Sequential supercritical water gasification and partial oxidation of hog manure
β Scribed by Emhemmed A. Youssef; Elsayed Elbeshbishy; Hisham Hafez; George Nakhla; Paul Charpentier
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 893 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3199
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β¦ Synopsis
The catalytic hydrogen production from hog manure using supercritical water gasification and partial oxidation was investigated in a batch reactor at a temperature of 500 C, and pressure of 28 MPa using several metallic catalysts. Hog manure was characterized by a total and soluble chemical oxygen demand (TCOD, SCOD) of 57,000 and 28,000 mg/L, total and volatile suspended solids (TSS, VSS) of 25,000, 19,000, and ammonia of 2400 mg/L, respectively. The order of H 2 production was the following: Pd/AC > Ru/Al 2 O 3 > Ru/AC > AC > NaOH, and the order of COD reduction efficiency was as follows: NaOH > Ru/AC > AC > Ru/Al 2 O 3 > Pd/AC. The behavior of the volatile fatty acids (VFAs), ethanol, methanol, ammonia, H 2 S, and sulfate was investigated experimentally and discussed. A 35% reduction in the H 2 and CH 4 yields was observed in the sequential gasification partial oxidation (oxidant at an 80% of theoretical requirement) experiments compared to the gasification experiments (catalyst only). Moreover, this reduction in gas yields was coincided with a 45% reduction in the liquid effluent chemical oxygen demand (COD), 60% reduction of the ammonia concentration in the liquid effluent, and 20% reduction in the H 2 S concentration in the effluent gas.
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