TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance Evaluation of a Continuous Downdraft Gasification Reactor Driven by Electric Motors with Manual Mode of Operation
AU - Setiawan, Rachman
AU - Hidayat, Hanif Furqon
AU - Dafiqurrohman, Hafif
AU - Surjosatyo, Adi
AU - Dhelika, Radon
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by HIBAH PUTI Q3 fiscal year 2020 (NKB-2013/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2020).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Published by ITB Institute for Research and Community Services.
PY - 2022/7/18
Y1 - 2022/7/18
N2 - Gasification is considered a promising option for harnessing energy potential from agricultural waste, such as rice husks. This paper presents a 10-kW rice husk fixed bed gasifier system. This system is an improved version of a prototype previously developed by our research group. Some of the optimized features added to the gasifier include the use of a circular air intake, an improved gas cleaning system, and electric motors that are regulated by a programmable logic controller. Keeping the gasifier system’s operation stable is critical for producing high-quality synthetic gas (syngas). Therefore, performance evaluation of the presented gasifier system was conducted, and the resulting syngas outputs were analyzed. The evaluation also included an investigation into the performance of the motors, particularly those used for feeding and char removal, which are critical components of the system. The results showed that the improved gasifier system was stable with a proper feedstock. A discussion of the parameters affecting the composition of the synthetic gas is also presented.
AB - Gasification is considered a promising option for harnessing energy potential from agricultural waste, such as rice husks. This paper presents a 10-kW rice husk fixed bed gasifier system. This system is an improved version of a prototype previously developed by our research group. Some of the optimized features added to the gasifier include the use of a circular air intake, an improved gas cleaning system, and electric motors that are regulated by a programmable logic controller. Keeping the gasifier system’s operation stable is critical for producing high-quality synthetic gas (syngas). Therefore, performance evaluation of the presented gasifier system was conducted, and the resulting syngas outputs were analyzed. The evaluation also included an investigation into the performance of the motors, particularly those used for feeding and char removal, which are critical components of the system. The results showed that the improved gasifier system was stable with a proper feedstock. A discussion of the parameters affecting the composition of the synthetic gas is also presented.
KW - biomass gasification
KW - downdraft fixed bed
KW - motor driver
KW - motor performance
KW - rice husk
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U2 - 10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2022.54.4.5
DO - 10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2022.54.4.5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134481793
SN - 2337-5779
VL - 54
JO - Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences
JF - Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences
IS - 4
M1 - 220405
ER -