TY - JOUR
T1 - Alkali-promoted hydrothermal gasification of biomass food processing waste
T2 - A parametric study
AU - Muangrat, Rattana
AU - Onwudili, Jude A.
AU - Williams, Paul T.
PY - 2010/7/1
Y1 - 2010/7/1
N2 - A parametric study of alkali-promoted hydrogen gas production from by-products from food-based biomass, such as glucose, molasses and rice bran, under hydrothermal conditions has been carried out. Partial oxidation of the biomass samples was aided by the addition of hydrogen peroxide and experiments were carried out in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The effects of reaction temperature, reaction time and feed concentration on the conversion of glucose, molasses and rice bran to gaseous products under hydrothermal conditions were investigated. The reaction time and reaction temperature were investigated in the range of 0-120 min and 330-390 °C, respectively. The results confirmed the positive influence of NaOH in the production of hydrogen gas via the water-gas shift reaction. In the presence of the alkali, no tar/oil and char were observed. The hydrogen gas yield increased when the reaction temperature and reaction time increased. It was observed that higher reaction temperature led to an increase in the amount of methane gas produced. With increasing feed concentration, the yields of other gases such as CO, CO2, CH4 and C2-C4 increased, while hydrogen gas production decreased for all the biomass samples. The generation of gaseous products from the molasses and rice bran showed a similar trend to that of glucose, under identical test conditions.
AB - A parametric study of alkali-promoted hydrogen gas production from by-products from food-based biomass, such as glucose, molasses and rice bran, under hydrothermal conditions has been carried out. Partial oxidation of the biomass samples was aided by the addition of hydrogen peroxide and experiments were carried out in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The effects of reaction temperature, reaction time and feed concentration on the conversion of glucose, molasses and rice bran to gaseous products under hydrothermal conditions were investigated. The reaction time and reaction temperature were investigated in the range of 0-120 min and 330-390 °C, respectively. The results confirmed the positive influence of NaOH in the production of hydrogen gas via the water-gas shift reaction. In the presence of the alkali, no tar/oil and char were observed. The hydrogen gas yield increased when the reaction temperature and reaction time increased. It was observed that higher reaction temperature led to an increase in the amount of methane gas produced. With increasing feed concentration, the yields of other gases such as CO, CO2, CH4 and C2-C4 increased, while hydrogen gas production decreased for all the biomass samples. The generation of gaseous products from the molasses and rice bran showed a similar trend to that of glucose, under identical test conditions.
KW - Biomass
KW - Catalysis
KW - Hydrogen
KW - Hydrothermal
KW - Waste
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UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319910009304?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.04.179
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.04.179
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953916376
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 35
SP - 7405
EP - 7415
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 14
ER -