Thermal arc plasma gasification of waste glycerol to syngas

Tamošiūnas, Andrius; Gimžauskaitė, Dovilė; Uscila, Rolandas; Aikas, Mindaugas

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113306

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“…It is an extraordinary warm procedure and utilizations a plasma burn fueled by an electric circular segment to change over a scope of waste, for example, MSW, mechanical waste, biomass, farming waste and so forth., into syngas. Tamošiūnas et al [22] contemplated the transformation of waste glycerol to syngas by plasma gasification process utilizing direct ebb and flow bend plasma of intensity 46-62 kW and water fume and air as gasifying mediums. The tests were done in a plasma-concoction reactor with a limit surpassed up to 39 kg/h.…”

Section: Energy and Fuels Recovery From Wastementioning

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Energy Generation through Integrated Sustainable Waste Management- Case Study NAXOS 2018

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2020

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The integrated waste management method used to examine solid waste problems in different developing countries along with their solution. Integrated sustainable waste management includes examination of physical elements like assemblage, dumping, and reprocessing as well as government role like involvement of consumers and facility suppliers; financial stability; rational institutions supported by coherent guidelines. The data shows that the performance has enhanced considerably over past 10 years in different developing countries. The mean collection and disposal rate of disposal in the middle 95% are even more common than in the low-income cities, even before 50%. Recycling rates of 20–30% have been achieved by the informal sector in many low-income countries. The evidence suggests that efficient, effective, and inexpensive systems are compatible with local requirements and conditions, developed with the direct involvement of service recipients. Despite the remaining challenges, evidence from recent reforms suggests that sustainable solid waste and resource management are possible for developing countries. The articles distributed right now a wide scope of themes, including vitality recuperation from squander, waste to vitality advances, maintainable vitality frameworks, anaerobic absorption, warm circular segment plasma gasification, microalgal-based biorefinery, squander the board, displaying of cutting edge gasification frameworks, squander valorisation, and microbial power module innovation.

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Section: Energy and Fuels Recovery From Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Generation through Integrated Sustainable Waste Management- Case Study NAXOS 2018

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“…However, temperature measurement at the position T1 was challenging, as the thermocouple over-exceeded its temperature range, reaching 1430 • C. The rest of the temperature gradient is as follows: 950 • C at T2, 700 • C at T3, and 550 • C at T4. A similar gasification system was used for waste glycerol gasification to syngas [24]. Additional information about the experimental gasification system and the plasma torch can be found in previous research [25][26][27].…”

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“…These measure parameters include the concentrations of compounds present in producer gas, the syngas yield, the H 2 /CO ratio, the LHV, the carbon conversion efficiency (CCE), the energy conversion efficiency (ECE), and the specific energy requirements (SER). The methodology enabling the evaluation of the performance of the gasification system is discussed in more detail in [24,26].…”

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“…The highest increase was observed only for H 2 when the concentration increased from 40.58% to 47.9%. This is mostly attributed to the dominance of steam reforming, water-gas shift (WGS) and cracking reactions [24]. The concentration of CO was almost stable at any S/WCO ratio and was around 22%-23.5%.…”

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Gasification of Waste Cooking Oil to Syngas by Thermal Arc Plasma

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The depletion and usage of fossil fuels causes environmental issues and alternative fuels and technologies are urgently required. Therefore, thermal arc water vapor plasma for a fast and robust waste/biomass treatment is an alternative to the syngas method. Waste cooking oil (WCO) can be used as an alternative potential feedstock for syngas production. The goal of this experimental study was to conduct experiments gasifying waste cooking oil to syngas. The WCO was characterized in order to examine its properties and composition in the conversion process. The WCO gasification system was quantified in terms of the produced gas concentration, the H2/CO ratio, the lower heating value (LHV), the carbon conversion efficiency (CCE), the energy conversion efficiency (ECE), the specific energy requirements (SER), and the tar content in the syngas. The best gasification process efficiency was obtained at the gasifying agent-to-feedstock (S/WCO) ratio of 2.33. At this ratio, the highest concentration of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, the H2/CO ratio, the LHV, the CCE, the ECE, the SER, and the tar content were 47.9%, 22.42%, 2.14, 12.7 MJ/Nm3, 41.3% 85.42%, 196.2 kJ/mol (or 1.8 kWh/kg), and 0.18 g/Nm3, respectively. As a general conclusion, it can be stated that the thermal arc-plasma method used in this study can be effectively used for waste cooking oil gasification to high quality syngas with a rather low content of tars.

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“…Hence, a specific type of reactor is required to maintain the required energy level for driving the reactions. Plasma reactor is one potential option, which can provide plausible heat and mass transfer medium, by consuming low energy in comparison with conventional reactors [25]. Plasma is the fourth state of the matter, which includes atoms, molecules, ions, cations, and electrons together with heavy particles [26].…”

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