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CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Wheat Straw Pellet Gasification in a 10-kW Fixed Bed Gasifier: Enhanced Syngas Production

Version 1 : Received: 18 January 2024 / Approved: 19 January 2024 / Online: 19 January 2024 (14:39:49 CET)

How to cite: Nath, B.; Chen, G.; Bowtell, L.; Mahmood, R. A. CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Wheat Straw Pellet Gasification in a 10-kW Fixed Bed Gasifier: Enhanced Syngas Production. Preprints 2024, 2024011475. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1475.v1 Nath, B.; Chen, G.; Bowtell, L.; Mahmood, R. A. CFD Simulation and Experimental Validation of Wheat Straw Pellet Gasification in a 10-kW Fixed Bed Gasifier: Enhanced Syngas Production. Preprints 2024, 2024011475. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1475.v1

Abstract

This research paper presents a comprehensive study on the gasification of wheat straw pellets in a 10-kW fixed bed gasifier through a combination of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation and experimental validation. The developed 2D CFD model in ANSYS meshing simulates the gasification process in ANSYS Fluent software. The investigation evaluates key parameters such as equivalence ratio, higher heating value, and temperature distribution within the gasifier to enhance syngas production efficiency. The simulated results exhibit a noteworthy agreement with experimental data obtained from gasification. The impact of the equivalence ratio on gas production and lower heating value (LHV) is systematically explored, revealing that an equivalence ratio of 0.35 is optimal for syngas production. The resulting producer gas composition at this optimum condition includes CO (~27.67%), CH4 (~3.29%), CO2 (~11.09%), H2 (~11.09%), and N2 (~51%). The study further investigates the positive influence of reactor temperature on increasing syngas quantity while considering the uneven shape of the reactor and various thermal reactions affecting temperature, static pressure, velocity, and density. The findings contribute valuable insights to improve the efficiency of fixed-bed gasifiers, offering essential information on performance parameters for sustainable and optimized syngas production.

Keywords

biomass; downdraft gasifier; syngas; computational fluid dynamics; simulation; wheat straw pellets

Subject

Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology

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