Process Analysis of Hydrogen Production via Biomass Gasification under Computer-Aided Safety and Environmental Assessments.
Autor: | Meramo-Hurtado SI; Bussines Management and Productivity Research Group, Industrial Engineering Program, Fundación Universitaria Colombo International, Av. Pedro Heredia Sector Cuatro Vientos #31-50, Cartagena 130001, Colombia., Puello P; Research Group in Information Technologies, Entrepreneurship, and Society (GITICES), Department of Systems Engineering Program, University of Cartagena, 30th Street #39b-192. Cartagena 130001, Colombia., Cabarcas A; Research Group in Communication Technologies and Informatics (GIMATICA), Systems Engineering Program, University of Cartagena, 30th Street, #39b-192, Cartagena 130001, Colombia. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | ACS omega [ACS Omega] 2020 Jul 30; Vol. 5 (31), pp. 19667-19681. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 30 (Print Publication: 2020). |
DOI: | 10.1021/acsomega.0c02344 |
Abstrakt: | The growing awareness to advance new ways to transform renewable materials for producing clean fuels, under technical and sustainable viability, is evident. In this regard, hydrogen arises as one of the cleanest and energetic biofuels in the market. This work addresses the modeling and evaluation of a biomass gasification topology employing process simulation along with an environmental and inherent safety analysis. The presented pathway considered two renewable raw materials (cassava and rice waste) based on their vast availability in north Colombia regions. We employed Aspen Plus process simulation software to model the process, setting biomasses (and ash content) as nonconventional solids in the software and inclusion of FORTRAN subroutines for handling solid properties. Otherwise, the environmental evaluation was performed applying the waste reduction algorithm (WAR). At the same time, safety assessment involves a comprehensive approach based on the inherent safety index (ISI) and the process route index (PRI) methods. Data generated from the implementation of rigorous process simulation of biomass gasification allowed us to determine the needed aspect for performing process analysis methodologies. Results revealed that this topology generates a total flow of 3944.51 kg/h with more than 97% vol of H Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing financial interest. (Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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