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Title Experimental investigation of RDF gasification in laboratory scale
Status Accepted
Final type Poster
Final session WAS&BIO - Waste and biomass as sustainable energy and material sources
Authors P., Steltenpohl1, E., Rapčanová2, M., Škulec3, P., Šuhaj4, J., Haydary5
1 Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, SUT in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2 Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
3 Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
4 Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
5 Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Brief content Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) originating from municipal solid waste (MSW) is a potential raw material for chemical industry and/or a source of energy. For this purpose, RDF gasification in the presence of substoichiometric amount of oxygen is carried out. Main goal of both waste-to-resources and waste-to-energy technologies is to maximize the conversion of feed into gaseous phase, producer gas, and maximization of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, i.e. energy, content in this stream. Development of these technologies requires detailed knowledge of the effect of gasification conditions on the RDF conversion and composition of the producer gas. Results of this study form a contribution to this effort. Laboratory gasification reactor is composed of two main compartments in which thermal decomposition of RDF feed and catalytic decomposition of tars in the gas phase are accomplished, respectively. The experiments were focused on the effect of the feed flow-rate, reaction temperature and feed-to-oxidant ratio on the feed conversion, gaseous product yield and the producer gas composition.
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