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Studies of CO2 gasification of the Miscanthus giganteus biomass over Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 and Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 with K2O promoter as catalysts

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An assessment of the catalytic and non-catalytic gasification process of the Miscanthus giganteus (MG) biomass in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide was performed on the basis of thermogravimetric and thermovolumetric analyses. In the first step, the thermal behavior of biomass was determined by analyzing the mass loss during non-catalytic gasification with the use of TGA. The results of thermogravimetric analysis were used to assess the course of the biomass heating process in the atmosphere of CO2 and to distinguish the individual phases of this process. Then, the thermovolumetric measurements of MG gasification were taken with the use of Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 and Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 with K2O promoter as catalysts. The obtained results allowed determining the process rate as well as composition of the resulting gas and yields of main gaseous products (CH4, CO, H2). The use of Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 as catalyst resulted in the highest conversion rate of MG gasification into gaseous products with considerably increased contents of H2 and CO. The second analyzed catalyst—Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 with K2O promoter—did not catalyze the gasification process. However, the use of both tested catalysts had a positive effect on reducing the methane content in the resulting gas. One can also suppose that it promotes the decomposition of the tar formed in the process.

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The corresponding author wishes to thank Prof. Franciszek Dubert (Department of Developmental Biology, the Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences), and Prof. Janusz Ryczkowski (The Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin) for their comprehensive support in accomplishment of this research study. Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of Increase Competitiveness Program of NUST « MISiS » (No. 4-2016-054), implemented by a governmental decree dated 16th of March 2013, N 211.

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    Obid Tursunov & Jan Dobrowolski

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  3. Department of Power Supply and Renewable Energy Sources, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    Obid Tursunov

  4. The Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

    Katarzyna Zubek & Grzegorz Czerski

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Tursunov, O., Zubek, K., Czerski, G. et al. Studies of CO2 gasification of the Miscanthus giganteus biomass over Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 and Ni/Al2O3-SiO2 with K2O promoter as catalysts. J Therm Anal Calorim 139, 3481–3492 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08773-w

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