Biomass gasification in microwave plasma: An experimental feasibility study with a side stream from a fermentation reactor

Evangelos Delikonstantis; Guido Sturm; Andrzej I. Stankiewicz; Anouk Bosmans; Marco Scapinello; Christian Dreiser; Oliver Lade; Stefan Brand; Georgios D. Stefanidis

doi:10.1016/j.cep.2019.107538

Biomass gasification in microwave plasma: An experimental feasibility study with a side stream from a fermentation reactor

Evangelos Delikonstantis, Guido Sturm, Andrzej I. Stankiewicz, Anouk Bosmans, Marco Scapinello, Christian Dreiser, Oliver Lade, Stefan Brand, Georgios D. Stefanidis^*

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In this work, we report on air/N₂ gasification of a byproduct stream from an industrial fermenter in a tubular microwave plasma reactor to investigate the feasibility of the technology for organic compounds valorization, given the limited number of relevant works in the literature. In this context, an operating window regarding air/N₂/biomass flow rates and power input has been identified to enable stable and efficient operation. Up to 89% carbon conversion efficiency and 41% cold gas efficiency have been attained with syngas product composition H₂:CO:CO₂ = 41:53:6 on molar basis, fairly close to the calculated equilibrium composition values in the temperature range 973 K to 2173 K.

Original language	English
Article number	107538
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
Volume	141
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2019.107538
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Biomass
Circular economy
Gasification
Microwave plasma
Syngas

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Delikonstantis, E., Sturm, G., Stankiewicz, A. I., Bosmans, A., Scapinello, M., Dreiser, C., Lade, O., Brand, S., & Stefanidis, G. D. (2019). Biomass gasification in microwave plasma: An experimental feasibility study with a side stream from a fermentation reactor. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 141, Article 107538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2019.107538

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Biomass gasification in microwave plasma: An experimental feasibility study with a side stream from a fermentation reactor. / Delikonstantis, Evangelos; Sturm, Guido; Stankiewicz, Andrzej I. et al.
In: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, Vol. 141, 107538, 2019.

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