%D 2014
%R 10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.062
%O cited By 105
%J Energy
%L scholars4158
%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.
%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
%T Syngas production from palm kernel shell and polyethylene waste blend in fluidized bed catalytic steam co-gasification process
%V 75
%I Elsevier Ltd
%A R.A. Moghadam
%A S. Yusup
%A Y. Uemura
%A B.L.F. Chin
%A H.L. Lam
%A A. Al Shoaibi