Inhibition of steam gasification of biomass char by hydrogen and tar

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Fushimi, Chihiro ^a   Wada, Tomoko ^a   Tsutsumi, Atsushi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Char; Hydrogen; Inhibition; Levoglucosan; Steam gasification; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

CHAR; INHIBITION; LEVOGLUCOSAN; STEAM GASIFICATION; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; STEAM; TAR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GASIFICATION;

ABSORPTION; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CELLULOSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROGEN; INHIBITION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POTASSIUM; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TAR;

EID: 78650573225     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bridgwater A.V. The technical and economic feasibility of biomass gasification for power generation. Fuel 1995, 74:631-653.
2. Devi L., Ptasinski K.J., Janssen F.J.J.G. A review of the primary measures for tar elimination in biomass gasification processes. Biomass and Bioenergy 2003, 24:125-140.
3. Yang R.T., Yang K.L. Kinetics and mechanisms of the carbon-steam reaction on the monolayer and multilayer edges of graphite. Carbon 1985, 23:537-547.
4. Yang R.T., Duan R.Z. Kinetics and mechanism of gas-carbon reactions: conformation of etch pits, hydrogen inhibition and anisotropy in reactivity. Carbon 1985, 23:325-331.
5. Hüttinger K.J. Mechanism of water vapor gasification at high hydrogen levels. Carbon 1988, 26:79-87.
6. Hüttinger K.J. A method for the determination of active sites and true activation energies in carbon gasification: (I) theoretical treatment. Carbon 1990, 28:453-456.
7. Hüttinger K.J., Nill J.S. A method for the determination of active sites and true activation energies in carbon gasification: (II) experimental results. Carbon 1990, 28:457-465.
8. Hüttinger K.J., Merdes W.F. The carbon-steam reaction at elevated pressure: formations of product gases and hydrogen inhibitions. Carbon 1992, 30:883-894.
9. Lussier M.G., Zhang Z., Miller D.J. Characterizing rate inhibition in steam/hydrogen gasification via analysis of adsorbed hydrogen. Carbon 1998, 36:1361-1369.
10. Bayarsaikhan B., Sonoyama N., Hosokai S., Shimada T., Hayashi J.I., Li C., et al. Inhibition of steam gasification of char by volatiles in a fluidized bed under continuous feeding of a brown coal. Fuel 2006, 85:340-349.
11. El-Rub Z.A., Bramer E.A., Brem G. Experimental comparison of biomass chars with other catalysts for tar reduction. Fuel 2008, 87:2243-2252.
12. Hosokai S., Kumabe K., Ohshita M., Norinaga K., Li C., Hayashi J.I. Mechanism of decomposition of aromatics over charcoal and necessary condition for maintaining its activity. Fuel 2008, 87:2914-2922.
13. Fushimi C., Katayama S., Tsutsumi A. Elucidation of interaction among cellulose, lignin and xylan during tar and gas evolution in steam gasification. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2009, 86:82-89.
14. Hosoya T., Kawamoto H., Saka S. Different pyrolytic pathways of levoglucosan in vapor- and liquid/solid-phases. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2008, 83:64-70.
15. Hosoya T., Kawamoto H., Saka S. Solid/liquid- and vapor-phase interactions between cellulose-and lignin-derived pyrolysis products. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2009, 85:237-246.
16. Hosoya T., Kawamoto H., Saka S. Cellulose-hemicellulose and cellulose-lignin interactions in wood pyrolysis at gasification temperature. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2007, 80:118-125.
17. Hosoya T., Kawamoto H., Saka S. Pyrolysis gasification reactivities of primary tar and char fractions from cellulose and lignin as studied with a closed ampoule reactor. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2008, 83:71-77.
18. Kawamoto H., Morisaki H., Saka S. Secondary decomposition of levoglucosan in pyrolytic production from cellulosic biomass. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2009, 85:247-251.
19. Shafizadeh F., Lai Y.Z. Thermal degradation of 1,6-Anhydro-p-b-glucopyranose. J Org Chem 1972, 37:278-284.
20. Bradbury A.G.W., Sakai Y., Shafizadeh F. A kinetic model for pyrolysis of cellulose. J Appl Polymer Sci 1979, 23:3271-3280.
