Kinetic study of the CO2 gasification of manure samples

The influence of the temperature on the gasification of two manure char samples (char Pre and char SW) was evaluated in a thermogravimetric analyser (TG) using CO2 as the gasifying agent. Experimental data were fitted to seven kinetic models in order to reproduce accurately the gasification process....

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Autores: Fernández López, María, López González, Diego, Valverde, Jose Luis, Sanchez-Silva, Luz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/29721
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/29721
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CO2 gasification
Kinetics
Manure
TG
Gasificación de CO2
Cinética
Estiércol
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Sumario:The influence of the temperature on the gasification of two manure char samples (char Pre and char SW) was evaluated in a thermogravimetric analyser (TG) using CO2 as the gasifying agent. Experimental data were fitted to seven kinetic models in order to reproduce accurately the gasification process. The classic volumetric (VM), shrinking core (SCM) and random pore (RPM) models were considered. In addition, four semi-empirical models based on them (SCM-Emp, RPM1, RPM2 and RPM3) were also tested. For the parameter estimation, a home-made VBA–Excel application was developed. The statistical meaningful of the models and their corresponding parameters were evaluated by using F and t tests, respectively. The best fittings were achieved with SCM (char Pre) and SCM-Emp (char SW) models. A catalytic promotion of the gasification process for char SW was observed, coming from the inorganic matter present in this sample. Consequently, the alkali index (A.I.) for both samples was calculated in order to check the catalytic behaviour of the metallic species contained in the corresponding ashes. As expected, the A.I. value corresponding to char SW was much higher than that of char Pre.