Simulation of Enriched Air-Steam Biomass Gasification in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasifier

Miao Miao Niu; Ya Ji Huang; Bao Sheng Jin

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.699.510

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Simulation of Enriched Air-Steam Biomass Gasification in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasifier

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A model was developed for the enriched air-steam biomass gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) gasifier using Aspen Plus. Restricted equilibrium method was used to eliminate the deviation caused by the diffusion effect of gas-particle. The model has been divided into three stages (drying and pyrolysis, partial combustion and gasification) for predicting the gasifier performance. Simulation results for gas composition, carbon conversion and cold gas efficiency versus oxygen percentage and steam to biomass ratio (S/B) were compared with the experimental results. Higher oxygen percentage improves the gasification process, increases the production of H₂ and CO and results in better gasification efficiency. With increasing oxygen percentage, the production of CO₂ and CH₄ show decreasing trends. Steam injection enhances the H₂ and CO₂ production but decreases CO and CH₄ production. Carbon conversion presents a slight decrease trend over the S/B range, while cold gas efficiency is first constant and then decreased.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 699)

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Miao Miao Niu*, Ya Ji Huang, Bao Sheng Jin

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