Article
Energy & Fuels
Yaqing Zhang, Xiaobin Wang, Linken Ji, Tiantian Jiao, Huawei Zhang, Lin Li, Peng Liang
Summary: The study found that mercury mainly escapes in the form of Hg-0 and Hg2+ during coal pyrolysis, and metal oxides in circulating ash can promote the conversion of Hg-0 to Hg2+. A larger ash-to-coal ratio and smaller ash particle size are conducive to increasing the conversion efficiency of Hg-0 to Hg2+.
Article
Thermodynamics
J. Krzywanski, T. Czakiert, W. Nowak, T. Shimizu, A. Zylka, K. Idziak, M. Sosnowski, K. Grabowska
Summary: This study presents a novel predictive model based on fuzzy logic for estimating the concentrations of gaseous pollutants in flue gases from coal and biomass combustion in circulating fluidized bed units. The model was validated and showed good agreement with experimental results.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Imtenan Sayeed, M. A. Kibria, Sankar Bhattacharya
Summary: This paper studied the gasification kinetics of Victorian brown coal in a fluidized bed reactor simulating the conditions of a chemical looping combustion process. The experiments showed that the reaction rate in hematite bed was 42% faster compared with the reaction in a sand bed, with a total conversion time as low as 4.1 minutes at 950 degrees C. The increase in CO2 partial pressure at the vicinity of char particle was found to enhance the reaction rate in the case of hematite bed.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Geon-Uk Baek, Hoang Khoi Nguyen, Sang Hee Yoon, Ji Hong Moon, Sung Ho Jo, Sung Jin Park, Jae Young Kim, Seong Ju Kim, Sang Jun Yoon, Ho Won Ra, Sung Min Yoon, Jae Goo Lee, Kyu-bock Lee, Tae -Young Mun
Summary: This study investigated the effects of oxidant staging and limestone addition on the reductions of NO, N2O, and SO2 emissions in an oxy-circulating fluidized bed combustor. The results showed that increasing oxidant flow rate was more effective at reducing nitrogen oxide emissions, and limestone addition effectively decreased SO2 emissions caused by oxidant staging.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Pavel Skopec, Jan Hrdlicka, Matej Vodicka
Summary: The research results show that significantly higher SO2 capture efficiency can be achieved in oxyfuel conditions compared to air conditions. There are fundamental differences in SO2 capture between air and oxyfuel conditions in real combustion environments. The performance of the sorbent is important mainly at lower Ca/S molar ratios, and the difference in SO2 capture between sorbents decreases with increasing Ca/S ratio.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yury Dubinin, Nikolay A. Yazykov, Sergei Reshetnikov, Vadim A. Yakovlev
Summary: This study focuses on the combustion of sulfur oils in a fluidized bed of catalyst, aiming to reduce SO2 emissions by using a non-isothermal temperature profile and CaCO3 or CaO for absorbing sulfur oxides. The technology allows for conducting the process at 400-700 degrees C, significantly reducing toxic compound concentrations, and maintaining high oxidation degrees of oils.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yuxin Yan, Ying Qi, Marc Marshall, W. Roy Jackson, Andrew Stanger, Quang Anh Tran, Rohan Stanger, Alan L. Chaffee
Summary: The study utilizes a mineral-separation process to produce density fractions of low-rank coals with varying maceral group proportions for analysis of their physical and chemical properties. The findings aim to suggest new ways of utilizing the vast Victorian brown coal resource.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Bowen Shi, Fa Qiao, Guangyi Zhang, Xuan Liu, Yuming Zhang, Hongyan Wen, Fang Wang, Jianling Zhang, Guangwen Xu
Summary: This study investigates the combustion performance of high-ash oil sludge char (OSC) in a fluidized-bed combustor with the addition of brown coal (BC). The results show that BC improves combustion efficiency but excessive BC can lead to slagging. Air-staging co-combustion of OSC and BC creates staged temperatures in the fluidized bed, resulting in excellent combustion performance and efficient NOx reduction.
CHEMIE INGENIEUR TECHNIK
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Qihuang Huo, Yahui Wang, Huijun Chen, Yu Feng, Lina Han, Weiren Bao, Liping Chang, Jiancheng Wang, Kechang Xie
Summary: It is a win-win strategy to prepare mercury sorbents from low-cost high-sulfur raw materials. In this work, a two-step preparation method is developed to prepare mercury sorbents from high organic sulfur coal. The first step is the co-pyrolysis/carbonization of Fe2O3 and coal, converting organic sulfur into FeSx. The second step is KOH activation, converting FeSx into various S species. The prepared sorbents show excellent mercury removal performance.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Wei Feng, Guoping Hu, Eric F. May, Gang Kevin Li
Summary: This study evaluated two methods for synthesizing zeolite from CFBFA and optimized the synthesis conditions. The low-temperature hydrothermal method resulted in a mixture of zeolites A and X, while the alkali fusion followed by hydrothermal method produced high-quality pure phase zeolite A.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Qihuang Huo, Yahui Wang, Huijun Chen, Yu Feng, Lina Han, Wei Xie, Jiancheng Wang, Weiren Bao, Liping Chang, Kechang Xie
Summary: A novel sulfur hybrid mercury sorbent was successfully prepared by chemically activating high inorganic sulfur coal using potassium hydroxide, which showed excellent mercury removal performance at high temperatures, high specific surface area, and adsorption capacity, as well as good resistance to various gases.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Stefan Mueller, Lara Theiss, Benjamin Fleiss, Martin Hammerschmid, Josef Fuchs, Stefan Penthor, Daniel C. Rosenfeld, Markus Lehner, Hermann Hofbauer
Summary: This study successfully achieved the goal of replacing the natural gas demand in integrated hot metal production by utilizing a biomass gasification plant and an electrolysis unit. Through calculations, it was shown that a natural gas demand of about 385 MW can be replaced and an additional 100 MW hydrogen-rich reducing gas can be produced using 132 MW of biomass and 571 MW of electricity produced from renewable energy.
BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
G. V. Kuznetsov, S. V. Syrodoy, V. V. Salomatov, D. Y. Malyshev, Z. A. Kostoreva, M. V. Purin, S. A. Yankovsky
Summary: The article presents experimental and theoretical studies on the combustion processes of coal-water suspensions prepared from pre-torrefied coals. The results show that the preliminary torrefaction of coal can significantly improve the environmental performance of coal-water fuel combustion, and a mathematical model of the ignition delay time of coal-water fuel is established.
COMBUSTION AND FLAME
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Liyao Li, Leming Cheng, Bo Wang, Zhangke Ma, Weiguo Zhang
Summary: The impact of adding carbide slag on the desulfurization effectiveness during coal combustion was studied. It was found that the highest desulfurization efficiency was achieved at around 800 degrees Celsius, which decreased when the temperature exceeded this point. Scanning electron microscopy observations revealed that the surface of carbide slag particles was more prone to blockage at high temperatures, resulting in reduced desulfurization efficiency.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Doki Yamaguchi, Liangguang Tang, Jose Orellana, Trevor D. Hadley, Sankar Bhattacharya, Kok-Seng Lim
Summary: The study developed a compact fully looped chemical looping reactor and found that the CLC performance increased with increasing operation time over 36 hours, as indicated by the increase in the CO2/CO molar ratio. The morphology changes and ash interaction of the Australian ilmenite did not noticeably affect the CLC performance or operation during continuous operation.
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Sonal K. Thengane, Andrew Hoadley, Sankar Bhattacharya, Sagar Mitra, Santanu Bandyopadhyay
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
(2018)
Article
Electrochemistry
Daniel Fini, Sukhvinder P. S. Badwal, Sarbjit Giddey, Aniruddha P. Kulkarni, Sankar Bhattacharya
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2018)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Nur Hidayah Zainan, Srikanth Chakravartula Srivatsa, Fanghua Li, Sankar Bhattacharya
Article
Energy & Fuels
Tao Xu, Sankar Bhattacharya
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Youjian Zhu, Philip J. van Eyk, Christoffer Boman, Markus Brostrom, Kawnish Kirtania, Patrycja Piotrowska, Dan Bostrom, Rocky de Nys, Sankar Bhattacharya, Francesco G. Gentili, Peter J. Ashman
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shanthi Priya Samudrala, Shalini Kandasamy, Sankar Bhattacharya
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Prachi Varshney, John Beardall, Sankar Bhattacharya, Pramod P. Wangikar
ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Srikanth Chakravartula Srivatsa, Sankar Bhattacharya
JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shanthi Priya Samudrala, Sankar Bhattacharya
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Sheila Devasahayam, R. K. Singh Raman, K. Chennakesavulu, Sankar Bhattacharya
Article
Energy & Fuels
Saheli Biswas, Shambhu Singh Rathore, Aniruddha Pramod Kulkarni, Sarbjit Giddey, Sankar Bhattacharya
Summary: Reversible solid oxide cells (rSOC) enable efficient cyclic conversion between electrical and chemical energy, with hydrogen, methane, and ammonia as primary fuels under investigation. Hydrogen as a fuel has the highest round-trip efficiency.
Article
Energy & Fuels
M. Shahabuddin, Sankar Bhattacharya
Summary: The study evaluated the entrained flow co-gasification of coal and biomass through thermodynamic equilibrium modeling. It was observed that the lower heating value (LHV) and cold gas efficiency (CGE) increase with temperature until reaching steady state, and pressure has a dominant effect on syngas composition at non-steady state conditions. A blend of 50% biomass showed a higher LHV and CGE compared to pure coal, indicating that biomass blending up to 50% favors gasification performance.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chandan Kundu, Saheli Biswas, Mahmud Arman Kibria, Sankar Bhattacharya
Summary: This study demonstrates the one-step thermochemical conversion of biomass to highly valuable platform chemicals using hydrochloric acid gas as a catalyst. The presence of hydrochloric acid gas and higher cellulose content in biomass increase the concentration of the target chemicals, levoglucosenone and 5-chloromethyl furfural. The optimal temperature for producing levoglucosenone and 5-chloromethyl furfural from delignified biomass is determined to be 350 degrees C and 400 degrees C, respectively.
Article
Polymer Science
Isha Kohli, Srikanth Chakravartula Srivatsa, Oisik Das, Sheila Devasahayam, R. K. Singh Raman, Sankar Bhattacharya
Summary: The characterisation of pyrolysis of automotive shredder residue using different analytical techniques was reported in this article to investigate the possibility of converting the residue into value-added products. The results showed that the pyrolysis process consisted of one to two stages, with the first stage involving the degradation of functional stabilisers and the second stage involving the thermal degradation of the polymer char. The evolution of gases and functional groups, as well as the kinetic parameters for the pyrolysis reactions, were also determined.
Proceedings Paper
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shalini Kandasamy, Shanthi Priya Samudrala, Sankar Bhattacharya
PROCEEDINGS OF 2018 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN ENERGY AND APPLICATIONS (ICGEA)
(2018)