Thermodynamic Analysis of Biomass Gasification for Energy Sustainability in Bangladesh and Major Crop Producing Asian Countries

Sampad Kumar Das, Prokash C. Roy

Abstract


Biomass has an important role for energy sustainability issues in tropical countries. In this present study biomass gasification process has been studied using a stoichiometric equilibrium model of biomass gasifier. The gasification process has been considered as a combination of methanation reaction and water gas shift reaction. The reaction rate constants have been considered as an explicit function of gasification temperature. The model has been validated with available experimental results and used to study the effect of equivalence ratio and reaction temperature on the overall gasification process. Three different biomasses specifically rice straw, rice husk and animal manure waste have been considered. The equivalence ratio has been varied from 0.15 to 0.35 for all considered biomass feedstock. The gasification model has been examined for temperatures 1073K and 1173K for all combinations of biomass and equivalence ratio. The mole percentage of different gas specifically hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and carbon dioxide have been calculated as a function of the theoretical mole fraction of different gases and equivalence ratio for all the considered biomasses. The cold gas efficiency and lower heating value of the produced gas mixture have been estimated. Finally estimation of energy by biomass gasification has been examined for energy sustainability in major crop-producing Asian nations.

Keywords


Crop and animal manure waste; equivalence ratio; gasification; stoichiometric equilibrium; sustainability

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