Gasification performance of olive pomace in updraft and downdraft fixed bed reactors

This study aims to investigate the gasification potential of olive pomace with using different fixed-bed gasifier systems. Olive pomace as a dried form was supplied from a chemical industry plant working on olive oil soap, located in Izmir, Turkiye. After a complete characterization of olive pomace, gasification experiments by using fixed bed reactor systems were done at three different gasifier temperatures as 700, 800 and 900 degrees C. As a gasification agent, dry air was used with four different flowrates (0.4, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05 L/min) while pure oxygen experiments were carried out with a flow rate of 0.01 L/min. Syngas with H-2 content of 48% and 45% (volumetric) were obtained in updraft and downdraft gasifiers, respectively, by using dried air as a gasifying agent. Heating value of syngas was around 12.4 MJ/Nm(3). In the pure oxygen atmosphere, H-2 contents of the syngas were measured as 53% and 39%vol. In the updraft and downdraft gasifiers. This paper presents the research results on the olive pomace gasification study as a part of a large-scale research project and discuss them in the context of hydrogen production from the fixed bed reactors. (c) 2023 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.