Objective
Objectives
The development of advanced gasification technologies is especially important for Mediterranean countries, where no network of gasifiers exists to exploit the energy potentially available through the large quantities of agricultural residues produced. On the other hand, the infrastructure of the countries does not allow the installation of large plants because of the difficulties of feedstock collection and transportation. Thus, this project is concerned with atmospheric pressure gasification of straw and other agricultural residues, typical of Mediterranean areas, for decentralized heat and power production.
The different aspects of the problem will be taken into account through the different stages of the process:
- availability, pre-treatment, transportation and storage of feedstocks
- evaluation of their physico-chemical properties and thermo-chemical behavior,
- conversion, operation of a commercial plant and combustion tests on the producer gas.
Technical approach
The development of the work program is based on both experimental and theoretical investigations. Intra-particle gasification characteristics (chemical kinetics) of different feedstocks will be evaluated through a fast radiant heating system, with controlled sample temperature (Univ. Napoli) and a free-fall reactor (KTH, Stockholm). Extra-particle (rate) gasification characteristics will be investigated by means of updraft (Ansaldo Volund R&D, Univ. Napoli), downdraft (Univ. Zaragoza) and fluid-bed (KTH, Stockholm) reactors on both a laboratory and a pilot plant scale. Effects of feedstock pretreatments (NTUA, Athens) on the gas quality will be studied and the feasibility will be assessed of using the producer gas for an internal combustion engine, as a way of generating electricity. The development of detailed transport models, including all main chemical and physical processes of gasification to predict process dynamics and to optimize reactor design and operation, is an important part of the project (Univ. Napoli).
Expected Achievements and Exploitation
The main outputs of the project are:
- Quantification of the potential use of agricultural residues for decentralized heat and power production in some areas of Southern and Northern Europe,
- Definition of the optimal pre-treatments for transportation, storage and conversion,
- Determination of the intra-particle and rate gasification characteristics of agricultural residues (with special emphasis on fixed-bed gasification),
- Optimization of the updraft and downdraft gasification technologies,
- Improvement in the understanding of the fundamentals of biomass thermo-chemical conversion.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering thermodynamic engineering
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences meteorology atmospheric pressure
- agricultural sciences agricultural biotechnology biomass
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Italy
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