CPOTE2022
7th International Conference on
Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering
Hybrid event, Warsaw | 20-23 September 2022
7th International Conference on
Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering
Hybrid event, Warsaw | 20-23 September 2022
Abstract CPOTE2022-1030-A
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Methods of increasing the efficiency of the methanol producing plant and its yield in waste-to-fuel technology
Mateusz BRZĘCZEK, Silesian University of Technology, PolandJanusz KOTOWICZ, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
The article presents oxygen gasification installation for waste biomass in the waste-to-fuel technology, in which the final product is liquid methanol (being the reference case). The balance of the system includes the energy consumption of the Air Separation Unit. The installation of oxygen gasification of waste biomass has two potential locations to use the waste heat of the generated syngas. The first such location is in front of the SHIFT reactor and the second is in front of the membrane. A comparison of the use of an expander, Stirling engines and ORC modules to power the electrolytic hydrogen generation installation was proposed. The produced hydrogen is an additional substrate for the methanol reactor, which will consequently increase the methanol yield from the entire installation and reduce the specific CO2 emissions. Oxygen from the electrolysis process can be used in the gasifier, which will reduce the energy consumption of the Air Separation Unit, and thus increase the efficiency of the entire gasification system.
Keywords: Hydrogen technolgies, Waste to fuel technologies, Oxygen gasification, Methanol production, Electrolysis
Acknowledgment: Scientific work financed by the National Science Center as part of the research project: "Research on various structures of systems for the energetic use of methanol and its production based on H2 from the electrolysis process and CO2 from CCS installation” (project no 2018/29/B/ST8/02244).