Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
An innovative process based on hydrothermal carbonization, gasification, and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) technologies was developed using a commercial process simulation software called ASPEN Plus. The object of this work is to study plant efficiency under various operating conditions. The hydrot...
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| author | Alessandro Antonio Papa Andrea Di Carlo Enrico Bocci Luca Taglieri Luca Del Zotto Alberto Gallifuoco |
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| description | An innovative process based on hydrothermal carbonization, gasification, and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) technologies was developed using a commercial process simulation software called ASPEN Plus. The object of this work is to study plant efficiency under various operating conditions. The hydrothermal pre-treatment (HTC) at 200 and 250 °C was modelled as a black box based on the experimental results. The gasifier was modelled as a single reactor vessel with both the fluidized bed steam gasification of solid fuel and the hot gas cleaning system. The SOFC was modelled as a simple grey box with the ASPEN Plus blocks. The effect of HTC temperature and steam/carbon (S/C) ratio on the syngas composition and yield and plant efficiency was studied. The results show that the gasification of hydrochar obtained at 200 °C with S/C ratio of 0.6 gives the best results, namely an energy output of SOFC equal to 1.81 kW/kg<sub>Biomass</sub>, and overall process efficiency of 36%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d4a0b22af224cc1bec8bee907eb6d132023-12-03T13:26:29ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-11-011421733110.3390/en14217331Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel CellsAlessandro Antonio Papa0Andrea Di Carlo1Enrico Bocci2Luca Taglieri3Luca Del Zotto4Alberto Gallifuoco5Department of Industrial and Information Engineering & Economics, University of L’Aquila, Via G. Gronchi, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering & Economics, University of L’Aquila, Via G. Gronchi, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Engineering Science (DSI), Marconi University, Via Plinio 44, 00193 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering & Economics, University of L’Aquila, Via G. Gronchi, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyCentro di Ricerca su Energia Ambiente e Territorio—CREAT, Faculty of Engineering of Università eCampus, 22060 Novedrate, ItalyDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering & Economics, University of L’Aquila, Via G. Gronchi, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyAn innovative process based on hydrothermal carbonization, gasification, and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) technologies was developed using a commercial process simulation software called ASPEN Plus. The object of this work is to study plant efficiency under various operating conditions. The hydrothermal pre-treatment (HTC) at 200 and 250 °C was modelled as a black box based on the experimental results. The gasifier was modelled as a single reactor vessel with both the fluidized bed steam gasification of solid fuel and the hot gas cleaning system. The SOFC was modelled as a simple grey box with the ASPEN Plus blocks. The effect of HTC temperature and steam/carbon (S/C) ratio on the syngas composition and yield and plant efficiency was studied. The results show that the gasification of hydrochar obtained at 200 °C with S/C ratio of 0.6 gives the best results, namely an energy output of SOFC equal to 1.81 kW/kg<sub>Biomass</sub>, and overall process efficiency of 36%.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7331biomass gasificationSOFChydrothermal carbonizationASPEN Plusenergy analysis |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Antonio Papa Andrea Di Carlo Enrico Bocci Luca Taglieri Luca Del Zotto Alberto Gallifuoco Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Energies biomass gasification SOFC hydrothermal carbonization ASPEN Plus energy analysis |
| title | Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
| title_full | Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
| title_fullStr | Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
| title_short | Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
| title_sort | energy analysis of an integrated plant fluidized bed steam gasification of hydrothermally treated biomass coupled to solid oxide fuel cells |
| topic | biomass gasification SOFC hydrothermal carbonization ASPEN Plus energy analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7331 |
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