Title of article :
Catalytic effect of iron species on CO2 gasification reactivity of oil palm shell char
Author/Authors :
Pooya Lahijani، نويسنده , , Zainal Alimuddin Zainal، نويسنده , , Abdul Rahman Mohamed، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Abstract :
The catalytic effect of iron species on CO2 gasification reactivity of oil palm shell (OPS) char was studied using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The influence of gasification temperature (800–1000 °C), type of iron catalyst (FeCl3, Fe(NO3)3 or Fe2(SO4)3) and catalyst loading (1–7 wt%) on the gasification conversion was considered. The catalytic effect of iron species on promoting the reactivity of char was considerable in the order of Fe(NO3)3 > FeCl3 > Fe2(SO4)3. Comparison of the gasification reactivity of the chars loaded with various concentrations of catalyst explored that the 5% Fe(NO3)3 loaded char yielded in the highest reaction reactivity. The kinetics of char CO2 gasification was also studied using several kinetic models. Random pore model (RPM) was adopted as the best model to describe the reactivity of the char gasification reaction. From the Arrhenius curve fitting results, the activation energy of 5% Fe(NO3)3 loaded char was obtained 253.9 kJ/mol which was 50 kJ/mol lower than that of raw char.
Keywords :
CO2 gasification , Oil palm shell char , Random pore model , Iron species , Kinetic models
Journal title :
Thermochimica Acta
Journal title :
Thermochimica Acta