CFD Analysis of Biomass Gasification with Air as Medium
R. Saravana Sathiya Prabhahar1, M. Prabu2, P. Nagaraj3, J. Thanikachalam4
1R. Saravana Sathiya Prabhahar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu), India.
2M. Prabu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu), India.
3P. Nagaraj, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu), India.
4J. Thanikachalam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 25 April 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 07 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 May 2019 | PP: 335-338 | Volume-7 Issue-6S4 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F10640476S419/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Rapid growth of industries, vehicle population and more sophisticated life of human beings leads to increase in energy consumption results in depleting conventional fuels and also causes serious threat to the environment. Due to stringent policy to reduce emission, biomass will play a key role across the world as a source of green energy. Gasification of biomass not only yields substantial amounts of hydrogen but also consumes the wastes which are produced from various sources. Gasification is a thermochemical technique which requires a medium, steam or air for conversion of biomass into useful products. Gasification is efficient only if it possess usable amount of fuel gases in its output. The implementation of gasification technology demands theoretical simulation which need to be validated with experimental analysis. Many researchers proposed different models for simulating gasification numerically. The present work reports the fluid dynamics simulation of gasification using species transport. CFD is a well characterized process, leads to design optimization, visualisation of fluid flow enhancing the efficiency of operation. Here CFD analysis is performed for different temperature (1023K, 1073K, 1123K) with air as the medium inlet to the reactor. Using advanced scheme, CFD predicts better. From the results obtained using CFD simulation, the various components of gaseous like H2, CH4, CO and CO2 are calculated at different temperatures.
Keywords: Analysis Biomass Gasification Fluid Energy Environment Transport.
Scope of the Article: Biomechanics