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 CPOTE2022-1043-A
Book of abstracts draft
Modelling of entrained flow steam gasification of sewage sludge
Jakub MULARSKI, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, PolandKamil STASIAK, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Michał OSTRYCHARCZYK, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Mateusz WNUKOWSKI, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Krystian KROCHMALNY, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Paweł ZIÓŁKOWSKI, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Mateusz KOWAL, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Michał CZEREP, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Łukasz NIEDŹWIECKI, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Halina PAWLAK-KRUCZEK, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dariusz MIKIELEWICZ, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Proper management of sewage sludge becomes increasingly problematic due to legal requirements aiming at diminishing environmental impact, as well as rationalising the utilisation from the point of view of logistics. Steam gasification of sewage sludge can result in very good quality of the producer gas. So far, the works have been focused on the gasification in fixed bed gasifiers. However, this does not allow to take full advantage of the effect of scale, as scalability of fixed ed gasifiers is limited. Entrained flow gasifiers are scalable up to the order of magnitude of hundreds of megawatts, which was proven for gasification of coal. Therefore, it seems plausible to suspect that such scalability would allow building gasifiers big enough, to work as a part of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage plants, operating in economically feasible manner, fully utilising the effect of scale. However, optimised design of such units would require robust modelling. This work focuses on different models for sewage sludge steam gasification, allowing accurate predictions of the producer’s gas quality. Core part of this work is a comparison between the results obtained using advanced CFD model in Fluent, a 2D model in Chemkin, as well as two different equilibrium models. Results from all the models are experimentally validated, by entrained flow steam gasification in a 3 m long reactor, with addition of O2 and CO2.
Keywords: Sewage sludge, CFD modelling, Steam gasification, Entrained flow gasifier, Equilibrium
Acknowledgment: The research leading to these results has received funding from the Norway Grants 2014– 2021 via the National Centre for Research and Development. The article has been prepared within the frame of the project: “Negative CO2 emission gas power plant”-NOR/POLNORCCS/NEGATIVE- CO2-PP/0009/2019-00, which is co-financed by program “Applied research” under the Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014–2021 POLNOR 2019–Development of CO2 capture solutions integrated in power and industry processes.