Project GuideProf. V. N.

Raibhole

Project ByDhruv Deshpande Shailesh Patil Akshay Phadke Anirudha Ghadg e

 B.E. project report of previous batch

M.Tech project report of Chetan Ghare

Prabir Basu dealt with the design of gasifier and the types

of fuels used in gasifier. Journal paper on Highly efficient electricity generation from biomass by integration and hybridization with combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants for natural gas by Erik Pihl, Stefan Heyne, Henrik Thunman and Filip Johnsson.

 Gasification refers to a group of processes that converts

solid or liquid fuels into a combustible gas with or without contact with a gasification medium. It is generally carried out by reacting fuel such as coal, biomass, petroleum coke, or heavy oil, with a restricted amount of oxygen and often in combination with steam. Heat evolved from the exothermic reaction of oxygen with the fuel serves to maintain the gasifier at the operating temperature and drives certain endothermic reactions taking place inside it.

Types of Gasifiers

Depending upon gasification medium

Depending upon type of bed

Depending upon flow direction

 Depending upon the gasification medium Air-blown Oxygen-blown

Depending upon type of bed

Entrained bed e.g., Shell/Prenflo/Siemens Fluidized bed e.g., Winkler/KBR/U-GAS Bubbling Circulating Spouted bed Fixed or moving bed e.g., Lurgi

Depending upon flow direction

Updraft Downdraft Sidedraft

Modelling has been done on minimization of Gibbs` free energy basis. The equilibrium constants are given by ln Kp =G0/RT where, G0 is the change in the Gibbs free energy of the reaction (kJ/kg mol). G0 = hf0 + (hT h298 ) Ts hf0= Enthalpy of formation hT= Enthalpy at any given temperature T h298=Enthalpy at standard atmospheric temperature

 Gas chromatography most widely used method of

gas analysis. It depends on the ability of certain adsorbent material to selectively slow the rate of gas passage through a column packed with adsorbent. Orsat Gas analysis measures the gases CO2, O2, CO, H2, CH4. It is more reliable and less costly than GC but it requires more time and skill. The analysis depends on the ability of certain chemicals to react selectively with each gas component of SYNGAS.

 Mainly used as an intermediary building block for the

final production (synthesis) of various fuels such as synthetic natural gas, methanol and synthetic petroleum fuel. In a purified state, the hydrogen component of Syngas can also be used to directly power hydrogen fuel cells for electricity generation and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) Gasifier can be used in Integrated Gas Combined Cycle (IGCC)

 Total number of trials taken = 3

The first trial was taken on 6th July 2012. The trial was

not completed successfully due to leakages and breakage. The second trial was taken on 13th July 2012. The trial was interrupted due to electrical power failure. The third trial was taken on 27th July 2012. The trial was completed successfully with production of significant quantity of burnable SYNGAS.

 Syngas can ultimately replace natural gas for

industrial uses, electrical power generation and basic raw material to produce chemical and fuel oil.
Since biomass is a renewable energy source and

abundant in quantity, it would solve the issue of energy crisis.

Optimization of gasification process will help

achieve calorific value of syngas closer to that of natural gas