SIMULATION OF O_(2)-BLOWN CO-GASIFICATION OF WOOD CHIP AND POTATO PEEL FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS

作     者：Yulin HU Kang KANG Iker Zulbaran ALVAREZ Nasim MIA Aadesh RAKHRA Yulin HU;Kang KANG;Iker Zulbaran ALVAREZ;Nasim MIA;Aadesh RAKHRA

作者机构：Faculty of Sustainable Design EngineeringUniversity of Prince Edward IslandCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada Biorefining Research InstituteLakehead UniversityThunder BayONP7B 5E1Canada 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering》 (农业科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第10卷第3期

页      面：448-457页

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学科分类：07[理学] 070304[理学-物理化学(含∶化学物理)] 0703[理学-化学] 0901[农学-作物学] 

基　　金：funding provided through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)Discovery grant and as the University of Prince Edward Island start up award to Yulin Hu. 

主　　题：Aspen Plus co-gasification potato peel syngas simulation waste reduction wood chip 

摘      要：Potato is the fifth largest agricultural crop in Canada and contributes to the generation of an abundant amount of potato peel.However,disposal/recycling this peel remains a challenge due to the stringent environmental regulations.Consequently,there is a lack of an appropriate recycling and valorization methods of potato peel.Gasification is an effective technology for producing syngas and an ecofriendly waste disposal approach.Syngas is an important industrial intermediate to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals.To develop an ecofriendly and cost-effective valorization approach for potato peel,this study used a mixture of woody biomass(i.e.,wood chips)and potato peel to produce syngas by co-gasification using O_(2) as the gasifying agent at a constant equivalence ratio of 0.3 using Aspen Plus simulation software.The influences of gasification temperature and wood chip/potato peel weight ratio on the carbon conversion efficiency(CCE),and product gas composition(molar fraction)and lower heating value(LHV)of product gas were investigated.This simulation indicated that a positive synergistic interaction occurs between wood chips and potato peel in co-gasification process in terms of an increase in CCE by comparing the arithmetic value and real value at all simulated wood chip to potato peel weight ratios(44.9%to 85.8%,46.5%to 76.2%,and 48.1%to 78.6%at ratios of 25:75,50:50,and 75:25,respectively,for wood chips to potato peel).While the molar fraction of H_(2) and CO decreased continuously with increase in the weight percentage of wood chips in the wood chip-potato peel mixture from 0 wt%to 100 wt%(H_(2),at 42.1 mol%to 41.4 mol%;and CO at 44.0 mol%to 40.4 mol%),accompanied by a decrease of the LHV of the product gas(10.3 to 9.78 MJ·Nm^(−3)).The study concluded that co-gasification for producing syngas is feasible and environmental-friendly option to recycle and valorize potato peel.