An Experimental Study on the Effect of Three-Stage Air Intake Using Temperature Control System on the Performance of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Gasification

Harsono*, Bambang Sudarmanta, Sigit Mujiarto

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Abstract

Refuse derived fuel (RDF) is waste that can’t be reprocessed. One way to use RDF is to convert it to alternative fuels. A gasification is a tool that can be used to convert RDF into syngas (gas fuel) so that it can be used for internal combustion engines and power plans. This research was conducted using a downdraft gasifier with a three-stage gasifying agent with variations in the air ratio (AR) at the air intake in the pyrolysis, oxidation, and reduction zones (0:10:0, 2:6:2, 1:6:3, 3:6:1, 2:5:3, 3:5:2, 1:8:1, 2:7:1, and 1:7:2), besides that the temperature control system in the oxidation zone is varied from 600 ℃, 700 ℃, 800 ℃, 900 ℃, to 1000 ℃. Parameters in the gasification process were measured such as combustible syngas composition, LHV syngas, and tar content. The results obtained using AR 1:7:2 and setting 1000 ℃ are the most optimal results, where the highest combustible syngas such as CO is 2.67 %vol and H2 is 11.54 %vol while the LHV was obtained at 4201.02 kJ/kg and the tar content was obtained at 61.89 mg/Nm3. The presence of the air is limited to the pyrolysis and reduction of the gasification process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Mechanical Engineering - Select Proceedings of ICOME 2021
EditorsIvan Tolj, M.V. Reddy, Achmad Syaifudin
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages212-219
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811908668
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Aug 202126 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/08/2126/08/21

Keywords

  • Air ratio (AR)
  • Gasification temperature control
  • Multi-stage downdraft
  • Refuse derived fuel (RDF)
  • Syngas

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