Xue G, Kwapinska M, Horvat A, Kwapinski W, Rabou LPLM, Dooley S, Czajka KM, Leahy JJ. Gasification of torrefied Miscanthus × giganteus in an air-blown bubbling fluidized bed gasifier.
Bioresour Technol 2014;
159:397-403. [PMID:
24681300 DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.094]
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Abstract
Torrefaction is suggested to be an effective method to improve the fuel properties of biomass and gasification of torrefied biomass should provide a higher quality product gas than that from unprocessed biomass. In this study, both raw and torrefied Miscanthus × giganteus (M×G) were gasified in an air-blown bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) gasifier using olivine as the bed material. The effects of equivalence ratio (ER) (0.18-0.32) and bed temperature (660-850°C) on the gasification performance were investigated. The results obtained suggest the optimum gasification conditions for the torrefied M × G are ER 0.21 and 800°C. The product gas from these process conditions had a higher heating value (HHV) of 6.70 MJ/m(3), gas yield 2m(3)/kg biomass (H2 8.6%, CO 16.4% and CH4 4.4%) and cold gas efficiency 62.7%. The comparison between raw and torrefied M × G indicates that the torrefied M × G is more suitable BFB gasification.
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