Abstract
The gasification process can recover energy from biosolids produced in wastewater treatment. This paper developed a stoichiometric thermodynamic equilibrium model for biosolid gasification based on the biosolid properties, thermodynamic database, and equilibrium constants. If the calculation result showed that the quantity of char was negative, the quantity of char was put to zero, and the simulation was carried out again. The model was first verified by woody gasification under isothermal conditions, and the influence of a given temperature on biosolid gasification was simulated. The model further investigated the effects of different feedstock types, moisture contents, equivalence ratios, and reaction extensions on the adiabatic temperature, exergy efficiency, and syngas properties under autothermal conditions. The four factors were all the main factors for adiabatic temperature. The exergy efficiency depended more on the operation conditions than on the feedstock type. The H2 concentration of the dry syngas in biosolid gasification exhibited a curve both against the given temperature under isothermal conditions and against the moisture content under autothermal conditions.
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