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Article received 18.05.2017 р. Article accepted 24.05.2017 р. УДК 674.8:662.765.1
ISSN 1994-7836 (print) ISSN 2519-2477 (online)
[^1 Correspondence author S. S. Lys lysss@ukr.net
S. S. Lys, Yo. S. Mysak, T. Yu. Kravets
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine
EFFECT OF WOOD FRACTIONAL COMPOSITION ON GASIFICATION PROCESS
In many countries of the world, biomass is becoming increasingly important in various sectors, in particular: at thermal and electric stations for the production of heat and electrical energy in district heating systems in chemical and timber industry complexes. It is known that the potential of biomass is ten times higher than the possible needs of mankind for energy, is environmentally friendly and has the ability to recover. Today there is a trend of decentralization of energy, that is, the use of cogeneration plants for generating heat and electricity. Perspective cogeneration units are internal combustion engines operating on synthesis gas. Therefore gasification of wood for the purpose of synthesis gas production is the most promising and ecological way of biomass processing. The calorific value of the synthesis gas produced as a result of the gasification of wood fuels can vary depending on various factors. The main factors affecting the gasification process are as follows: the fractional composition of wood; the amount of air supplied to the gasification chamber; height of the active layer and a number of other factors depending on the fuel that is gasified, and the parameters of the gasifier. Any wood for further thermal processing should be crushed. Depending on the need, the wood is crushed to the technological wood chips of various fractions by chipping machines that are also called wood crushers, or shredders. The choice of chippers depends on the production need. Modern chipping machines allow fine-tuning the raw material by the size of the wood. Taking into account the shortage and the price of energy carriers, the use of comminuted wood waste as a fuel for gas-generating plants and solid-fuel boilers comes to the fore.
Keywords: calorific value of synthesis gas; gas-generator installation; wood gasification process; fractional composition of wood.
Introduction. Physical and mechanical properties of chopped wood, except bulk weight, are no different from the properties of wood. The main difference of any loose material on the whole lies in its particles discretisation (sawdust, shavings, speck of dust). In this connection, wes-hould consider the physical and mechanical properties of individual particles and properties of the whole mass of the loose material. The moisture in the wood affects the physical and mechanical properties of wood in any of its kind. Even at higher wood moisture content of 14-16 % water acts as a lubricant at a given mechanical impact, especially during comminution when the pieces or particles are relatively large. At very low moisture content of wood (less than 4.5 %), water forms thin films in wood thickness. In this state, the wood becomes brittle, breaks easily and is easily shredded (Basu, Prabir, 2010; Lyamyn & Nemkyn, 1940). At various operations with loose waste, we have to count certain other technical processes such as gasification, burning, etc.
Method for calculation the particles size of wood. In
the process of gasification or burning of wood, particles size plays an important role. For calculations convenience and simplification, loose materials particles form is supposed to be spherical. In fact loose particles of wood differ in form from the sphere. Therefore the concept of equivalent diameter is introduced, i.e. linear particle size, equivalent to the diameter of the respective sphere.
The equivalent diameter of particles is determined by sieve analysis (Lyamyn & Nemkyn, 1940) as follows:
k Ik
de = £ XidJ £ Xi, (1)
i=1 / i=1
where dt - average sieve holes diameter; k - number of primary fractions in the layer on dispersion size; xt - mass share of the fraction.
The average diameter di is defined by the formula
di =1 fS, (2) \ di + d2
where d1 and d2 are determined in accordance with the size of holes of passable and impassable sieves.
If the particle sizes are determined experimentally and they are very different in form from the sphere, the equivalent diameter of the particles can be determined by the formula:
de = f-dK, (3)
where f - factor or form factor; dK - diameter sphere, the amount of which is equivalent to the volume of the particle.
If the volume of the particles is equal to Vp, then when VK=Vp diameter sphere is equal to
V,
р
0,524
(4)
For spherical particles f = 1, round f = 0,75, shapeless f = 0,66, oblong f = 0,58, lamellar f = 0,43.
Taking into account the fractional composition and amount of wood needed in this technological process, we choose a "PM-5P" shredder. Shredder is equipped with a pneumoconveyor or belt conveyor for the removal of chips, grinding device, control device to resize chips (chips size is
Цитування за ДСТУ: Лис С. С., Мисак Й. С., Кравець Т. Ю. Вплив фракцшного складу деревини на процес газифтацп. Науковий
вкник НЛТУ Укра'ши. 2017. Вип. 27(4). С. 119-121. Citation APA: Lys, S. S., Mysak, Yo. S., & Kravets, T. Yu. (2017). Effect of Wood Fractional Composition on Gasification Process. Scientific Bulletin of UNFU, 27(4), 119-121. https://doi.org/10.15421/40270426
dK =
adjustable - length from 10 mm to 40 mm, width 7 mm to 20 mm thickness from 1.5 mm to 5 mm).
