Chemical looping gasification of biomass based on the oxygen carrier derived from the layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursor
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摘要: 通过低饱和共沉淀法合成了类水滑石结构的层状氢氧化物(Layered Double Hydroxide, LDH) 前驱体, 经煅烧获得衍生Cu/Al/Zn、Cu/Al/Ni、Cu/Al/Ni/Zn高分散复合氧载体.采用XRD、XRF、H2-TPR、SEM及BET等分析手段对氧载体的结构及反应性能进行了表征, 并通过固定床反应器开展了氧载体与生物质化学链气化实验.结果表明, 合成的三种前驱体都具有典型的水滑石特征衍射峰, 且层板稳定.Cu/Al/Zn前驱体层间厚度为0.2642nm, Ni2+引入后, 层间距减小.前驱体煅烧后形成的复合氧载体中元素含量与制备试剂基本一致.氧载体中Zn、Ni元素的引入可提升CuO的反应活性, 降低H2还原的反应温度, Zn元素与Cu具有更好的协同作用.Cu/Al/Ni/Zn氧载体在固定床化学链气化中具有较好的碳转化率和气体产率, 其碳转化率为82.03%.反应后氧载体比表面积为5.995m2/g, 具有较好的可再生性与抗烧结性, 是生物质化学链气化反应较为理想的氧载体.Abstract: Layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursors with different metal elements were prepared by co-precipitation method at constant pH value; highly dispersed Cu/Al/Zn, Cu/Al/Ni and Cu/Al/Ni/Zn mixed metal oxygen carriers were obtained by calculation of the corresponding precursors. These oxygen carriers were characterized by XRD, XRF, H2-TPR, SEM and nitrogen adsorption and their activity in the chemical looping gasification (CLG) of biomass was investigated in a fixed bed reactor. The results indicated that typical hydrotalcite structure appears in the three precursors with stable layer board. The interlayer spacing of Cu/Al/Zn precursor is 0.2642nm, larger than that of the Cu/Al/Ni precursor. The oxygen carriers derived from the corresponding precursors display similar elements contents as the preparation reagents. Due to the synergy among various metals, the Cu/Al/Ni/Zn oxygen carrier shows the highest reaction activity and anti-sintering ability. The addition of Ni and Zn has a positive effect on the activity of CuO and reduce its reduction temperature; Zn shows a better synergistic effect than Ni with Cu. The carbon conversion reaches 82.03% for the CLG of biomass with Cu/Al/Ni/Zn as oxygen carrier; the surface area of Cu/Al/Ni/Zn remanis 5.995m2/g after the CLG reaction, suggesting that it could be an ideal candidate for the CLG of biomass.
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Key words:
- layered double hydroxide /
- hydrotalcite /
- chemical looping gasification /
- oxygen carrier /
- biomass
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图 2 前驱体及煅烧后产物氧载体的XRD谱图
Figure 2 XRD patterns of the LDH precursor and oxygen carriers
a: Cu/Al/Zn LDH; b: Cu/Al/Ni LDH; c: Cu/Al/Ni/Zn LDH; d: Cu/Al/Zn oxygen carrier; e: Cu/Al/Ni oxygen carrier; f: Cu/Al/Ni/Zn oxygen carrier ◆: Cu/Al/Zn LDH; ▲: Cu/Al/Ni LDH; ●: Cu/Al/Ni/Zn LDH; ○: CuO; ■: Al2O3; △: NiO; ◇: ZnO
表 1 氧载体前驱体晶胞参数
Table 1 Cell parameters of the oxygen carrier precursors
Cell
parameterCu/Al/Zn
LDHCu/Al/Ni
LDHCu/Al/Ni/Zn
LDHa 3.072 0 3.054 0 3.063 b 3.072 0 3.054 0 3.063 c 22.620 22.966 0 22.713 d003 /nm 0.264 2 0.263 2 0.263 7 d006 /nm 0.228 7 0.194 0 0.211 4 d009 /nm 0.171 7 0.152 6 0.162 2 d110 /nm 0.153 6 0.141 8 0.147 7 Cell volume
(106 /pm3)183.56 185.50 184.53 表 2 层状氢氧化物前驱体及相应氧载体的元素分析
Table 2 Elemental analysis of the LDH precursors and corresponding oxygen carrier
Content w/% Cu/Al/Zn LDH Cu/Al/Zn OC Cu/Al/Ni LDH Cu/Al/Ni OC Cu/Al/ Ni/Zn LDH Cu/Al/ Ni/Zn OC O 43.1 27.91 48.72 23.59 59.74 26.22 Zn 18.15 22.56 0.026 5 0.028 4 8.865 18.29 Cu 17.75 21.52 15.7 30.27 8.133 17.06 Na 6.147 13.56 6.383 8.64 3.524 7.373 Al 7.831 13.4 5.362 11.66 1.947 9.973 Ni 0.715 0.937 4 16.91 33.72 9.81 20.71 C 6.216 - 6.834 - 7.925 - Ca 0.021 0.028 0.017 0.084 0.012 0.033 Si 0.015 0.023 0.012 0.470 0.007 0.234 Fe 0.014 0.019 0.012 0.037 0.008 0.021 Mn 0.015 0.015 0.006 0.018 0.009 0.017 note: “-” means the element was undetected 表 3 生物质的元素分析与工业分析
Table 3 Elemental analysis and proximate analysis of biomass
Proximate analysis wdb/% Element analysis wdb/% QLHV/
(MJ·kg-1, db)M V FC A C H O N S 8.39 84.31 6.88 0.42 46.44 6.21 47.29 0.05 0.01 18.707 note: M moisture, V volatile matter, FC fixed carbon, A ash, db dry basis, LHV lower heating value 表 4 合成氧载体生物质化学链气化实验结果
Table 4 Experimental results of biomass CLG on the basis of various oxygen carriers
Item Cu/Al/Zn Cu/Al/Ni Cu/Al/Ni/Zn Fe/Al CH4/% 7.05 7.60 7.14 13.15 C2Hm/% 2.39 1.71 2.34 - CO2/% 24.12 24.01 23.88 18.09 CO/% 32.32 45.43 32.37 47.94 H2/% 34.12 21.25 34.26 20.32 Gas yield/(m3·kg-1) 1.09 0.95 1.12 0.95 QLHV/(MJ·m-3) 11.92 11.88 11.90 12.65 Carbon conversion x/% 80.23 82.16 82.03 78.47 Gasification efficiency η% 69.46 60.36 71.25 64.27 表 5 氧载体生物质化学链气化反应后BET比表面积
Table 5 Surface area of the oxygen carriers after CLG reaction
BET area A/(m2·g-1) Cu/Al/Zn OC Cu/Al/Ni OC Cu/Al/Ni/Zn OC Before 2.480 2.287 3.821 After 5.243 2.828 5.995 -
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