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Gasification of biomass char particles –

experiments and modeling

Oskar Karlström, Magnus Perander, Nikoli

DeMartini, Anders Brink, Mikko Hupa

Åbo Akademi University

Fin-Swe flamedays, April 2013

Objectives

 Develop single particle model for char

oxidations

 test the model against experiments

Experiments

Gas analyzers

Åbo Akademi

Single Particle Reactor

H 2 O, CO 2 , O 2 ,

N 2 , NO, Ar

Experiments

 SRC poplar

 0.2 g

 1 cm cylinders

 800 °C, 900 °C, 1050 °C

 34% CO 2 , 66% N 2

 34% H 2 O, 66% N 2

Experiments