Hydrogen-rich syngas produced from co-gasification of wet sewage sludge and torrefied biomass in self-generated steam agent

A synergistic scheme of co-gasification of wet sewage sludge and torrefied biomass was proposed in order to get the hydrogen-rich syngas, which could avoid the dual energy input for drying of wet sewage sludge and steam generation. Co-gasification behavior of wet sewage sludge and torrefied biomass was evaluated by using a general non-stoichiometric thermodynamic equilibrium model developed based upon the Gibbs free energy minimization. The tenary plot of CHO system was used to evaluate the theoretical carbon formation performance at thermodynamic equilibrium state. The effects of mixing ratio and torrefaction severity on carbon conversion ratio, compositions of dry syngas, and H2 yield were also addressed. High mixing ratio of wet sewage sludge and high gasification temperature were required for the high carbon conversion ratio. The gasification temperature of 1100 K was a favorable level for the H2 yield and energy input. The optimal mixing ratio range of wet sewage sludge for low and middle temperatures torrefied biomass samples was between 30% and 40%, while that for high temperature ones was approximately 55%. This work could provide a feasible technical route and basic data for the resource and energy utilization of sewage sludge and biomass.