Olaleye, AK, Adedayo, KJ, Wu, C et al. (3 more authors) (2014) Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system. Fuel, 137. 364 - 374. ISSN 0016-2361
Abstract
There is great interest in producing hydrogen from renewable sources such as biomass rather than from fossil fuels. This paper presents new experimental results at different pyrolysis temperature and development of a dynamic model for a biomass pyrolysis/steam reforming process in a two stage fixed bed reactor. The model considers the hydrodynamics of the fixed bed reactor, the interfacial mass and energy transfer between the fluid-solid systems and the porous catalyst, and the energy transfer on a kinetic model. The 2D dynamic model resulted in a system of partial differential equations which was solved numerically in gPROMS®. The model was validated with the experimental results. The model predictions show good agreement with the experimental results. The model can be used as a useful tool for design, operation, optimisation and control of the biomass steam gasification process.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c)2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Fuel. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Biomass; Fixed bed reactor; Gasification; Hydrogen production; Process modelling |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) > Energy Research Institute (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2015 10:22 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2015 10:22 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.076 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.076 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85215 |