Open AccessHydrogen Gas Production Simulation Utilizing Empty Fruit Bunch of Oil Palm Pyrolysis Unit by Steam Methane Reforming Process
Author(s) -
Fernando Sinaga,
Farel H. Napitupulu,
Taufiq Bin Nur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1566/1/012125
Subject(s) - syngas , methane , pyrolysis , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , hydrogen , waste management , pulp and paper industry , steam reforming , palm oil , yield (engineering) , hydrogen production , materials science , process engineering , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , agroforestry , oceanography , geology
We present a simulation of the hydrogen gas production by steam methane reformer unit utilizing empty fruit bunch (EFB) of the oil palm tree by using Aspen Plus. The oil palm empty fruit bunches, as biomass, is one that can be used as an alternative energy source to generate power. This paper aims to determine the amount of hydrogen gas (H 2 ) can be obtained from five different EFBs samples, which are available as waste in the local area of Sumatera Utara Province. In the pyrolysis unit, the proximate and ultimate analysis of the EFB was introduced while developing the model in Aspen Plus simulation environment to get the syngas as a product from the pyrolysis process. The syngas out from the pyrolysis unit then going to a steam methane reformer unit to get hydrogen-rich gas. The results showed that, from five samples of EFBs, the H 2 obtained in the range of 0.90 kg/hr to 1.70 kg/hr.