Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier

In present study, gasification of oil palm fronds (OPF) is performed in a pilot-scale updraft gasifier. Gasification experiments were conducted at atmospheric pressure using air as oxidizing agent. The effects of equivalence ratio on temperature profile, gas composition and gas calorific value are s...

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Main Authors: Konda, R.E., Sulaiman, S. A., Ariwahjoedi, B.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: 2012
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spelling utp-eprints.77452017-03-20T01:59:30Z Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier Konda, R.E. Sulaiman, S. A. Ariwahjoedi, B. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In present study, gasification of oil palm fronds (OPF) is performed in a pilot-scale updraft gasifier. Gasification experiments were conducted at atmospheric pressure using air as oxidizing agent. The effects of equivalence ratio on temperature profile, gas composition and gas calorific value are studied. The equivalence ratios employed in this study are 0.18, 0.22, 0.29, 0.35 and 0.4. The results showed that the amount of combustible gases, which are H2, CO and CH4 was found to be in the range of 16.79 – 33.9% of the total produced gases, and the average composition of the syngas at an optimum equivalence ratio of 0.29 was found to be 20.10% CO, 10.41% CO2, 1.20% CH4 and 6.60% H2 with an average calorific value of 4.42 and 4.62 MJ/Nm3 as low heating value (LHV) and higher heating value (HHV). While the maximum molar ratios of H2/CO and CO/CO2 was found to be 0.3 and 2.51 respectively. 2012-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7745/1/Ramzy_1569555771.pdf Konda, R.E. and Sulaiman, S. A. and Ariwahjoedi, B. (2012) Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier. In: 3rd International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability, 12-14 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7745/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Konda, R.E.
Sulaiman, S. A.
Ariwahjoedi, B.
Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier
description In present study, gasification of oil palm fronds (OPF) is performed in a pilot-scale updraft gasifier. Gasification experiments were conducted at atmospheric pressure using air as oxidizing agent. The effects of equivalence ratio on temperature profile, gas composition and gas calorific value are studied. The equivalence ratios employed in this study are 0.18, 0.22, 0.29, 0.35 and 0.4. The results showed that the amount of combustible gases, which are H2, CO and CH4 was found to be in the range of 16.79 – 33.9% of the total produced gases, and the average composition of the syngas at an optimum equivalence ratio of 0.29 was found to be 20.10% CO, 10.41% CO2, 1.20% CH4 and 6.60% H2 with an average calorific value of 4.42 and 4.62 MJ/Nm3 as low heating value (LHV) and higher heating value (HHV). While the maximum molar ratios of H2/CO and CO/CO2 was found to be 0.3 and 2.51 respectively.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Konda, R.E.
Sulaiman, S. A.
Ariwahjoedi, B.
author_sort Konda, R.E.
title Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier
title_short Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier
title_full Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier
title_fullStr Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier
title_full_unstemmed Syngas production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an Updraft Gasifier
title_sort syngas production from gasification of oil palm fronds with an updraft gasifier
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7745/1/Ramzy_1569555771.pdf
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