Title
Modeling of syngas composition obtained from fluidized bed gasifiers using Kuhn–Tucker multipliers
Date Issued
01 June 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Estadual Paulista
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
This work aims to develop a modified chemical equilibrium model to accurately determine the syngas (synthesis gas) composition obtained from fluidized bed gasifiers. In order to do so, an optimization method was applied to determine the correction factors which modify the chemical equilibrium constants, the carbon conversion efficiency and the enthalpy of reaction. The gasification agents considered for this study were: air, steam, air–steam, and air–steam–oxygen. The optimization method used the Kuhn–Tucker multipliers to obtain small RMS errors. A total of 76 experimental compositions of syngas were selected. Among these data 60 were used to obtain correlations for the correction factor, the carbon conversion efficiency and the enthalpy of reaction. Then, a modified chemical equilibrium model was formulated by a taking advantage of these correlations. The modified chemical equilibrium model was validated showing very good accuracy for the determination of the syngas composition, the RMS error were found to be between 0.94 and 4.84.
Start page
371
End page
382
Volume
152
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Ingeniería química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047453284
Source
Energy
ISSN of the container
03605442
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus