Aspen Plus Modelling and Simulation of Supercritical Steam and Poultry Litter Gasification for the Production of Hydrogen Fuel and Electricity †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Process Description
2.2.2. Modelling and Simulation
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Uses |
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1. Aspen Plus version 11.0 | Aspen Plus is a chemical engineering simulator used for the modelling and simulation of the design process. |
2. Data sheet of poultry litter | This consists of the feed specifications: 3 ultimate, proximate and composition analyses of poultry litter from an online literature review. |
Ultimate Analysis (wt. %) | Poultry Litter |
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Carbon | 43.98 |
Hydrogen | 5.16 |
Nitrogen | 4.63 |
Oxygen Sulphur | 31.98 0.75 |
Proximate Analysis (wt. %) | Poultry Litter |
Volatile matter | 63.6 |
Fixed carbon | 15.3 |
Moisture content | 7.6 |
Ash | 13.5 |
Feed | Amount |
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Biomass (Poultry litter) | 1000 kg/h |
Temperature | 25 °C |
Pressure | 1 atm |
Steam | 2000 kg/h |
Reaction No. | Reaction Name | Reaction Equation | Heat of Reaction ΔH(KJ/mol) |
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1 | Combustion reaction | −111 | |
2 | Combustion reaction | −283 | |
3 | Boudouard reaction | +172 | |
4 | Methanation reaction | −75 | |
5 | Methanation reaction | +103 | |
6 | Water gas shift reaction | +131 | |
7 | Water gas shift reaction | −41 | |
8 | H2S formation reaction | −170.5 | |
9 | Steam reforming | +206 |
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Inuwa, A.M.; Jato, I.; Giwa, S.O. Aspen Plus Modelling and Simulation of Supercritical Steam and Poultry Litter Gasification for the Production of Hydrogen Fuel and Electricity. Eng. Proc. 2023, 37, 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ECP2023-14723
Inuwa AM, Jato I, Giwa SO. Aspen Plus Modelling and Simulation of Supercritical Steam and Poultry Litter Gasification for the Production of Hydrogen Fuel and Electricity. Engineering Proceedings. 2023; 37(1):102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ECP2023-14723
Chicago/Turabian StyleInuwa, Ahmed Mohammed, Isaac Jato, and Saidat Olanipekun Giwa. 2023. "Aspen Plus Modelling and Simulation of Supercritical Steam and Poultry Litter Gasification for the Production of Hydrogen Fuel and Electricity" Engineering Proceedings 37, no. 1: 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ECP2023-14723