Shandong Science ›› 2019, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 94-103.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2019.05.012

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Biomass chemical looping gasification based on Fe/CaO oxygen carriers

LI Min1,2, SUN Lai-zhi2, CHEN Lei2, YANG Shuang-xia2, FENG Hong-qing1, ZHANG Xiao-dong3*   

  1. 1.School of Pipeline and Civil Engineering, University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China; 2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomass Gasification Technology, Energy Research Institute Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences),Jinan 250014, China;3. School of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
  • Received:2019-07-01 Online:2019-10-20 Published:2019-10-09

Abstract: The chemical looping gasification of biomass is a promising and efficient biomass gasification technology. During this process, oxygen carriers (OCs) could play the oxygen-providing and tar-reforming roles; therefore, OC selection is a crucial factor for the chemical looping gasification of biomass. To improve the redox characteristics of the OC and optimize the yield of the syngas product, the OCs of Fe/CaO with different concentrations were prepared using the mechanical mixture and impregenation methods for biomass chemical looping gasification and studied in this article. Multiple techniques, such as XRD, CO2-TPD and H2-TPR were performed to analyze the characterization of the Fe/CaO OCs. The biomass chemical looping gasification experiments were conducted on a fixed bed reactor. The results denoted that the gas conversion rate increases, the output of CO2 and CO also increases, and the output of H2 decreases at a reaction temperature of 850°C with an increase in Fe loading. With a Fe/CaO oxygen carrier exhibiting 40% Fe loading, the experiment obtained a maximum syngas production of 453.4 mL, and the H2 and CO gas yields were 146.6 and 306.8 mL, respectively. 

Key words: biomass, chemical looping gasification;oxygen carrier, syngas

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  • TK6