Characterization of syngas produced from MSW gasification at commercial-scale ENERGOS Plants

• Published in: Waste management (Elmsford) Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 1835 - 1842
• Main Authors: del Alamo, G., Hart, A., Grimshaw, A., Lundstrøm, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Biofuels - analysis; Calorific value; Calorimetry; Composition; Exact sciences and technology; Gasification; Municipal solid waste; Other wastes and particular components of wastes; Pollution; Syngas; Urban and domestic wastes; Waste Management; Wastes; Composition; Gasification; Calorific value; Municipal solid waste; Syngas; Gas chromatography; Urban waste; Solid waste; Combustion; Continuous measurement
• ISSN: 0956-053X; 1879-2456
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.04.021

► Gas and tars composition of syngas produced from gasification of municipal solid waste. ► Characterization of the syngas calorific value at commercial-scale Waste to Energy plants. ► Linear variation of the syngas calorific value with gasification lambda value. Characterization of the syngas produced in the gasification process has been performed at commercial-scale Energy-from-Waste plants under various conditions of lambda value and syngas temperature. The lambda value from the gasification process is here defined as the ratio of the gasification air to the total stoichiometric air for complete combustion of the fuel input. Evaluation of the syngas calorific value has been performed by three different methods, i.e., estimation of the syngas calorific value from continuous in-line process measurements by mass and energy conservation equations, measurement of the syngas composition based on gas chromatography and calculation of the Gross Calorific Value from the measured composition, and direct continuous measurement of the calorific value using based on gas calorimeter.