%O cited By 10
%V 62
%T Simulation of enhanced biomass gasification for hydrogen production using iCON
%D 2010
%K Biomass Gasification; Biomass ratio; Calcium oxide; Carbon dioxide removal; Clean energy; Current energy; Economic advantages; Economic potentials; Economic viability; Effects of temperature; Experimental data; Flowsheet; iCON; In-situ; Mol fraction; Operating temperature; PETRONAS; Prediction model; Process simulation software; Product gas; Pyrolysis and gasification; Thermo chemical process; Work Focus, Atmospheric pressure; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Computer software; Energy policy; Fossil fuels; Gas adsorption; Hydrogen production; Mathematical models; Pyrolysis; Temperature; Gasification; Hydrogen, Gasification; Biomass
%J World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
%X Due to the environmental and price issues of current energy crisis, scientists and technologists around the globe are intensively searching for new environmentally less-impact form of clean energy that will reduce the high dependency on fossil fuel. Particularly hydrogen can be produced from biomass via thermochemical processes including pyrolysis and gasification due to the economic advantage and can be further enhanced through in-situ carbon dioxide removal using calcium oxide. This work focuses on the synthesis and development of the flowsheet for the enhanced biomass gasification process in PETRONAS's iCON process simulation software. This hydrogen prediction model is conducted at operating temperature between 600 to 1000°C at atmospheric pressure. Effects of temperature, steam-to-biomass ratio and adsorbent-to-biomass ratio were studied and 0.85 mol fraction of hydrogen is predicted in the product gas. Comparisons of the results are also made with experimental data from literature. The preliminary economic potential of developed system is RM 12.57 � 10 6 which equivalent to USD 3.77 � 10 6 annually shows economic viability of this process.
%L scholars1299
%P 661-667
%A M.K. Yunus
%A M.M. Ahmad
%A A. Inayat
%A S. Yusup