Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming
The current work describes a novel application of steam reforming process to treat palm oilmill effluent (POME), whilst co-generating H2-rich syngas from the treatment itself. The effects of reaction temperature, partial pressure of POME and gas-hourly-space-velocity (GHSV) were determined. High cry...
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| author | Ng, Kim Hoong Cheng, Yoke Wang Lee, Zhan Sheng Khan, Maksudur R. Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. |
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| description | The current work describes a novel application of steam reforming process to treat palm oilmill effluent (POME), whilst co-generating H2-rich syngas from the treatment itself. The effects of reaction temperature, partial pressure of POME and gas-hourly-space-velocity (GHSV) were determined. High crystallinity 20 wt%Ni/80 wt%Al2O3 catalyst with smooth surface was prepared via impregnation method. Baseline runs revealed that the prepared catalyst was highly effective in destructing organic compounds, with a two-fold enhancement observed in the presence of 20 wt% Ni/80 wt%Al2O3 catalyst, despite its low specific surface area (2.09 m2 g−1). In addition, both the temperature and partial pressure of POME abet the COD reduction. Consequently, the highest COD reduction of 99.7% was achieved, with a final COD level of 73 ± 5 ppm from 27,500 ppm, at GHSV of 40,000 mL/h.gcat and partial pressure of POME equivalent to 95 kPa at 1173 K. In terms of gaseous products, H2 was found to be the major component, with selectivity ranged 51.0%–70.9%, followed by CO2(17.7%–34.1%), CO (7.7%–18.4%) and some CH4 (0.6%–3.3%). Furthermore, quadratic models with high R2-values were developed. |
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| spelling | UMPir226492018-12-14T08:15:03Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22649/ Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming Ng, Kim Hoong Cheng, Yoke Wang Lee, Zhan Sheng Khan, Maksudur R. Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. TP Chemical technology The current work describes a novel application of steam reforming process to treat palm oilmill effluent (POME), whilst co-generating H2-rich syngas from the treatment itself. The effects of reaction temperature, partial pressure of POME and gas-hourly-space-velocity (GHSV) were determined. High crystallinity 20 wt%Ni/80 wt%Al2O3 catalyst with smooth surface was prepared via impregnation method. Baseline runs revealed that the prepared catalyst was highly effective in destructing organic compounds, with a two-fold enhancement observed in the presence of 20 wt% Ni/80 wt%Al2O3 catalyst, despite its low specific surface area (2.09 m2 g−1). In addition, both the temperature and partial pressure of POME abet the COD reduction. Consequently, the highest COD reduction of 99.7% was achieved, with a final COD level of 73 ± 5 ppm from 27,500 ppm, at GHSV of 40,000 mL/h.gcat and partial pressure of POME equivalent to 95 kPa at 1173 K. In terms of gaseous products, H2 was found to be the major component, with selectivity ranged 51.0%–70.9%, followed by CO2(17.7%–34.1%), CO (7.7%–18.4%) and some CH4 (0.6%–3.3%). Furthermore, quadratic models with high R2-values were developed. Elsevier Ltd 2018-08 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22649/1/Experimental%20evaluation%20and%20empirical%20modelling%20of%20palm%20oil%20mill%20effluent%20steam%20reforming.pdf Ng, Kim Hoong and Cheng, Yoke Wang and Lee, Zhan Sheng and Khan, Maksudur R. and Lam, Su Shiung and Cheng, C. K. (2018) Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43 (33). pp. 15784-15793. ISSN 0360-3199. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.06.164 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.06.164 |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Ng, Kim Hoong Cheng, Yoke Wang Lee, Zhan Sheng Khan, Maksudur R. Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| title | Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| title_full | Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| title_fullStr | Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| title_short | Experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| title_sort | experimental evaluation and empirical modelling of palm oil mill effluent steam reforming |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
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