Study on catalytic gasification of pine wood with cerium loaded dolomite based clay ceramics

Abstract

With dolomite as the main aggregate, a clay ceramic carrier was prepared by one-step powder sintering method. After being impregnated with Ce and calcined, a Ce loaded dolomite based (Ce-Dol) clay ceramic catalyst was prepared, which was used for the catalytic gasification of pine wood. The influence of the addition amount of Ce, steam flow rate, gasification temperature and other parameters on the catalytic gasification of pine wood was investigated using a self-developed two-stage gasifier, and the optimal operating conditions were determined. The results show that the dolomite based clay ceramics loaded with cerium can effectively improve the catalytic activity, reduce the stretching vibration peak absorbance of some functional groups in the gasification products, effectively promote the secondary cracking of tar, and improve the quality of gaseous product. When catalyzed by the Ce-Dol clay ceramic containing 6% cerium, the volume fraction of H2 peaks with 32.43%. With the rise in gasification temperature, aliphatic carboxylic acids and ketones in biomass tar are gradually decomposed into small molecular compounds such as CO, CO2. The content of H2 shows an ascending trend, and a maximum value is reached at 900 °C. Moreover, adding an appropriate amount of steam promotes the forward water-gas reaction, and a maximum volume fraction of H2 (37.37%) is achieved at a steam flow rate of 4 mL/min.