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Movable injection point–based syngas production in the context of underground coal gasification
Author(s) -
Kashyap Swarnotpal,
Vairakannu Prabu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.5119
Subject(s) - syngas , heat of combustion , coal , context (archaeology) , waste management , pulp and paper industry , coal gasification , syngas to gasoline plus , environmental science , chemistry , combustion , engineering , organic chemistry , geology , catalysis , paleontology , hydrogen production , steam reforming
Summary Underground coal gasification (UCG) has been proven as a viable technology for the generation of high calorific value syngas using deep mine coal seams. The use of multiple injection points/movable injection point method could be an alternate technique for efficient gasification of high ash Indian coals. In this context, the present study is focused on evaluating the heating value of syngas using a variety of gasifying agents such as pure O 2 , air, humidified O 2 , and CO 2 ‐O 2 dual‐stage gasification under movable injection method for high ash coals. It is found that the use of movable injection point method had significantly increased the heating value of the product gas, compared with the fixed point injection method. For high and low ash coal under pure O 2 gasification, the calorific value of syngas obtained using movable injection point is 123.2 and 153.9 kJ/mol, which are 33.5% and 24.3% higher than the syngas calorific value obtained using fixed injection point, respectively. Further, the air as a gasification agent for high ash coals had increased the gross calorific value of the syngas by 24%, using this technology. The results of high ash coal gasification using humidified oxygen at optimum conditions (0.027‐kg moisture/kg dry O 2 ) and CO 2 ‐O 2 gas had enhanced the syngas calorific value by 12.6% and 5%, respectively. Humidified O 2 and CO 2 ‐O 2 gasifying agents produced a high‐quality syngas with the calorific value of 190 kJ/mol, among the gasifying agents used. The experimental results had shown that the movable injection point method is found to be a better alternative for the generation of calorific value‐enriched syngas using high ash‐based Indian coals.