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dC
dt
ln ( )
n
m
k
ln[H 2 O]
FIGURE 8.23 Plot of Eq. (8.34) for determination of residence time.
different operating temperatures such as 700 C, 800 C, and 900 C; so, for
each temperature, one k value is obtained.
Now k can be expressed as:
0
1
E a
RT
@
A
k 5 k 0 exp
2
(8.35)
ln k 0 E a
RT
ln k
5
This shows that if we plot a graph between ln k and 1/T, the y intercept
will give the value of k 0 and the slope will give the value of (
E a /R).
The reaction rate for the steam gasification of biomass is given by:
dC
dt 5
2
½
E a
RT
n
k 0 m exp
H 2 O
(8.36)
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This gives the generalized reaction rate that shows the dependence of the
gasification rate on temperature, mass of carbon or char, and concentration
of steam/air/oxygen.
From a knowledge of the reaction rate, the residence time,
θ
, can be cal-
culated as:
C 0 X
r
θ 5
(8.37)
where C 0 is the initial carbon in the biomass particle (kg), X is the required
carbon conversion (
), and r is the steam gasification reaction rate (kg/s).
We can avoid such experiments if there is a suitable expression for the rate
of steam gasification of the designed biomass char (Sun et al., 2007).
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