Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds

To predict the performance of a fluidized bed gasifier (FBG) using date palm seeds (DPSs) as feedstock, a two-phase model was developed. The model simulates the hydrodynamic, kinetic reaction and steady state operations using the Aspen plus software. Experimental works were performed to study the ef...

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Main Authors: Babiker, M.E., Aziz, A.R.A., Heikal, M., Yusup, S., Hagos, F.Y.
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spelling utp-eprints.308532022-03-25T07:39:16Z Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds Babiker, M.E. Aziz, A.R.A. Heikal, M. Yusup, S. Hagos, F.Y. To predict the performance of a fluidized bed gasifier (FBG) using date palm seeds (DPSs) as feedstock, a two-phase model was developed. The model simulates the hydrodynamic, kinetic reaction and steady state operations using the Aspen plus software. Experimental works were performed to study the effect of bed temperature, steam to biomass ratio, gas yield and carbon conversion efficiency. Six varieties of date palm seeds were studied: Deglet Nour (DN), Piarom (PI), Safawi (SA), Mabroom (MA), Suffry (SU), and Aliya (AL). The experimental data was used to validate the prediction model. Materials, process energy balances along with the minimization of free energy method were considered to measure the gas mole fraction. Different reactors of Aspen simulator, namely RYield, RGibbs and RCSTR plus MATLAB models were used to investigate the behaviour of DPSs in the FBG. The results confirmed that there were significant differences between all DPS varieties and treatments. The simulated results showed a good agreement with the experimental data. The gas yield (13.4 increase), lower heating value (11.9 increase), carbon conversion efficiency (9.7 increase and steam decomposition (17 increase) improved considerably with the rise of temperature from 730°C to 800°C. Higher temperatures under steam gasification boosted the overall efficiency of the gasification process. H2 and CO production increased by as much as 35 and 29 (by volume) respectively at 800°C. CH4 contributed to the total yield of gas by a maximum of 13 and 15 for experimental and simulation works, respectively. CO2, on the other hand, showed a tendency to react positively (more than 50 of the total gas yield) at higher temperatures in both experimental and simulation studies. © Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85016010272&doi=10.15282%2fijame.13.1.2016.7.0267&partnerID=40&md5=bdc39d4157eff8c19738d0e09abe162a Babiker, M.E. and Aziz, A.R.A. and Heikal, M. and Yusup, S. and Hagos, F.Y. (2016) Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, 13 (1). pp. 3201-3214. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/30853/
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description To predict the performance of a fluidized bed gasifier (FBG) using date palm seeds (DPSs) as feedstock, a two-phase model was developed. The model simulates the hydrodynamic, kinetic reaction and steady state operations using the Aspen plus software. Experimental works were performed to study the effect of bed temperature, steam to biomass ratio, gas yield and carbon conversion efficiency. Six varieties of date palm seeds were studied: Deglet Nour (DN), Piarom (PI), Safawi (SA), Mabroom (MA), Suffry (SU), and Aliya (AL). The experimental data was used to validate the prediction model. Materials, process energy balances along with the minimization of free energy method were considered to measure the gas mole fraction. Different reactors of Aspen simulator, namely RYield, RGibbs and RCSTR plus MATLAB models were used to investigate the behaviour of DPSs in the FBG. The results confirmed that there were significant differences between all DPS varieties and treatments. The simulated results showed a good agreement with the experimental data. The gas yield (13.4 increase), lower heating value (11.9 increase), carbon conversion efficiency (9.7 increase and steam decomposition (17 increase) improved considerably with the rise of temperature from 730°C to 800°C. Higher temperatures under steam gasification boosted the overall efficiency of the gasification process. H2 and CO production increased by as much as 35 and 29 (by volume) respectively at 800°C. CH4 contributed to the total yield of gas by a maximum of 13 and 15 for experimental and simulation works, respectively. CO2, on the other hand, showed a tendency to react positively (more than 50 of the total gas yield) at higher temperatures in both experimental and simulation studies. © Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing.
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author Babiker, M.E.
Aziz, A.R.A.
Heikal, M.
Yusup, S.
Hagos, F.Y.
spellingShingle Babiker, M.E.
Aziz, A.R.A.
Heikal, M.
Yusup, S.
Hagos, F.Y.
Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
author_sort Babiker, M.E.
title Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
title_short Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
title_full Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
title_fullStr Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
title_sort experimental and simulation study on steam gasification of phoenix-dactylifera date palm seeds
publisher Universiti Malaysia Pahang
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