Investigation of experimental study of biomass performance of wood pellets, palm shells, and rice husk in vacuum pressure gasification system

Novandri Tri Setioputro (1), Muhtar Kosim (2), Dede Iman Saputra (3)
(1) University of Subang, Indonesia,
(2) University of Subang, Indonesia,
(3) University of Subang, Indonesia

Abstract

Biomass-based renewable energy research has gained extra momentum due to the energy crisis from fossil fuels and global warming. Vacuum suction gasification can create combustible power plant synthesis gas. In vacuum gasification, palm shell biomass and wood pellets have better performance than rice husks. Palm kernel shells and wood pellets can produce stable synthetic gas for 6.5 hours, and the indicator is a flare for 6.5 hours. Another indicator is that palm shells and wood pellets can maintain a sustainable high temperature in the reactor. Rice husk is not suitable for this type of gasification. It does not maintain the high temperature necessary for the gasification process to work properly. The mass of rice husk, which is lighter than other biomass, causes the risk husk to be unable to push it down to the bottom of the reactor so that it becomes empty. This massive event will cause the biomass and temperature in the reactor to drop suddenly. The value of heat loss in the reactor wall is quite large, more than 2000 watts, which may be a factor causing the performance of vacuum gasification to not be optimal. In this experiment, the addition of water to the reactor was tested to determine the performance behavior of the system. Palm shells respond well to this treatment. This results in a sustainably better syngas output. Wood pellets do not respond well because they are easily damaged by water. The rice husks failed to respond. The syngas produced by the reactor is burned and used to boil water. In this gasification system, palm shells and wood pellets have a heating value of 5.62 kW and 5.41 kW, respectively. The efficiencies of palm shell and wood pellets were 29.20 percent and 29.96 percent, respectively.

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Authors

Novandri Tri Setioputro
[email protected] (Primary Contact)
Muhtar Kosim
Dede Iman Saputra
Author Biographies

Novandri Tri Setioputro, University of Subang

Novandri Tri Setioputro is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Subang. In 2007, he graduated with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Institute of Technology in Bandung, Indonesia. System refrigeration is the subject of the thesis. The best paper award was given for the replacement of primary and secondary refrigerants to reduce the power consumption of an AC refrigeration system by 36%.

Research experience in feasibility studies and detailed engineering designs from 28 Micro Hydro Power in Indonesia. Another research is vacuum pressure biomass gasification will be funded between 2020 and 2021. Novandri Tri Setioputro is also the dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Subang (2022 – 2026). He is a member of the international association of engineers with member number: 225093. The awards he has received are The Best Paper at The 4th International Conferences on Cooling and Heating Technologies (ICCHT2008), Jinhae City, Korea, and The 12th International Conferences on Thermofluid 2021, UGM, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

E-mail: [email protected]  

ID ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7390-9704

Muhtar Kosim, University of Subang

Muhtar Kosim received his master's degree in chemistry from the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, Indonesia, in 2009. He is a member of University of Subang, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include renewable resources, biomass conversion, and biomass gasification.

E-mail: [email protected]  

ID ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7316-0556

Dede Iman Saputra, University of Subang

Dede Iman Saputra In 2016, he got a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Subang in Subang, Indonesia. He is now studying a Masters in Mechanical Engineering at Atma Jaya Catholic University in Jakarta. His thesis is on biomass gasification. He is presently employed as a laboratory technician in the Physics and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Subang. His scientific interests include biomass gasification, cooling systems, and energy conversion

Tri Setioputro, N., Kosim, M., & Iman Saputra, D. (2023). Investigation of experimental study of biomass performance of wood pellets, palm shells, and rice husk in vacuum pressure gasification system . Journal of Earth Energy Engineering, 12(1), 38–46. https://doi.org/10.25299/jeee.2023.12284

Article Details

Received 2023-02-22
Accepted 2023-03-12
Published 2023-03-31