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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 336, 2022
The International Conference on Energy and Green Computing (ICEGC’2021)
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| Article Number | 00037 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202233600037 | |
| Published online | 17 January 2022 | |
Comparisons of Cocoa Pod Husks and other Biomass Wastes for Syngas Production
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
* Corresponding author: anthony.adeyanju@sta.uwi.edu
In this study, the characteristics of sawdust, switch grass, cocoa pod husks, and bagasse were investigated and compared, as well as the effects of blended nickel and silicon dioxide catalysts on syngas production by gasification utilising a fluidised bed reactor. Because of their high volatile matter and cellulose content as well as low moisture content, sawdust, switch grass, cocoa pod husks, and bagasse were found to be appropriate for generating syngas. Experimental analysis was conducted on the sawdust, switch grass, cocoa pod husks and bagasse samples with and without catalyst. The grains in the samples were comparable in size, ranging from 2mm to 6mm. The catalysts were revealed to have a distinct influence on the gasification process. The efficiency of the processes improves with catalysts, while the generation of CO, CO2, HC, and NO decreases. Cocoa pod husks produced the highest HC value of 7928 ppm without catalysts while bagasse produced 1679 ppm that is the lowest HC value.
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