Assessment of a small sawdust gasification unit

Wander, Paulo Roberto; Altafini, Carlos Roberto; Barreto, Ronaldo M.

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.04.003

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“…The experimental works have been carried out to predict the influence of various factors on the performance of downdraft biomass gasifier with wood [13,18], waste wood, wheat straw, coconut shell [14,18], saw dust [15], cashew nut shell [16], agricultural and forest residues [17], rubber seed kernel, coir-pith [18], etc. as feedstock.…”

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Performance studies on a downdraft biomass gasifier with blends of coconut shell and rubber seed shell as feedstock

Singh

Sekhar

2016

Applied Thermal Engineering

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Performance studies on a downdraft biomass gasifier with blends of coconut shell and rubber seed shell as feedstock

Singh

Sekhar

2016

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…Wander et al [29] illustrated the design of 12 kg/h downdraft stratified gasifier for sawmill dust gasification. The reactor is a cylindrical body of 270 mm internal diameter and 1100 mm of height made of SAE 1020 steel.…”

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“…Increasing ER improves the reaction temperature and carbon conversion, and reduces the tar yield. For a downdraft stratified gasifier, Wander et al [29] suggested an equivalence ratio of 0.3:0.35 kg-O 2 /kg-wood. A higher ratio is required when higher heat loss is expected, an equivalence ratio of 2:2.4 kg-air/kg-wood is optimum for producing a syngas with low heating value of 4-6 MJ/Nm…”

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Review of Biomass Thermal Gasification

Hamad¹,

Radwan²,

AshrafAmin³

2017

Biomass Volume Estimation and Valorization for Energy

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Gasification of biomass is one of the most attractive methods for producing hydrogen rich gas. Syngas production from biomass is an attractive solution for energy crisis. The production of energy from biomass reduces the dependence of developing countries on fossil fuels, as ample biomass is available in the developing countries and is renewable. Downdraft gasifiers are fixed bed gasifiers where the gasifying agent and biomass are flowing downwards, developed for high-volatile fuels such as wood or biomass gasification. Cocurrent flow regime throughout the oxidation and reduction zones reduces the tars and particulates in syngas, which will reduce the necessity of complicated cleaning methods compared to updraft gasifiers especially if the gas is used as a burnable gas in a small community. It is important to ensure homogenous distribution of gasifying agent at the downdraft gasifier throat. This chapter presents latest trends in gasification of biomass using downdraft gasification.

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“…Many researchers have studied gasification of woody biomass by packed bed reactors [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. For example, Wander [1] reported the effect of syngas recirculation on a reactor for sawdust biomass gasification under a downdraft packed bed condition.…”

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confidence: 99%