Hydrogen production by biomass gasification in supercritical or subcritical water with Raney-Ni and other catalysts

Gasification of peanut shell, sawdust and straw in supercritical or subcritical water has been studied in a batch reactor with the presence of a series of Raney-Ni and its mixture with ZnCl 2 or Ca(OH) 2 . The main gas products were hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, and a small amount of carbon mon...

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Published in:Frontiers in Energy 2009-12, Vol.3 (4), p.456-464
Main Authors: Pei, Aixia, Zhang, Lisheng, Jiang, Bizheng, Guo, Liejin, Zhang, Ximin, Lv, Youjun, Jin, Hui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Batch reactors
Biomass
Biomass energy
Calcium hydroxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Catalysis
Catalysts
Cellulose
Energy
Energy Systems
Gasification
High temperature
Hydrogen
Hydrogen production
Low temperature
Research Article
Sawdust
Stainless steel
Studies
Temperature
Viscosity
Water
Water temperature
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Summary:Gasification of peanut shell, sawdust and straw in supercritical or subcritical water has been studied in a batch reactor with the presence of a series of Raney-Ni and its mixture with ZnCl 2 or Ca(OH) 2 . The main gas products were hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, and a small amount of carbon monoxide. Different types of Raney-Ni, containing different metal components such as Fe, Mo or Cr, have different influences on the gasification yield and hydrogen selectivity. The catalysis effect can be improved obviously by adding ZnCl 2 or Ca(OH) 2 . Increasing the reaction temperature or adding ZnCl 2 and Ca(OH) 2 could improve the mass of H 2 in gas products and reduce the mass of CH 4 and CO 2 at the same time. The possible mechanism is that ZnCl 2 can decompose the biomass particle by accelerating cellulose hydrolyzation in high-temperature water, increasing more specific surface to admit catalysts, while Ca(OH) 2 can absorb CO 2 to produce CaCO 3 deposit, which can drop out from the reactant system, and which will drive the reaction to get more hydrogen. With respect to the biomass conversion to gas product and selectivity of H 2 at low temperature, the series of Raney-Ni has shown many advantages over other catalysts; thus, this kind of catalyst has great potential to be utilized in the hydrogen industry for the gasification of biomass.
ISSN:1673-7393
2095-1701
1673-7504
2095-1698
DOI:10.1007/s11708-009-0069-y