In this work, the
catalytic gasification of sewage sludge in supercritical
water was investigated in a batch reactor (460 °C, 27 MPa, 6
min), and the separate and combined effects of the catalyst on the
H2 production and phosphorus yield were investigated. The
experimental results indicated that K2CO3 alone
improved the H2 yield, gasification efficiency (GE), and
carbon gasification efficiency (CE). The largest H2 yield
of 54.28 mol/kg was achieved, which was approximately three times
that without a catalyst. Furthermore, the inorganic phosphorus (IP)
yield increased with the addition of K2CO3.
However, when H2O2 was added, the H2 yield quickly decreased with increasing H2O2 coefficient, and more than 97.8% of organic phosphorus (OP) was
converted into IP. The H2 yield increased with the addition
of various K2CO3/H2O2 ratios,
whereas the IP yield decreased.