Biomass gasifier system

Principle of pyrolysis and gasification

Biomass gasification refers to the thermochemical process of converting biomass fuels into flammable gases. In this process, water vapor, free oxygen, or bound oxygen reacts with the carbon in the fuel to form a combustible gas. Biomass gasification process is more complex and the gasification reaction conditions are also different. However, all the gasification reaction processes basically include the processes of biomass drying, pyrolysis, oxidation and reduction.

Principle of pyrolysis and gasification

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World Development of Pyrolysis and Gasification

In developed countries, biomass tilization as an energy source adopt high-input and high-output methods to build large scale biomass energy conversion projects and transform traditional biomass into modern energy use. At present, the biomass power industry has become the second largest renewable energy source after hydropower in the United States. The conversion of biomass into modern energy has accounted for 40%,16% and 10% of the basic energy consumption in the United States, Sweden and Austria respectively. Among the EU countries, biomass energy has accounted for 59.6% of all new and renewable energy sources (including hydropower) developed and uilized.

Technical Parameters
Gasifier Model and Output Parameters
Category Item HQ-LX1500 HQ-LX1800 HQ-LX2000 HQ-LX2200 HQ-LX2400 HQ-LX2600 HQ-LX3000
Fuel Material consumption 80-140kg 160-280kg 300-400kg 500-600kg 700-800kg 900-1000kg 1200-1500kg
Granularity Wood chips:30-50mm ;Plant straw≤100mm
Moisture <20%
Biomass gas Theoretical output 240-320m³ 480-680m³ 900-1200m³ 1200-1400m³ 1600-1800m³ 2200-2600m³ 2800-3200m³
Mixed gas heating value 1100-1300kcal/m3
Performance Gasification rate M3/kg Woody:2-3 m3 Herbs:1-1.5m3
By-products Each ton of raw materials can produce charcoal 200-400kg、tar30kg、Wood vinegar250kg
Biomass Gas Composition
Category CO H₂ CH₄ CO₂ N₂ O₂ CmHn H₂S
Content 20-25% 10-13% 2-4% 13% 46% 1% 0.8 16.4mg/Nm³

Core technology

1 Drying layer:The uppermost layer of the gasifier is a drying zone. The material added from the top enters the drying zone directly. The material here exchanges heat with the hot gas produced in the following three reaction zones to evaporate the water in the raw material. The layer temperature is 100~ 300℃. The product of the dry layer is dried material and steam. The steam exits the gasifier with the heat generated in the following three reaction zones, and the dry material falls into the pyrolysis zone.

2.Pyrolysis layer: The bio-dry material runs down into the pyrolysis layer and heats the biomass at the same time. When the biomass is heated, pyrolysis occurs. Through the pyrolysis reaction, most of the volatiles in the biomass are separated from the solid and basically completed at 500- 600°C,leaving charcoal. The main products of the pyrolysis zone are carbon, hydrogen,steam, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, tar and other hydrocarbons.

Oxidation layer

3.Oxidation layer:The pyrolyzed remaining charcoal reacts violently with air and releases a lot of heat. Since oxygen-limited combustion,the supply of oxygen is insufficient, and incomplete combustion reaction occurs at the same time, carbon monoxide is generated, and heat is also released. In the oxidation zone, the temperature can reach 1000 ℃. In the oxidation zone, all the combustion reactions are carried out and heat is released. This part of the reaction heat is the reduction reaction in the reduction zone, the cracking and drying of the materials, and provides the heat source. The hot gases (carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide) generated in the oxidation zone enter the reduction zone of the gasifier and the ash falls into the lower gray chamber.

4.Reduction layer: Oxygen is not present in the reduction zone. Carbon dioxide generated in the oxidation reaction undergoes a reduction reaction with carbon and water vapor to produce carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2). Since the reduction reaction is an endothermic reaction, the temperature in the reduction zone also decreases accordingly, and is about 600-800°C. The main products of the reduction zone are carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2). Gasification is actually always a combination of the dry cracking process of fuels. In the actual operation process, the above four areas have no clear boundaries and are infiltrated and staggered. Therefore, at the outlet of the gasifier, the composition of the produced gas is mainly carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen (H2), methane (CH4), tar, and a small amount of other hydrocarbons, as well as water vapor and a small amount of ash.

Comprehensive application system of biomass gasifier

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  • Case NO.1Carbon Gas Cogeneration

    Carbon Gas CogenerationVietnamese drying enterprises use rice husk raw material gasification gas as the heat source of the drying system. The rice husk charcoal produced is supplied to local steelmaking plants as a carburizing agent. The local rice husk gas is almost zero cost, saving customers about 700 million VND, or more than 2 million yuan, in fuel costs every year.Get Case Information

  • Case NO.2Heat Concentration

    Heat ConcentrationQingzhou University in Shandong Province uses biomass gasifiers to provide heat sources to assist in central heating of 140,000 square meters of campus. As a biomass new energy demonstration base project jointly built by the school and the local government. During the heating season, the revenue from the sale of gasified biomass carbon alone is about 600,000 yuan, and the comprehensive annual cost is about 3.7 million yuan less than that of traditional municipal heating.Get Case Information

  • Case NO.3Carbon Fertilizer Co-production

    Carbon Fertilizer Co-productionHenan Sanli Straw Carbonization Processing Factory is entrusted with government subsidies to comprehensively process straw using biomass gasification mode. The straw char produced is deeply processed into various special ecological fertilizers for soil improvement and feed additives to develop ecological agriculture and create efficient Ecological and economic value.Get Case Information

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