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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 113-120.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2015.01.018

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Catalytic Gasification of Wheat Straw Char at Low Temperature

YU Yuan-yuan, XIAO Jun, SHEN Lai-hong, DU Yu-zhao   

  1. Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education;Thermoenergy Engineering Research Institute, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:2013-11-21 Online:2015-02-25 Published:2015-03-05

Abstract: The steam gasification of wheat straw char (WSC) and pickling wheat straw char (PWSC) at 700 ℃ were carried out. The effects of alkali metal content in wheat straw (WS) ash and catalyst species (K-based, Ca-based and Fe-based) on the gasification process were investigated. The results show that high content of alkali metal potassium in wheat straw ash can effectively promote the gasification of char. This results in a carbon conversion efficiency of 63.4 % without catalyst. This conversion rate is 2.6 times higher than that of the pickling wheat straw char (PWSC). At low temperature, the K-based catalyst exhibits a positive effect on the gasification of char. The H2 yield is 118.60 mol/kg with carbon conversion efficiency 98.5 % under the condition of K/Al catalyst at 700 ℃. The H2 yield and carbon conversion efficiency increased by 10.7 % and 12.4 % comparaed with that with Ca/Al catalyst, respectively. The H2 yield and carbon conversion efficiency increased by 20.5 % and 31.0 % compared with Fe/Al catalyst. Ca/Al and Fe/Al catalysts can promote the water gas shift reaction, which trends to elevate the H2 volume fraction, and reduce the CO volume fraction in the gasification products. By considering the carbon conversion, gas yield and gas composition volume fraction, the combination of certain Ca-based catalyst and K-based catalyst can regulate the gas composition. This generates a hydrogen rich gas with further purification.

Key words: wheat straw char, low temperature, steam gasification, catalyst

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