Publication detail

Heat integrated heat pumping for biomass gasification processing

PAVLAS, M. STEHLÍK, P. ORAL, J. KLEMEŠ, J. KIM, J. FIRTH, D.

English title

Heat integrated heat pumping for biomass gasification processing

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

The main part of this paper is an industrial case study. It deals with an application of a heat pump in energy systems for biomass gasification in a wood processing plant. Process integration methodology is applied to deal with complex design interactions as many streams requiring heating and cooling are involved in the energy recovery. A refrigeration cycle maintains low temperature in the scrubber where the production gas (or synthesis gas, syngas) is cooled and undesirable contaminants are removed before the syngas is introduced into the engine. In addition to electricity generation, a large amount of waste heat is available in the biomass gasification system studied in the paper, and its appropriate heat integration with utility systems within a plant allows the available heat to be efficiently utilized for the site. The conceptual understanding gained from the case study provides systematic design guidelines for further process development and industrial implementation in practice.

Keywords in English

Biomass gasification; Wood drying; Heat pump; Heat integration; Grand composite curve

Released

2009-03-24

ISSN

1359-4311

Journal

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Volume

30

Number

1

Pages from–to

30–35

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@article{BUT48766,
  author="Martin {Pavlas} and Petr {Stehlík} and Jaroslav {Oral} and Jiří {Klemeš} and Jin-Kuk {Kim} and Dennis Barry {Firth}",
  title="Heat integrated heat pumping for biomass gasification processing",
  journal="APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING",
  year="2009",
  volume="30",
  number="1",
  pages="30--35",
  issn="1359-4311"
}