%0 Conference Paper
%A Inayat, A.
%A Ahmad, M.M.
%A Abdul Mutalib, M.I.
%A Yusup, S.
%D 2010
%F scholars:834
%T Flowsheet development and modelling of hydrogen production from empty fruit bunch via steam gasification
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/834/
%X A mathematical model is proposed for flowsheet development for hydrogen production from empty fruit bunch from oil palm via steam gasification with in-situ CO 2 capture using CaO as sorbent. The flowsheet model incorporates the chemical reaction kinetics, and mass and energy balances calculations. At 1150 K, > 70 mole  hydrogen can be produced. CO2 are fully absorbed from the system at sorbent/biomass ratio of 2:1. The thermodynamic efficiency of the gasifier increases with temperature reaching a maximum efficiency of 84 at steam/biomass ratio of 2:1. Using CaO as the sorbent in the gasifier, the efficiency can be increased by 10 compared to the conventional gasification method. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (Prague, Czech Republic 8/28/2010-9/1/2010).
%Z cited By 1; Conference of 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA 2010 and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE-7 ; Conference Date: 28 August 2010 Through 1 September 2010