EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE GASIFICATION OF THE RESIDUES FROM PRUNE OF APPLE TREES WITH A SPOUTED BED REACTOR

摘要

Agricultural residues offer a widespread availability and a suitable potential energy content. For thisrnreason, the residues from the prune of apple trees, which are agricultural residues, were evaluated for their use asrnfeedstock in thermochemical processes in order to obtain energy.The main objective of this study was to investigaternthe characteristics of the residues from the prune of apple trees when converted to syngas by gasification in a 20kWrnSpouted Bed pilot reactor. The obtained gases were studied in a quantitative and qualitative way through thernevaluation of the key operating parameters for the gasifier: gasification temperature, the biomass feeding rate, airrnequivalent ratio and the steam-to-biomass ratio. Based on the results, an optimal range for the key operatingrnparameters for the Spouted Bed reactor is recommended.