Syngas production from palm kernel shell and polyethylene waste blend in fluidized bed catalytic steam co-gasification process

• Main Authors: Moghadam, R.A., Yusup, S., Uemura, Y., Chin, B.L.F., Lam, H.L., Al Shoaibi, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2014
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84908059815&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2014.04.062&partnerID=40&md5=1db86a7ebcf0db8bc1e3dd8c8bafc432; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/31127/

Energy from renewable source is expected to complement the energy derived from fossil fuel resources. Gasification is a versatile thermochemical process for solid waste fuel conversion. In the current paper, syngas production from palm kernel shell (PKS) and polyethylene waste blend in a catalytic steam gasification process is studied. In order to acquire the optimum condition of syngas production, the effect of main variables such as reaction temperature, steam/feedstock (S/F) ratio, polyethylene waste/biomass (P/B) ratio on syngas production was investigated and optimized via Taguchi design of experiment approach. Under the optimized condition of 800°C, P/B ratio: 0.3 w/w and S/F ratio: 1 w/w, the total syngas yield and hydrogen yield achieved are 422.40g syngas/kg feedstock and 135.27g H2/kg feedstock, respectively. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.