TY  - JOUR
AV  - none
SP  - 158
TI  - Economic analysis and optimization for bio-hydrogen production from oil palm waste via steam gasification
N1  - cited By 8
PB  - Taylor and Francis Inc.
SN  - 15567249
EP  - 165
ID  - scholars8883
KW  - Carbon dioxide; Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Economic analysis; Efficiency; Gasification; Optimization; Palm oil; Steam
KW  -  Bio-hydrogen; Bio-hydrogen production; Carbon dioxide capture; Cost minimization; Operating parameters; Production of hydrogen; Steam gasification; Thermodynamic efficiency
KW  -  Hydrogen production
N2  - Biomass steam gasification with in situ carbon dioxide capture using CaO exhibits good prospects for the production of hydrogen-rich gas. In Malaysia, due to abundance of palm waste, it is a good candidate to be used as a feedstock for hydrogen production. The present work focuses on the mathematical modeling of detailed economic analysis and cost minimization of the flow sheet design for hydrogen production from palm waste using MATLAB. The influence of the operating parameters on the economics is studied. It is predicted that hydrogen cost decreases by increasing both temperature and steam/biomass ratio. Meanwhile, the hydrogen cost increases when increasing sorbent/biomass ratio. Cost minimization solves to give optimum cost of 1.9105 USD/kg with hydrogen purity, hydrogen yield, hydrogen efficiency, and thermodynamic efficiency are 79.9 mol, 17.97 g/h, 81.47, and 79.85, respectively. The results indicate that this system has the potential to offer low production cost for hydrogen production from palm waste. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
IS  - 2
Y1  - 2017///
VL  - 12
A1  - Inayat, A.
A1  - Ahmad, M.M.
A1  - Mutalib, M.I.A.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Khan, Z.
JF  - Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013209383&doi=10.1080%2f15567249.2014.937881&partnerID=40&md5=bb9100f1e757429fc5fcb88845154812
ER  -