Energy absorption characteristics and kinetics of carbonaceous solid waste gasification with copper slag as heat carrier

Abstract

High energy consumption is the bottleneck for gasification technology of carbonaceous waste. Exactly, copper slag has such cheap and huge energy that can be used. Copper slag waste heat can provide energy and metallic oxide in copper slag has catalytic effect on carbonaceous solid waste gasification reaction. The gasification energy absorption characteristics and kinetics of typical solid waste, sludge, enteromorpha and lignite with air as oxidation agent has been studied using copper slag as heat carrier. Gasification reaction of waste is scored as multi-stage reactions. For sludge and enteromorpha gasification reactions, there are two and three reaction stages respectively. Gasification reaction rate becomes unstable when copper slag added. The addition of copper slag has little effect on the peak value and peak temperature. Pyrolysis reaction rate of heat absorption is controlled by material diffusion. At medium and high temperature, the limitation of gasification endothermic reaction of sludge and enteromorpha is chemical reaction rate. When copper slag added, the total energy absorption of lignite, sludge and enteromorpha are 11285.8 mw/mg, 8994.2 mw/mg and 9461.7 mw/mg respectively. Copper slag has catalytic decomposition effect on the gasification reaction at high and medium temperature, and improves the heat exchange rate.