Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8076056 | Energy | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, an experimental study of the gasification of lignite with various particle sizes was carried out in a pilot-scale (10Â kWe) downdraft type fixed bed gasifier. The main objective of the study was to investigate the feasibility of the lignite as a fuel for downdraft gasifier and to evaluate the effect of the particle size on gasifier performance. The influence of the particle size on fuel consumption rate, temperature profile in various zone, gas yield, gas composition and cold gas efficiency was studied. Six different particle sizes viz. 13-16Â mm, 16-19Â mm, 19-22Â mm, 22-25Â mm, 25-28Â mm, 28-31Â mm were selected for experimental work. With the increase in particle size, the reduction in fuel consumption rate was observed, whereas the producer gas production rate had increased. The heating value of the gas increased as particle size increased from 13-16Â mm to 22-25Â mm and then same had decreased with increase in particle size. Higher temperature in reduction zone resulted in higher H2 and CO contents in producer gas. Under the experiment conditions, the fuel consumption rate, gas yields, LHV (Lower heating value) of gas fuel and cold gas efficiency varied in the range of 9.58-10.67Â kg/hr, 2.43-2.63Â Nm3/kg, 3.33-4.17Â MJ/Nm3 and 51.5%-65.7% respectively. The experimental results showed that the gasification performance was better with lignite particle size of 22-25Â mm.
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Authors
Vimal R. Patel, Darshit S. Upadhyay, Rajesh N. Patel,