Simulated moving bed technology applied to coal gasification

A possible combustion-gasification scheme is designed and simulated considering both chemical kinetics and mass-transfer phenomena. Sensitivity studies are carried out on a number of performance parameters: the syngas production efficiency, the H2/CO molar ratio, the cold gas efficiency, the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of syngas produced and the total productivity. The simulated performances of the newly proposed process are compared to those of conventional gasifiers.