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Application of calcium oxide/ferric oxide composite oxygen carrier for corn straw chemical looping gasification
Jianjun Hu1, Tianpeng Zhang2, Quanguo Zhang1
1Key Laboratory of New Materials and Facilities for Rural Renewable Energy of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Henan International Joint Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Nanomaterials, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomass Energy, Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
Abstract:
Biomass chemical looping gasification (CLG) technology is an important utilization form of renewable energy. In order to obtain high-quality syngas, CaO/Fe2O3 was used as a composite oxygen carrier for biomass CLG in this study. The CLG experiment of corn straw and the study of oxygen carrier recycling were carried out, simultaneously, the reaction mechanism was further discussed. Results shown adding CaO to oxygen carrier could significantly improve the quality of syngas through increasing the H2 and reduce Greenhouse gas (CO2 and CH4, about 14% reduction). Besides, the ratio of Fe2O3 to CaO, steam to biomass, and oxygen carrier to biomass all affected the syngas composition (the H2/CO variation from 1.82 to 2.19), while the temperature had obvious influence on the gas yield of CLG. The most possible reaction mechanism shown that the variation of Ca might be the main factor of gas composition fluctuation.
