Experimental study on benzene removal of fuel gas in a packed-bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor
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摘要: 以生物质气化焦油典型组分——苯作为模型物,采用填充床介质阻挡放电(DBD)对气化燃气氛围中的苯进行脱除。考察了燃气组成、填充物种类、反应温度及催化剂还原方式对苯脱除的影响。结果表明,反应温度200 ℃时,空气气化燃气与水蒸气气化燃气氛围内的苯脱除率比较接近,但燃气中存在少量O2会导致脱除率明显下降。并且,提高放电能量密度,使用高介电常数、高比表面积及孔容积的填充物能提高苯脱除率。采用传统还原和等离子体还原两种方式分别制得Ni/γ-Al2O3(C)、Ni/γ-Al2O3(P)催化剂,以Ni/γ-Al2O3(C)为DBD填充物,反应温度在230-330 ℃时,苯脱除率随温度升高而下降,330 ℃时达到最低脱除率11.6%;温度高于330 ℃,苯脱除率随温度急剧上升且在430 ℃达到最大值85.4%。等离子体还原可制得大比表面积及高分散性的Ni/γ-Al2O3(P),其苯脱除率随温度变化的趋势与Ni/γ-Al2O3(C)一致,但在430 ℃时达到更高的脱除率90.0%。苯脱除过程中燃气的甲烷化可提高出口燃气中CH4浓度,但燃气的热值略有下降。Abstract: A packed-bed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor was developed to investigate the removal of biomass tar in fuel gas atmosphere, and benzene was used as the tar surrogate. The effects of fuel gas composition, packing materials, reaction temperature and reduction methods of catalysts on the removal efficiency of benzene were investigated. The results indicate that the benzene removal efficiency of air-gasification fuel gas is close to that of steam-gasification fuel gas at low temperatures, but the presence of O2 in the fuel gas leads to a large drop in the removal efficiency. In addition, the enhancement of the plasma discharge power and the use of packing materials with higher permittivity, specific surface area and pore volume can improve the benzene removal efficiency. For the plasma-catalytic process, the combination of DBD plasma and Ni/γ-Al2O3 (C) shows a significant benzene removal potential. The benzene removal efficiency decreases with temperature from 230-330℃, reaching a minimum value of 11.6%, and then notably increases to 85.4% at 430℃. Furthermore, the combination of plasma and Ni/γ-Al2O3 (P), which is reduced by plasma under H2 atmosphere, has a similar tendency of benzene removal behavior within the temperature range of 230-430℃, reaching a maximum removal efficiency of 90.0% at 430℃ due to higher specific surface area and nickel dispersion of Ni/γ-Al2O3 (P). Moreover, the increased CH4 concentration induced by the methanation of the fuel gas and the slightly decreased heating value of the fuel gas are obtained in the plasma-catalytic process.
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Key words:
- biomass gasification /
- fuel gas /
- tar /
- benzene /
- non-thermal plasma /
- catalysis
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图 8 不同反应温度下反应器出口处燃气各组分的浓度
Figure 8 Concentrations of H2, CO, CO2 and CH4 at the outlet as a function of reaction temperature in plasma-catalytic process (a) and catalytic alone process (b)
reaction conditions: specific energy input=~350 J/L, packing material: Ni/γ-Al2O3(C), carrier gas: air-gasification fuel gas 1
表 1 不同填充物的比表面积和孔结构
Table 1 Specific surface area and pore structure of packing materials
Packing material Specific surface area A/(m2·g-1) Pore volume v/(cm3·g-1) Average diameter d/nm Glass pellets < 1 - - γ-Al2O3 94 0.343 7.3 Ni/γ-Al2O3(P) 84 0.311 7.4 Ni/γ-Al2O3(C) 79 0.312 7.8 表 2 不同类型的燃气组成
Table 2 Gas components of different gasification fuel gases
Gas mixture Component φ/% H2 CO CO2 CH4 N2 O2 Air-gasification fuel gas 1 15 18 12 1.5 53.5 - Air-gasification fuel gas 2 10 22 15 3 50 - Steam-gasification fuel gas 40 25 25 8 2 - Oxygen-containing fuel gas 10 22 15 3 48 2 表 3 不同等离子体反应器内焦油脱除性能对比
Table 3 Performance comparison of tar removal by different plasma reactors
Process Target Carrier
gasQ a/
(L·min-1)t/℃ Tar content/
(g·m-3)η/% E/
(g·(kW·h)-1)SEI/
(kJ·L-1)Ref. Microwave
plasmaC6H6 N2+H2O 20.0 n.a.b 15.0 90.0 8.8 6.0 [31] AC gliding arc
dischargeC6H6 N2+H2O 16.7 n.a. 3.7 82.6 20.9 0.61 [32] AC gliding arc
dischargeC7H8 N2+H2O 3.8 n.a. 23.5 35.8 46.3 0.68 [33] Rotating gliding arc
dischargeC7H8 N2 10.0 n.a. 14.0 83.0 16.6 2.5 [10] DBD with
Ni/Al2O3C7H8 N2+H2O 0.15 < 200 17.7 52.0 2.6 14.0 [12] DBD with
Ni/Al2O3C7H8 N2+H2O 0.15 300 180.0 96.0 25.0 25.7 [13] DBD with
Ni/Al2O3C6H6 Fuel gas 1.0 430 1.9 85.4 16.7 0.35 this
worka: Q represents the total flow rate; b: n.a. = not available 表 4 不同温度下等离子体结合催化剂反应器出口处的燃气低位热值
Table 4 LHV of fuel gas at the outlet as a function of reaction temperature in plasma-catalytic process
Reaction temperature QLHV /(MJ·m-3) Growth rate /% Air-gasification fuel gas 1 4.43 - 230 ℃ 4.35 -1.7 280 ℃ 4.36 -1.4 330 ℃ 4.19 -5.3 380 ℃ 4.18 -5.6 430 ℃ 4.24 -4.4 -
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