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SUMMARY:Enhancement of hydrogen production using biomass gasification proc
 ess
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110714T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110714T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sampson Mamphweli (University of Fort Hare\, Institu
 te of Technology)\nHydrogen production from biomass holds the greatest pro
 mise\, since biomass is abundantly available everywhere in the world. Howe
 ver\, hydrogen from biomass has major challenges. The yield of hydrogen is
  low from biomass since the hydrogen content in biomass is low to begin wi
 th (approximately 6%) and the energy content is low due to the 40% oxygen 
 content of biomass. A novel gasification method for hydrogen production fr
 om carbonaceous materials using a CO2 sorbent has been widely used. It mai
 nly uses steam as gasification agent. For this study the above method has 
 been adopted to test if it will work for air-blown biomass gasifiers. The 
 main purpose of this project is to enhance the yield of hydrogen from air-
 blown biomass gasification process. The produced hydrogen will be further 
 separated and purified for fuel cell application. Ultimate and proximate a
 nalyses of the biomass material were conducted and the obtained results we
 re used for the simulations in order to determine the efficiency of the ga
 sifier with biomass and biomass/sorbent blends. It was found that the biom
 ass/sorbent blends increase the yield of not only H2 but also other syngas
  constituents such as CO leading to enhancement of the gasifier efficiency
  since it is dependent on the volume of combustible gases.\n\nhttps://even
 ts.saip.org.za/event/7/contributions/5211/
LOCATION: Asteria
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/7/contributions/5211/
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