Effect of steam supply to the air-blown gasifier on hot syngas desulphurization

Autor: A. D. Nikitin, N. A. Abaimov, A. F. Ryzhkov, E. B. Butakov, A. P. Burdukov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Popis: The IGCC technology serves to efficiently produce thermal and electrical energy with minimal impact on the environment. In operating IGCC, wet desulphurization is used at temperatures below 200°C. The use of hot desulphurization at temperatures around 500°C will significantly improve IGCC efficiency. The preferred sorbent for hot gas cleaning is ZnO. At temperature of 450-500°C, ZnO begins decomposing because of reactions with syngas components (primarily hydrogen). Steam impedes reaction of ZnO with H2 and increases ZnO thermal stability. Syngas H2/H2O ratio is determined by gasifier operation mode. The purpose of this work is to determine maximum temperature of hot gas cleaning depending on condition of ZnO-sorbent thermal stability and steam-air-blown mechanically activated coal gasifier operation mode. To determine the effect of steam supply to syngas composition, experiments were performed on entrained-flow gasifier (1 MW). Experimental results were processed using thermodynamic analysis to determine idealized syngas composition and CFD-modeling to determine real experiment process parameters. Syngas H2O content was determined by CFD-modeling results. Study of ZnO-sorbent thermal stability depending on H2 concentration and syngas H2/H2O ratio was performed by TGA. As a result of experimentally confirmed thermodynamic calculations, ZnO-sorbent thermal stability was found to increase to 815°C due to steam dilution.
Databáze: OpenAIRE