The purpose of the study. The study is aimed at determining the influence of the particle size of chopped wood on the gasification process and on the lower heating value of the synthesis gas.
Results of the research. Analysis of the impact of input parameters, one of which is the fractional composition of wood, the calorific value of syngas will help us find optimal regime parameters for gasification and laboratory gas generator, which allows developing technology for the gasification process and the constructive scheme for the industrial gas generator installation.
For the experimental research and the development of wood gasification process into gaseous fuel, gasifier with a continuous layer has been designed (Mysak, Lys & Martynyak-Andrushko, 2017).
The problem was to find dependence of lower syngas calorific value on particle size of the chopped wood supplied to the gasifier, the amount of air and the amount of fuel in the gasification chamber.
In order to establish the nature of the variable factors influence on net calorific value of synthesis gas, the three-level plan (B3) (Mysak, Lys & Martynyak-Andrushko, 2017; Pylypchuk, Hryhoryev & Shostak, 2007) was Used. Levels and intervals of factors change are shown in the Table 1.
Table 1. Levels and intervals of factors change
Factors Factor designation Levels of factor changing Interval of factor changing
natural normali- zed (-1) (0) (+1)
Size of the wood particles, mm l *1 10 30 50 20
Amount of air, nm3/hr G X2 40 65 90 25
Amount of fuel in the gasifier reactor, % q X3 50 75 100 25
. amount of air 65m3 / hr., amount of fuel 100 % - amount of air 90m / hr., amount of fuel 75 % Fig. 1. Dependence of syngas net calorific value on particle size of chopped wood during pine wood gasification
During the wood gasification (pine) with decreasing particle size from 50 mm to 30 mm, gas temperature at the outlet of the gasifier decreased. The rate of gasification process increased, which eventually led to a significant increase in productivity a gas generator and to a significant increase in the output of wood gasification of liquid products while increasing net calorific value of synthesis gas. Increased wood chopping leads to an increase in the surface, providing a significant heating rate of particles of wood and allocation of decomposition products on its surface. But with decreasee in the timber particle size from 30 mm to 10 mm, we could observe decrease in net calorific value of synthesis gas because of the high density of fuel layer which in turn reduces the intensity of the gasification process.
As a result of experimental research (Pylypchuk, Hryho-ryev & Shostak, 2007; Lys & Mysak, 2012) using B-plan (B3) dependence of the net calorific value of synthesis gas (Qg MJ/m3), for the process of wood gasification on such factors as: size of the wood particles l = 10, 30, 50 mm; amount of air G = 40, 65, 90 nm3/hr; amount of fuel in the gasifier reactor q = 50, 75, 100 % has been established. Calculation of the regression coefficients bp, Cochran criterion Gp and Fisher criterion Fp (Mysak, Lys & Martynyak-Andrushko, 2017; Lys, 2017) for pine wood are provided in Table 2.
Table 2. The results of calculation of the regression coefficients, Cochran and Fisher criterions
¿0 ¿1 ¿2 b3 ¿11 ¿22 ¿33 ¿12 ¿13 ¿23 Gm Gp F ± m Fp
9,73 0,87 0,14 0,11 -1,50 -0,52 -0,27 -0,02 -0,01 0,02 0,48 0,095 2,5027 0,2554
It has been established that the highest calorific value of synthesis gas is reached during the gasification of wood with a particle size of 30 mm (Fig. 1), the amount of air 65 nm3/hr, fed into the gasification chamber, and the amount of fuel 75 % of the total volume of the reactor.
As a result of B3-plan implementation, mathematical description of the object in a second order polynomial was obtained:
Q = -1,5562 + 0,2726l + 0.11256G + 0.06772q - 0.0037512 -
-0.000832G2 - 0.000432 ■ q2 - 0.00004 ■ l ■ G - (5)
-0.00002 ■ l ■ q + 0.000032 ■ G ■ q.
Table 2 shows that Gp<Gm (0,095<0,48), experiments can be considered reproducible. Fp<Fm (0,2554<2,5027) -the model is considered adequate and can be used to describe the object.
