%0 Journal Article %@ 03605442 %A Moghadam, R.A. %A Yusup, S. %A Uemura, Y. %A Chin, B.L.F. %A Lam, H.L. %A Al Shoaibi, A. %D 2014 %F scholars:4158 %I Elsevier Ltd %J Energy %K Biomass; Design of experiments; Feedstocks; Fluidization; Fluidized bed process; Fluidized beds; Fossil fuel deposits; Gasification; Hydrogen; Hydrogen production; Polyethylenes, Catalytic steam gasifications; Energy; Energy from renewable sources; Fossil fuel resources; Optimized conditions; Syn-gas; Taguchi design of experiment; Thermo chemical process, Synthesis gas, catalysis; energy efficiency; gas production; optimization; reaction kinetics; temperature effect; thermochemistry; waste management %P 40-44 %R 10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.062 %T Syngas production from palm kernel shell and polyethylene waste blend in fluidized bed catalytic steam co-gasification process %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/4158/ %V 75 %X Energy from renewable source is expected to complement the energy derived from fossil fuel resources. Gasification is a versatile thermochemical process for solid waste fuel conversion. In the current paper, syngas production from palm kernel shell (PKS) and polyethylene waste blend in a catalytic steam gasification process is studied. In order to acquire the optimum condition of syngas production, the effect of main variables such as reaction temperature, steam/feedstock (S/F) ratio, polyethylene waste/biomass (P/B) ratio on syngas production was investigated and optimized via Taguchi design of experiment approach. Under the optimized condition of 800°C, P/B ratio: 0.3 w/w and S/F ratio: 1 w/w, the total syngas yield and hydrogen yield achieved are 422.40g syngas/kg feedstock and 135.27g H2/kg feedstock, respectively. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. %Z cited By 105