摘要

High temperature steam gasification experiments were conducted to gasify sludge in an electrically heated tubular furnace at 650, 750, 850, 950, and 1050 degrees C. The obtained results develop a mechanistic understanding on steam gasification of sludge from starting constituents to final products. The introduction of steam led to a steam reforming of the tar and CnHm compounds, and a partial gasification of the solid char and CH4, which contributed to the generation of rich H-2 and CO. The steam gasification process can be divided into three significant stages. As temperature increased, a decreasing absorbance amount of C-H-ar and C-O and a large reduction of C = O were accompanied with an evident reduction of tar yield and an increasing gas yield, especially the increase of H-2 and CO contents. The H-2 and CO were the indicator for the occurrence of tar and CnHm steam reforming. In addition, more micro pores generated in solid char and a sharp increase of Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface from 24.2 m(2)g(-1) to 75.4 m(2)g(-1) showed the occurrence of char decomposition. An increasing content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) with 2 and 3 rings and a significant decrease of PAH with 4-6 rings in tar showed the tar cracking and reforming of non-condensable intermediates.

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