almost 80 per cent of the total supply. By 2050 energy from biomasscould contribute 15%–50% of the world’s primary energy (Beoharaetal., 2014). Presently about 25% of biomass is used by...

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