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Simulation and performance analysis of municipal solid waste gasification in a novel hybrid fixed bed gasifier using Aspen plus

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dc.creator Moshi, Robert
dc.creator Jande, Yusufu
dc.creator Kivevele, Thomas
dc.creator Kim, W. S.
dc.date 2021-02-15T14:13:03Z
dc.date 2021-02-15T14:13:03Z
dc.date 2020-08-27
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:24:49Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:24:49Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1806404
dc.identifier https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1119
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95794
dc.description This research article published by Taylor & Francis Online, 2020
dc.description Thermochemical conversion technologies (incineration, gasification, and pyrolysis) have emerged as potential technologies for municipal solid waste management. Incineration is the most common thermo-chemical technology widely used in developing countries; however, the process pollutes the environment. Therefore, this study suggests a novel hybrid fixed bed gasifier for gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW). The gasifier model was developed using the Advanced System for Process Engineering Plus (ASPEN Plus) software to accommodate the four gasification stage (drying, pyrolysis, combustion, and gasification). The aim of developing a novel hybrid fixed bed gasifier is to combine the advantages of downdraft and cross-flow gasifiers in one system and minimize its disadvantages. This combination has revealed the way to a gasifier design that accommodates feedstock with high moisture content (≈ 60%) while maintaining or improving syngas output composition. The analysis of operating parameters such as temperature and equivalence ratio (ER) was also investigated. The results showed that the moisture content (MC) was reduced from 59.8 wt% to 6.8 wt%. The syngas output was highly affected by the changes in temperature as well as ER. High temperature increases H2and CO output composition. The behavior was different for the case of ER where it was observed that H2 and CO decreases while CO2 andH2Oincreases between ER = 0.1 to 0.4 and then starts decreasing gradually. In general, the developed hybrid fixed bed gasifier exhibited an increase inH2 and CO in the producer gas. At this situation, the carbon conversion efficiency of 62.35% and a gasifier conversion efficiency of 54.5% were realized. This suggests the suitability of hybrid
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis Online
dc.subject Municipal solid waste
dc.subject Thermochemical
dc.subject Aspen plus
dc.subject Fixed bed gasifier
dc.title Simulation and performance analysis of municipal solid waste gasification in a novel hybrid fixed bed gasifier using Aspen plus
dc.type Article


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