Journal Article

FZJ-2022-02799

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Investigations on the Effect of Pre-Treatment of Wheat Straw on Ash-Related Issues in Chemical Looping Gasification (CLG) in Comparison with Woody Biomass

Lebendig, F. (Corresponding author)FZJ* ; Funcia, I. ; Pérez-Vega, R. ; Müller, M.FZJ*

2022
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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/31583  doi:10.3390/en15093422

Abstract: Biomass chemical looping gasification (BCLG) is a promising autothermic route for producing sustainable, N2-free, and carbon neutral syngas for producing liquid biofuels or high value hydrocarbons. However, different ash-related issues, such as high-temperature corrosion, fouling and slagging, bed agglomeration, or poisoning of the oxygen carrier might cause significant ecologic and economic challenges for reliable implementation of BCLG. In this work, lab-scale investigations under gasification-like conditions at 950 °C and thermodynamic modelling were combined for assessing the influence of composition, pre-treatment methods, such as torrefaction and water-leaching, and Ca-based additives on the release and fate of volatile inorganics, as well as on ash melting behavior. A deep characterization of both (non-)condensable gas species and ash composition behavior, joint with thermodynamic modelling has shown that different pre-treatment methods and/or Ca-additives can significantly counteract the above-mentioned problems. It can be concluded that torrefaction alone is not suitable to obtain the desired effects in terms of ash melting behavior or release of problematic volatile species. However, very promising results were achieved when torrefied or water-leached wheat straw was blended with 2 wt% CaCO3, since ash melting behavior was improved up to a similar level than woody biomass. Generally, both torrefaction and water-leaching reduced the amount of chlorine significantly

Keyword(s): Energy (1st)

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Werkstoffstruktur und -eigenschaften (IEK-2)

Research Program(s):

1. 1241 - Gas turbines (POF4-124) (POF4-124)
2. CLARA - Chemical Looping gAsification foR sustainAble production of biofuels (817841) (817841)

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