21. Shafizadeh F. Introduction to pyrolysis of biomass. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 1982, 3:283-305.
22. Antal M.J., Varhegyi G. Cellulose pyrolysis kinetics: the currentstate of knowledge. Ind Eng Chem Res 1995, 34:703-717.
23. Banyasz J.L., Li S., Lyons-Hart J.L., Shafer K.H. Cellulose pyrolysis: the kinetics of hydroxyacetaldehyde evolution. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2001, 57:223-248.
24. Li S., Lyons-Hart J., Banyasz J., Shafer K. Real-time evolved gas analysis by FTIR method: an experimental study of cellulose pyrolysis. Fuel 2001, 80:1809-1817.
25. Piskorz J., Radlein D., Scott D.S. On the mechanism of the rapid pyrolysis of cellulose. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 1986, 9:121-137.
26. Lédé J., Blanchard F., Boutin O. Radiant flash pyrolysis of cellulose pellets: products and mechanisms involved in transient and steady state conditions. Fuel 2002, 81:1269-1279.
27. Fushimi C., Goto M., Tsutsumi A., Hayashi J.I., Chiba T. Steam gasification characteristics of coal with rapid heating. J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 2003, 70:185-197.
28. Fushimi C., Araki K., Yamaguchi Y., Tsutsumi A. Effect of heating rate on steam gasification of biomass. 1. Reactivity of char. Ind Eng Chem Res 2003, 42:3922-3928.
29. Fushimi C., Araki K., Yamaguchi Y., Tsutsumi A. Effect of heating rate on steam gasification of biomass. 2. Thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric (TG-MS) analysis of gas evolution. Ind Eng Chem Res 2003, 42:3929-3936.
30. Hayashi J.I., Sonoyama N., Hosokai S., Konno M. Biomass pyrolysis-experimental technique sand modeling. Proceedings of 1st lecture on biomass research 2005, 1-22. Energy Division Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, (in Japanese).
31. Ollero P., Serrera A., Arjona R., Alcantarilla S. Diffusional effects in TGA gasification experiments for kinetic determination. Fuel 2002, 81:1989-2000.
32. Zhang Y., Ashizawa M., Kajitani S., Miura K. Proposal of a semi-empirical kinetic model to reconcile with gasification reactivity profiles of biomass chars. Fuel 2008, 87:475-481.
33. Wigmans T., Elfring R., Moulijn J.A. On the mechanism of the potassium carbonate catalysed gasification of activated carbon: the influence of the catalyst concentration on the reactivity and selectivity at low steam pressures. Carbon 1983, 21:1-12.
34. Wigmans T., Hoogland A., Tromp P., Moulijn J.A. The influence of potassium carbonate on surface area development and reactivity during gasification of activated carbon by carbon dioxide. Carbon 1983, 21:13-22.
35. Wigmans T., Göebel J.C., Moulijn J.A. The influence of pretreatment conditions on the activity and stability of sodium and potassium catalysts in carbon-steam reactions. Carbon 1983, 21:295-301.
36. Wigmans T., Haringa H., Moulijn J.A. Nature, activity and stability of active sites during alkali metal carbonate-catalysed gasification reactions of coal char. Fuel 1983, 62:185-189.
37. Moulijn J.A., Kapteijn F. Towards a unified theory of reactions of carbon with oxygen-containing molecules. Carbon 1995, 33:1155-1165.
38. Chen S.G., Yang R.T. The active surface species in alkali-catalyzed carbon gasification: phenolate (C-O-M) groups vs clusters (particles). J Catal 1993, 141:102-113.
39. Chen S.G., Yang R.T. Mechanism of alkali and alkaline earth catalyzed gasification of graphite by CO2 and H2O studied by electron microscopy. J Catal 1992, 138:12-23.
40. Tancredi N., Cordero T., Rodriguez-Mirasol J., Rodriguez J.J. CO2 gasification of eucalyptus wood chars. Fuel 1996, 75:1505-1508.
41. Marquez-Montesinos F., Cordero T., Rodriguez-Mirasol J., Rodriguez J.J. CO2 and steam gasification of a grapefruit skin char. Fuel 2002, 81:423-429.
42. Hüttinger K.J., Minges R. Catalytic activity of potassium halides in water vapour gasification of graphite. Fuel 1984, 63:9-12.
43. Sagehashi M., Miyasaka N., Shishido H., Sakoda A. Superheated steam pyrolysis of biomass elemental components and Sugi (Japanese cedar) for fuels and chemicals. Bioresour Technol 2006, 97:1272-1283.
44. Omori S., Aoyama M., Sakakibara A. Hydrolysis of lignin with dioxane-water. Part 19. Reaction of b-O-4 lignin model compounds in the presence of carbohydrates. Holzforschung 1998, 52:391-397.