Experimental Investigation of Fe–Ni–Al Oxygen Carrier Derived from Hydrotalcite-like Precursors for the Chemical Looping Gasification of Biomass Char

Abstract

Chemical looping gasification (CLG) of biomass uses the lattice oxygen of oxygen carriers to convert biomass into syngas with a low tar content, high heating value, and low price. It is of key importance to exploit well-dispersed and thermally stable oxygen carriers for the CLG process. In the current work, a series of oxygen carriers with varied Fe and Ni molar ratios were synthesized from hydrotalcite compound precursors (HTlcs), which made the metallic elements mix at the molecular level. Consequently, highly dispersed complex metal oxygen carriers can be achieved after precursor calcinations. CLG of biomass char was carried out in TGA and a fixed bed reactor accompanied by various physical and chemical analyses for the fresh and used oxygen carriers. The result manifested the HTlcs crystalline form, which was formed in the precursors and produced the Fe0.99Ni0.6Al1.1O4 compound after calcination, suggesting that a high degree dispersion of the multimetal oxygen carrier was synthesized. The main H2 upt...