Effect of Processing Parameters on the Biomass Gasification of Coconut Shell

Effect of Processing Parameters on the Biomass Gasification of Coconut Shell

  IJETT-book-cover  International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT)          
  
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Volume-42 Number-7
Year of Publication : 2016
Authors : M.Senthil kumar, S.Vivekanandan
DOI :  10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V42P269

Citation 

M.Senthil kumar, S.Vivekanandan "STATCOM based Control and Analysis of De-Icer with Functionality using the Modular Multilevel DC", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V42(7),388-397 December 2016. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group

Abstract
Gasification is one of the most promising technologies for converting biomass into a fuel. The main objective of this research is to study the effect of design and operating parameters, mainly as Bed Temperature (T), Pressure (P), Equivalence Ratio (ER), Feed rate (F) and Particle Size (S) on the performance of the gasification process of coconut shell as biomass in a continuous fixed bed updraft reactor. In the present investigation, an empirical relationship was developed to predict the process of generating fuel gas with better quality through gasification of biomass in a fluidized bed reactor using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Six major components of the producer gas such as O2, H2, CO, CO2, CH4, and N2 are analyzed in the laboratory along with the evaluation of tar yield and cold gas efficiency. It was observed that the concentrations of Hydrogen, Oxygen Nitrogen and Carbon monoxide were increased with rise in Gasification Temperature, Pressure and Equivalent Ratio (0.2-0.35). On the other hand, higher Equivalence Ratio (0.4-0.5) caused to decrease the concentrations of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Monoxide. The developed model was made a good prediction for the experimental data as observed for the gas species concentrations.

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Keywords
—Coconut shell; Fluidized Bed Gasifier; Producer Gas; Response Surface Methodology and Equivalent Ratio.