PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF PALM Oil. FROND GASIFIIm

Kimin, Mohd Azrul Amin (2008) PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF PALM Oil. FROND GASIFIIm. [Final Year Project] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This report is emphasizing on designing a gasi11cr that utilizes the palm oil frond as
the carbonaceous feed material. Gasifier is the reactor where the gasification process
occurs to produce combustible gas for power generation application.
Malaysia is one of the largest palm oil producing countries in the world and ther~ nrc
large amounts of palm oil tree waste especi,ally the lrond and lcuvllH prodttcl~d
Currently, the waste such as the frond are not been managed well amd dispost'd in
uncontrolled manner. To treat this tremendous biomass wuste, gasil1cal.ion 1:un he the
way to convert the waste to be an alternative energy, in the form of combustible gas
called producer gas or syngas.
The methodology of the project is to plan and clarity the task to be done, followed by
research on the project through literature review, determine the characteristic and
thermal behavior of palm oil frond through material testing and lastly design the
gasifier based on the characteristics of the frond. The gasifier with feed consumption
of 150 kglh is designed since the gasifier is required to produce medium scale of
power generation in the range of 50 to 200 kW.
The palm oil frond gasifier has total dimension of 0.8 m in diameter and 2.5 m in
height. The construction material for the gasifier is 5mm thick stainless steel and the
insulation is made of rock wool. The producer gas produced is approximately 531.62
m3h-1 .The gasifier can generate power capacity of 166.32 kW with 70% of
gasification efficiency and has total gasifier system efficiency of20.9%.

Item Type: Final Year Project
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Departments / MOR / COE: Engineering > Mechanical
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Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2013 08:48
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2017 09:45
URI: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/10237

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