Coal type, temperature and gasifiying agent effects on low-rank coal gasification using CFD method

Low-Rank Coal (LRC) gasification utilising Fluidised Bed Gasifier (FBG) is more efficient for LRC that has higher reactivity, moisture, tar, volatile, and ash content but lower calorific value compared to other types of coals. This work investigated the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (C...

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Main Authors: Md. Isa, Kamariah, Osman, Kahar, Abdullah, Nik Rosli, Othman, Nor Fadzilah, Ahmad, Nurulnatisya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Akademia Baru 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91136/1/KaharOsman2020_CoalTypeTemperatureandGasifiyingAgent.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91136/
http://dx.doi.org/10.37934/cfdl.12.10.111127
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:Low-Rank Coal (LRC) gasification utilising Fluidised Bed Gasifier (FBG) is more efficient for LRC that has higher reactivity, moisture, tar, volatile, and ash content but lower calorific value compared to other types of coals. This work investigated the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in simulating LRC gasification under different temperatures which is lower (873K), normal (973K) and higher (1073K) temperature atmosphere. Besides that, the effect of LRC type and gasifying agents on the producer gas CO+H2 composition, Lower Heating Value (LHV) and Cold Gas Efficiency (CGE) were also studied using High-rank Coal (HRC) as comparison. The results obtained showed that LRC gasification using oxygen increased LHV and CGE. Lower temperature gasification using oxygen at 873 increased CO+H2, LHV and CGE for LRC compared to higher temperatures at 973K and 1073K. This prediction suggests that LRC gasification using oxygen at lower temperature increases the LRC gasification efficiency.