Abstract
Biocoal pellets were gasified in an updraft high-temperature agent gasification (HTAG) unit with preheated air at 900 °C to study the performance of the air gasification of hydrothermal carbonized biomass. In comparison to raw biomass, hydrothermal carbonization increased the carbon content from 46 to 66% and decreased the oxygen content from 38 to 16%. As a result, the heating value of biomass on a dry basis was increased from 19 to 29 MJ/kg after hydrothermal carbonization. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of biocoal featured early decomposition of hemicellulose and a shoulder attached to the cellulose peak corresponding to lignin decomposition. Char gasification demonstrated a peak near conversion of 0.2. Syngas with 7.9 MJ Nm–3 lower heating value (LHV) was obtained from gasification experiments performed in the pilot-scale gasifier. The maximum cold gas efficiency was 80% at the lowest equivalence ratio (ER) and also resulted in high-purity syngas. The LHV and cold gas efficiency were higher than tha...
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