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DOI	10.3390/pr7100705
	Thermochemical conversion of Napier Grass for production of renewable syngas
	Said M.S.M.; Ghani W.A.W.A.K.; Boon T.H.; Hussain S.A.; Ng D.K.S.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	22279717
卷号	7 期号:10
英文摘要	Fuel resource diversification is a global effort to deviate from non-renewable fossil fuels. Biomass has been identified as an alternative solid biofuel source due to its desirable properties and carbon neutrality. As reported in the literature, biomass can positively contribute towards combating climate change while providing alleviation for energy security issue. As part of efforts to diversify biomass resources, this work intends to explore the potential of Napier grass, one type of energy crop, for the production of renewable syngas via gasification. This energy crop is originally from Africa, which is highly productive with low cost (40 tonnes per year per hectare). Limited studies were conducted to analyze the potential of such an energy crop as a fuel source, which is the subject of this work. In order to analyze the full potential of such energy crop, the physical and chemical characteristics of this biomass was first analyzed. To determine the productivity of syngas from this biomass, fluidized bed gasifier was used in this work. The effects of gasification process parameters (i.e., equivalence ratio and temperature) on product yield and producer gas compositions were examined. Besides, the effects of equivalence ratio towards higher heating value of syngas and carbon conversion efficiency were analyzed. Based on the ultimate analysis results, the molecular formula of Napier gas was CH1.56O0.81N0.0043. Meanwhile, the higher heating value of such biomass was determined as 16.73 MJ/kg, which was comparable to other biomasses. It is noted that in this work, the volatile matter was determined as 85.52% and this promoted gasification process remarkably. The dynamics of the reactions involved were observed as a significant variation in product yield and biogas components were recorded at varying equivalence ratio and gasifier operating temperature. by the authors.
英文关键词	Energy crop; Gasification; Napier grass; Renewable energy; Solid biofuel
来源期刊	Processes
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/176259
作者单位	Sustainable Process Engineering Research Centre (SPERC), Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 43400, Malaysia; School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, No 1, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, Putrajaya, 62200, Malaysia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Said M.S.M.,Ghani W.A.W.A.K.,Boon T.H.,et al. Thermochemical conversion of Napier Grass for production of renewable syngas[J],2019,7(10).
APA	Said M.S.M.,Ghani W.A.W.A.K.,Boon T.H.,Hussain S.A.,&Ng D.K.S..(2019).Thermochemical conversion of Napier Grass for production of renewable syngas.Processes,7(10).
MLA	Said M.S.M.,et al."Thermochemical conversion of Napier Grass for production of renewable syngas".Processes 7.10(2019).