Plasma Chemical Gasification of Solid Fuel with Mineral Mass Processing

Authors: V. E. Messerle, O. A. Lavrichshev, A. B. Ustimenko

Abstract:

The article presents a plasma chemical technology for processing solid fuels, using examples of bituminous and brown coals. Thermodynamic and experimental investigation of the technology was made. The technology allows producing synthesis gas from the coal organic mass and valuable components (technical silicon, ferrosilicon, aluminum, and carbon silicon, as well as microelements of rare metals, such as uranium, molybdenum, vanadium, etc.) from the mineral mass. The thusly produced highcalorific synthesis gas can be used for synthesis of methanol, as a high-calorific reducing gas instead of blast-furnace coke as well as power gas for thermal power plants.

Keywords: Gasification, mineral mass, organic mass, plasma, processing, solid fuel, synthesis gas, valuable components.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1106713

References:

[1] S. I. Serbin, I. B. Matveev, “Theoretical Investigations of the Working Processes in a Plasma Coal Gasification System”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 33003305, 2010.
[2] I. B. Matveev, S. I. Serbin, “Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Plasma-Assisted Combustion and Reformation System”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 33063312, 2010.
[3] A. S. Askarova, S. A. Bolegenova, I.V. Loktionova, E.I. Lavrishcheva, “Numerical modelling of furnace processes at the combustion of highash Ekibastuz coal”, Thermophysics and Aeromechanics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 559569, 2002.
[4] Yuchun Zhang, Zhenbo Wang, Youhai Jin. “Simulation and experiment of gas-solid flow field in short contact cyclone reactors”, Chem. Eng. Research and Design, vol. 91, no. 9, pp. 1768–1776, 2013.
[5] K. Kumabe, T. Hanaoka, S. Fujimoto, T. Minowa, K. Sakanishi, “Cogasification of woody biomass and coal with air and steam”, Fuel, vol. 86, no. 5-6, pp. 684-689, 2007.
[6] R. Mourao, A. R. Marquesi, A. V. Gorbunov, G. P. Filho, A. A. Halinouski, C. Otani, “Thermochemical Assessment of Gasification Process Efficiency of Biofuels Industry Waste With Different Plasma Oxidants”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., DOI:10.1109/TPS.2015.2416129, April 2015.
[7] P. M. Kanilo, V. I. Kazantsev, N. I. Rasyuk, K. Schunemann, D. M. Vavriv, “Microwave plasma combustion of coal”, Fuel, vol. 82, pp. 187–193, 2003.
[8] M. Gorokhovski, E. I. Karpenko, F. C. Lockwood, V. E. Messerle, B.G. Trusov, and A.B. Ustimenko, “Plasma technologies for solid fuels: experiment and theory”, Journal Energy Inst., vol.78, no.4, pp. 157–171, 2005.
[9] E. I. Karpenko, Yu. E. Karpenko, V. E. Messerle, A. B. Ustimenko, “Using Plasma-Fuel Systems at Eurasian Coal-Fired Thermal Power Stations”, Thermal Engineering, vol.56, no.6, pp. 456-461, 2009.
[10] V. E. Messerle, E. I. Karpenko, A. B. Ustimenko, “Plasma Assisted Power Coal Combustion in the Furnace of Utility Boiler: Numerical Modelling and Full-Scale Test”, Fuel, vol.126, pp. 294-300, 2014.
[11] V. E. Messerle, A. B. Ustimenko, “Plasma technologies for fuel Conversion”, High Temperature Material Processes. vol.16, no. 2, pp. 97–107, 2012.