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Hydrogen Rich Product Gas from Air–Steam Gasification of Indian Biomasses with Waste Engine Oil as Binder

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Production of hydrogen rich product gas through thermochemical energy conversion having the biomass gasification is making significant inroads for green hydrogen fuel generation. In the present work, detailed physical and chemical characterization, air and air–steam biomass gasification of four biomasses i.e., Kasai Saw Dust, Lemon Grass, Wheat Straw and Pigeon Pea Seed Coat from four different group of biomass production system at different steam to biomass ratio, equivalence ratio and with and without binder is analysed. Waste engine oil as an additive/binder is used. Experimental investigation for air and air–steam gasification is applied and compared. Product gas constituents, hydrogen production is examined with different steam to biomass (S/B) ratio and equivalence ratio. The equivalence ratio varies from 0.20 to 0.40 and the S/B ratio between 0 and 4. The waste engine oil (5 and 10 wt%) is mixed with the biomass during palletization. Results show maximum H2 production and HCV of product gas at an air to fuel of 0.26 and 2.4 steam to biomass ratio. This study considers the rarely studied Indian biomasses with waste engine oil as an additive for hydrogen-rich product gas production having small scale biomass gasifier.

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Abbreviations

A:

Air

a, b, c, d and e:

Coefficients of elements of the product.

AR:

Pre-exponential factor, k mol m−3 s−1

C:

Carbon

Ch4 :

Methane

CO:

Carbon mono oxide

CRF :

Char reactivity factor

ER:

Equivalence ratio

ERi :

Activation energy, J mol−1

F:

Fuel

FC:

Fixed carbon

H:

Hydrogen

hfg:

Enthalpy difference between gas and fluid

HCV:

Higher calorific value

HHV:

Higher heating value

K:

Equilibrium constants

LCV:

Lower calorific value

LHV:

Lower heating value

ln:

Natural logarithm

m:

Quantity of oxygen per k mol of biomass

M:

Molar mass

MC:

Moisture content

ni :

Number of species in mole

ntot :

Total number of all species in product gas in moles

O:

Oxygen

\({\mathrm{Q}}_{\mathrm{PG}}\) :

Calorific value of product gas

r:

Quantity of water per k mol of biomass

R:

Gas constant

S:

Sulphur

S/B:

Steam to biomass ratio

T:

Temperature

U:

Constant of integration

V:

Constant

VM:

Volatile matter

W, X, Y, Z:

Heat capacities

WEO:

Waste engine oil

∆G0 :

Standard Gibbs function of formation

ΔH0 :

Heat of formation

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Sharma, P., Gupta, B. & Pandey, M. Hydrogen Rich Product Gas from Air–Steam Gasification of Indian Biomasses with Waste Engine Oil as Binder. Waste Biomass Valor 13, 3043–3060 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-022-01690-4

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