Kinetic investigations of the effect of catalytically active minerals in biomass-derived solid fuels on pyrolysis and char conversion under oxy-fuel conditions (A05)

• Subject Area: Energy Process Engineering
• Term: since 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 215035359

A5 investigates to which extent minerals accelerate the oxidation and gasification reactions. The chemical transformations of the catalytically active inorganic species are investigated in detail to account for their influence on the catalytic properties including mutual interactions and loading de-pendencies. A5 will provide well-defined model fuels of mixtures of biomass-relevant components and reactive bio-coke by applying fast pyrolysis. A5 provides pyrolysis product distributions as well as changes in the burnout kinetics, which will be used to extend the CPD (A1), the CCK (A2), and the CRECK-S model (A8) by catalytic effects.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 129: Oxyflame - Development of Methods and Models to Describe Solid Fuel Reactions within an Oxy-Fuel Atmosphere
• International Connection: Italy
• Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Project Heads: Francesca Cerciello, Ph.D., since 7/2021; Professor Dr. Martin Muhler