Investigation of an Intensified Thermo-Chemical Experimental Set-Up for Hydrogen Production from Biomass: Gasification Process Integrated to a Portable Purification System—Part II
Donatella Barisano,
Giuseppe Canneto,
Francesco Nanna,
Antonio Villone,
Emanuele Fanelli,
Cesare Freda,
Massimiliano Grieco,
Andrea Lotierzo,
Giacinto Cornacchia,
Giacobbe Braccio,
Vera Marcantonio,
Enrico Bocci,
Claire Courson,
Marco Rep,
Tom Oudenhoven,
Steffen Heidenreich,
Pier Ugo Foscolo
Affiliations
Donatella Barisano
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Canneto
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Francesco Nanna
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Antonio Villone
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Emanuele Fanelli
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Cesare Freda
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Massimiliano Grieco
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Andrea Lotierzo
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Giacinto Cornacchia
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Giacobbe Braccio
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76, 00196 Rome, Italy
Vera Marcantonio
Unit of Process Engineering, Department of Engineering, University “Campus Bio-Medico” di Roma, Via Álvaro Del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy
Enrico Bocci
Department of Engineering Science, Marconi University, 00193 Rome, Italy
Claire Courson
Department of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health, University of Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, CEDEX 2, 67087 Strasbourg, France
Marco Rep
HyGear, Westervoortsedijk 73, 6827 AV Arnhem, The Netherlands
Tom Oudenhoven
HyGear, Westervoortsedijk 73, 6827 AV Arnhem, The Netherlands
Steffen Heidenreich
Pall GmbH, Zur Flügelau 70, D-74564 Crailsheim, Germany
Pier Ugo Foscolo
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of L’Aquila, Monteluco di Roio, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Biomass gasification is a versatile thermochemical process that can be used for direct energy applications and the production of advanced liquid and gaseous energy carriers. In the present work, the results are presented concerning the H2 production at a high purity grade from biomass feedstocks via steam/oxygen gasification. The data demonstrating such a process chain were collected at an innovative gasification prototype plant coupled to a portable purification system (PPS). The overall integration was designed for gas conditioning and purification to hydrogen. By using almond shells as the biomass feedstock, from a product gas with an average and stable composition of 40%-v H2, 21%-v CO, 35%-v CO2, 2.5%-v CH4, the PPS unit provided a hydrogen stream, with a final concentration of 99.99%-v and a gas yield of 66.4%.
