CERES

Experimental and numerical investigation of the Catalytic Effects of inorganic matter on the gasification of biomass RESidues

Project name: Experimental and numerical investigation of the Catalytic Effects of inorganic matter on the gasification of biomass RESidues

Project code: CERES

Project timeline: 2018 - 2022

Research group: Energy and Fluid Mechanics

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Objective

Biomass gasification has the potential to close the loop of activities that produce biomass residues. Torrefaction can improve the properties of residual feedstock. Inorganic matter can act as catalyzing agent during the gasification process. This project will investigate the gasification process of raw and torrefied biomass fuels in the presence of inorganic matter. The experiments will be performed in complementary laboratory reactors. The process parameters and the product properties will be characterized. A numerical tool that will encompass conversion kinetics, transport phenomena and inorganic chemistry will be developed. The study will provide an extensive experimental database of the gasification process and a consistent and predictive set of numerical tools. These results will represent an outstanding contribution to the understanding of the underlying governing mechanisms of biomass gasification.

Project team

Raquel Segurado (PI)
Ana Isabel Marques Ferreiro
Miguel Abreu Almeida Mendes

Publications

João Lobo Navarro Gonçalves, Design of a Small-scale Double Auger Pyrolysis Reactor, Instituto Superior Técnico, Jul, 2022
Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Amaral, Experimental study on flash pyrolysis of pulverized pine pellets in a drop tube furnace, Instituto Superior Técnico, Nov, 2022
Ana Isabel Ferreiro, Raquel Segurado, Miguel Mendes, Mário Manuel Gonçalves Costa, Paola Giudicianni, Raffaele Ragucci, Francisco Rivas, María Abián, Maria U. Alzueta, Effect of inorganics on pyrolysis and gasification of woody and non-woody biomass: assessment of the accuracy of chemical kinetic modeling, 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2022), May, 2022
Bruno Filipe Bandarra Campos, Kinetic modelling of biomass torrefaction as a pre-treatment for gasification, Instituto Superior Técnico, Dec, 2021
António Rodrigues Martins, Detailed modeling of the thermal cracking of tars in biomass gasification, Instituto Superior Técnico, Jul, 2021
José Miguel da Vinha Pereira Penedos, Effect of inorganics on the thermal decomposition behaviour of wheat straw, Instituto Superior Técnico, Oct, 2021
António R. Martins, Ana Isabel Ferreiro, Raquel Segurado, Miguel Mendes, Reduced reaction model for secondary gas phase in biomass gasification, 10th European Combustion Meeting, Apr, 2021
António R. Martins, Ana Isabel Ferreiro, Raquel Segurado, Miguel Mendes, Reduced Reaction Model for Secondary Gas Phase in Biomass Gasi?cation, Energy & Fuels, 35, 16750?1675, 2021
Ana Isabel Ferreiro, Raquel Segurado, Mário Manuel Gonçalves Costa, Modelling soot formation during biomass gasification, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , 134, 110380, 2020