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9,5
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10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Dimensions of the particles of wood 1, mm Fig. 2. Dependence of heat of syngas combustion on chopped wood size determined by regression equation with the given amount of air (G = 70 m3/hr.) and the amount of wood in the gasifier reactor (q = 80 %)
Conclusions. The degree of wood chopping has been shown to significantly affect the gasification process. A significant increase in wood particle size (l>50 mm) leads to a decrease in the intensity of wood gasification process. During the gasification of wood chips of various degree of
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shredding, liquid products output changes (the smaller the wood particles the greater the output of total resins of absolutely dry wood weight). The obtained regression equation could be the basis for the process under study and rational process control. With equation of dependence of inputs on the original setting, we can predict every possible parameter for the estimation of the process under study at any values of the factors that are between the upper and lower levels.
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С. С. Лис, Й. С. Мисак, Т. Ю. Кравець
Нацюнальнийушверситет "Львiвська полтехшка", м. Львiв, Украша
ВПЛИВ ФРАКЦ1ЙНОГО СКЛАДУ ДЕРЕВИНИ НА ПРОЦЕС ГАЗИФ1КАЦП
Сьогодш юнуе тенденщя до децентралiзацiт енергетики, тобто використання когенерацшних установок для вироблення тепла та електрики. Перспективними когенерацшними установками е двигуни внутршнього згорання, яю працюють на син-тез-газь Тому газифкащя деревини для вироблення синтез-газу - найбшьш перспективний i еколопчний споаб перероблен-ня бюмаси.
Теплотворна здатшсть синтез-газу, отримуваного внаслвдок газифкацп деревного палива, може зм!нюватися залежно ввд рiзних факторiв. Основними факторами, якi впливають на процес газифiкацiT, е: фракцiйний склад деревини; кшькють повiтря, поданого в камеру газифкацп; висота активного шару й шших факторiв, залежних ввд палива, яке газифiкуеться, i параметрiв газифiкатора. Будь-яку деревину для подальшого термiчного перероблення потрiбно подрiбнити. У разi вироб-ничот потреби, деревину подр!бнюють до технологiчноT трiски рiзних фракцiй рубальними машинами (Тх ще називають де-ревними дробарками, шредерами). Вибiр рубальноТ машини залежить ввд виробничот потреби. Сучаснi рубальнi машини да-ють змогу здшснювати тонке налаштування вихiдного матерiалу за розмiром деревини. Зважаючи на дефiцит i щну енерго-носй'в, на перший план виходить використання подрiбнених деревних вiдходiв як палива для газогенераторних установок та котлiв на твердому паливГ
Ключовi слова: теплотворна здатшсть синтез-газу; газогенераторна установка; процес газифкацп деревини; фракцшний склад деревини.
С. С. Лыс, И. С. Мысак, Т. Ю. Кравец
Национальный университет "Львовская политехника", г. Львов, Украина
ВЛИЯНИЕ ФРАКЦИОННОГО СОСТАВА ДРЕВЕСИНЫ НА ПРОЦЕСС ГАЗИФИКАЦИИ
Сегодня имеет место тенденция децентрализации энергетики, то есть использование когенерационных установок для выработки тепла и электричества. Перспективными когенерационными установками являются двигатели внутреннего сгорания, работающие на синтез-газе. Поэтому газификация древесины с целью выработки синтез-газа - наиболее перспективный и экологический способ переработки биомассы.
Теплотворная способность синтез-газа, получаемого в результате газификации древесного топлива, может изменяться в зависимости от различных факторов. Основными факторами, влияющими на процесс газификации, являются: фракционный состав древесины; количество воздуха, поданного в камеру газификации; высота активного слоя и ряда других факторов, зависящих от топлива, которое газифицируется, и параметров газификатора. Любую древесину для дальнейшей термической переработки нужно измельчить. В случае необходимости, древесину измельчают до технологической щепы различных фракций рубильными машинами (их еще называют древесными дробилками, шредерами). Выбор рубильных машин зависит от производственной необходимости. Современные рубильные машины позволяют производить тонкую настройку исходного материала по размеру древесины. Учитывая дефицит и цену энергоносителей, на первый план выходит использование измельченных древесных отходов в качестве топлива для газогенераторных установок и котлов на твердом топливе.
Ключевые слова: теплотворная способность синтез-газа; газогенераторная установка; процесс газификации древесины; фракционный состав древесины.
1нформащя про aBTopiB:
Лис Степан Степанович, канд. техн. наук, ст. викладач, Нацюнальний ушверситет '^bBiBCbKa полтехшка", м. Львiв, Украша.
Email: lysss@ukr.net
Мисак Йосиф Степанович, д-р техн. наук, професор, Нацюнальний ушверситет '^BiB^^ полтехшка", м. Львiв, Украша.
Email: Yosyp.S.Mysak@lpnu.ua
Кравець Тарас Юршович, канд. техн. наук, доцент, Нацюнальний ушверситет '^BiB^^ полтехшка", м. Львiв, Украша.
Email: kravetst@ukr.net
