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Co-Gasification of Polyethylene and Biomass in Catalytic Bed Material

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  • Warnakulasooriya Dinoja Sammani Fernando

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia)

  • Jamal Naser

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia)

Abstract

In this work, a simplified comprehensive three-dimensional numerical model is developed to study the effect of hydrogen production on co-gasification of biomass and low-density polyethylene (LDPE). CFD software AVL Fire 2020 inbuilt algorithms were employed to develop the gas phase while the solid phase was developed by user-defined FORTRAN subroutines. Solid hydrodynamics, fuel conversion, homogenous and non-homogenous chemical reactions, and heat transfer, including radiation, subroutines were defined and incorporated into AVL FIRE explicitly. Species concentrations of the syngas were analyzed for co-gasification of Beechwood and LDPE for three distinct types of bed materials (silica sand, Na-Y zeolite, and ZSM-5 zeolite). Then, the model is validated with experiment results available in the literature for a lab-scale fluidized bed reactor. The highest hydrogen production was observed in Na-Y zeolite followed by ZSM-5 zeolite and silica in both numerical and experimental analysis for the co-gasification of Beechwood and LDPE, providing a reasonable agreement between the numerical and the experimental results. Therefore, the current model predicts the enhancement of the quality of hydrogen-rich syngas through the application of co-pyrolysis within a fluidized bed reactor, incorporating a catalytic bed material.

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  • Warnakulasooriya Dinoja Sammani Fernando & Jamal Naser, 2024. "Co-Gasification of Polyethylene and Biomass in Catalytic Bed Material," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-21, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:8:p:1804-:d:1372726
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