EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES ON BUBBLING BED GASIFIER USING BIOMASS AS FEEDSTOCK FOR GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION Share

Production of hydrogen using Biomass gasification is an important technology for
expanding the use of renewable resource as a feed stock for power generations. The aim
of this study was to develop a catalyst from red mud for the removal of tar and hydrogen
enhancement and characterization of red mud before and after treatment like surface
area, and pore size distribution.
Main draw backs of catalytic gasification process are the cost of the catalyst and its
regeneration and disposal. The red mud is a waste by product of alumina production
process is used as a catalyst for the upgradation. The catalysts is an excellent tool to be
used for tracking of tars and converting them into lighter gases, and a lot of researches
have investigated a various types of catalysts based on metals like Ni, Pd, Pt etc.
However, the catalysts based on these metals are expensive which make the process
unaffordable/expensive in larger scale production. The novelty of this project is based on
the application of modified red mud (MRM) supported Fe, ZSM-5 to be used as cheapest
catalyst for cracking of formed tars within co-gasification process and transforming them
into lighter gases. As well as, the expected results from this project will move forward the
utilization of red mud waste as industrial honeycomb catalyst, and facilitate its further
pilot test of MRM based catalyst in the conversion of tars into an additional energy
sources.

Principal Investigator : Vasudeva M | Contact : vasu@nitk.edu.in

Estimated Budget : 39,80,000.00

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