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Effect of coconut shell in gasification kinetics of palm kernel shells at various blending ratios

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This work aims to present the thermal behaviour and pyrolytic kinetics of coconut shell (CS) at various heating rates of 10–50 °C/min to explore the potential of co-gasification with palm kernel shells (PKS) at varying proportions of 10–50%. The degradation profiles have been observed, and the activation energy (Ea) for CS (91.47–50.79 kJ/mol) was found to vary with the increase in heating rate. Ea for the blends of PKS-CS was ranged from 53.35 to 72.21 kJ/mol. The syngas produced through co-gasification had a calorific value of 2.6–3.2 MJ/Nm3 for various PKS-CS blending ratios. This study with predicted possible synergistic effect could propose the appropriate blending ratio of PKS with CS for co-gasification and promote the agro industry process waste PKS as a suitable single feed and multi-feed fuel source for gasification. Moreover, it also helps offset the concerns of fuel feedstock availability due to demand, seasonal variation and transportation cost for the continuous operation of biomass gasifier plants in remote areas.

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The authors thanked Periyar Maniammai University and National Institute of Technology Rourkela for extending the research facility.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, 613404, India

    Thiagarajan Janakiraman & Srividhya Poosari Kumaravel

  2. Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Group, Dept. of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, 769008, India

    Abhijeet Pathy & Balasubramanian Paramasivan

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JT performed the experiments and collected data for analysis and interpretation regarding the kinetics. JT and AP drafted the manuscript. PB and PKS supervised the research work and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Janakiraman, T., Pathy, A., Poosari Kumaravel, S. et al. Effect of coconut shell in gasification kinetics of palm kernel shells at various blending ratios. Environ Dev Sustain 24, 8333–8350 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01785-3

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