HYFUELUP has recently published its first scientific article, a milestone that shows that the project is entering the phase of obtaining the first results and being able to disseminate them.
Filomena Pinto, representative of our partner LNEG, has published together with Paula Costa, Rui André, Paula Marques and Filipe Paradela the article entitled ‘Cleaning and Conditioning of Biomass Gasification Gas to Produce Biomethane’ in the prestigious Italian journal Chemical Engineering Transactions (CET) of the Associazione Italiana d’Ingegneria Chimica (AIDIC).
The objective of this article is to study hot cleaning and upgrading processes of gasification gas to allow it to be suitable for biomethane production, since nowadays it is urgent to develop new energy production and utilisation routes to achieve sustainable development with low environmental impact.
“Gas produced by gasification of eucalyptus wastes at 750 ºC and 850 ºC was used to study the hot gas conditioning process. For this, two sequential fixed bed steps with different catalysts or sorbents and at different temperatures were tested. In Pathway A, a low-cost natural mineral, limestone, was used in both steps at temperatures from 500 º to 700 ºC. In Pathway B, limestone was used in the first step and in the second one, a nickel-based catalyst was tested (…) Pathway B showed to be the best option, especially at the highest temperature tested, producing a syngas richer in H2 and CO2, with very low contents of tar and heavier gaseous hydrocarbons”.
Chemical Engineering Transactions (CET) aims to be a leading international journal for the publication of original research and review articles in chemical, process, and environmental engineering.
