Tri‐fold process integration leveraging high‐ and low‐temperature plasmas: From biomass to fertilizers with local energy and for local use

Autor: Lawrence Kirton, Mohammad Mohsen Sarafraz, Rachel A. Burton, Gregory Dean Butler, Peter Wadewitz, Hung Nguyen, Volker Hessel, Nam Nghiep Tran, Laurent Fulcheri
Přispěvatelé: Centre Procédés, Énergies Renouvelables, Systèmes Énergétiques (PERSEE), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Advanced Manufacturing and Processing
Journal of Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, 2021, 3 (2), ⟨10.1002/amp2.10081⟩
ISSN: 2637-403X
Popis: International audience; In the present study, a series of thermochemical equilibrium modeling was conducted to assess the thermodynamic potential of biomass conversion to ammonia using thermal and nonthermal plasma at small- and large-scale production. The system was designed and evaluated for five different locations in Australia including the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales using local biomass feedstock. The equilibrium modeling showed that the pathway of biomass to biomethane using an anaerobic digestion reactor, biomethane to hydrogen using a thermal plasma reactor, followed by conversion of hydrogen to ammonia via a nonthermal plasma reactor is a plausible route, by which the exergy efficiency of the process can be as high as ~60%. It is identified that the thermal plasma reactor required two distinct zones at 3000°C
Databáze: OpenAIRE