Abstract
Large amounts of empty fruit bunches (EFB) are generated annually during the palm oil manufacturing process; however, they are still treated as waste. In this study, gasification experiments were conducted using EFB in a fluidized bed reactor (throughput=1 kg/hr) at an experimental temperature range of 700 to 1,000 oC to assess the use of EFB as a renewable energy resource. To overcome the issues of an unstable EFB supply, co-gasification experiments using EFB with coal were conducted. The resulting syngas yield was approximately 70 vol%, similar to that from EFB gasification. The heating value of syngas was a magnitude of three-times higher than that of EFB gasification. However, the dry gas yield and cold gas efficiency were lower than those of EFB gasification. A coal mixing rate of 20 wt% and 0.6 of ER would be appropriate conditions for continuous production of stable syngas.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 654-661 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Mar 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) as the Knowledge-based Environmental Service (Waste to Energy and Recycling) Human Resource Development Project. This work was also supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (No. 20164030201250).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, Seoul, Korea.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)
