Tar Reduction in a Three-Stage Refuse-Derived Fuel Gasification System by Adjusting Intake Air Ratio

Bambang Sudarmanta*, Atok Setiawan, Is Bunyamin Suryo, Harsono, Sigit Mujiarto

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Abstract

Three-stage gasification is a method to overcome gasification disadvantages like high syngas tar content and low energy content, by introducing additional air intake into pyrolysis, oxidation, and reduction zones of gasification process. Three-stage gasification can be used only with precise air intake ratio (AR) that can maximize the performance of gasification in terms of cold-gas efficiency (CGE) and tar content. An experiment was conducted to find the precise AR variation to maximize gasification performance using several AR variations. The results indicate that by using precise AR variation, the performance of gasification system can be improved significantly. After experimenting with the final syngas samples, results show that CGE improved from 56.82% in single-stage AR (0;10;0) to 67.58% using AR variation 1;7;2, while tar content was minimized from initially 135.18 to 73.56 mg/Nm3. These results show that this gasification system has considerable potential for implementation in widely various ICE engine projects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Renewable Energy Systems - Select Proceedings of ICOME 2021
EditorsMohan Kolhe, Aziz Muhammad, Abdel El Kharbachi, Tri Yogi Yuwono
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages369-376
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811915802
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Aug 202126 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume876
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

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

Keywords

  • AR variation
  • CGE and tar content
  • Three stage

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