Carbon capture through solar-driven CO2 gasification of oil palm empty fruit bunch to produce syngas and biochar

IF 9 1区工程技术 Q1 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2025.135805

Saqr A.A. Al-Muraisy , Srirat Chuayboon , Lais Americo Soares , J.G. Buijnsters , Shahrul bin Ismail , Stéphane Abanades , Jules B. van Lier , Ralph E.F. Lindeboom

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Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) is an abundant organic waste in Malaysia that is often disposed of through field burning. A previous study has shown that solar-driven steam gasification of OPEFB can produce hydrogen-rich syngas with an energy upgrade factor of 1.2 and a carbon conversion efficiency of 95.1 %. Beyond its potential as a biofuel, OPEFB can also act as a carbon sink, capturing photosynthetically stored carbon. This study explores the potential of amplifying OPEFB's negative carbon emissions through solar-driven gasification, using CO₂ as the gasifying agent. In this work, a Central Composite Design (CCD) approach was employed to assess the influence of temperature (1100–1300 °C) and CO₂/OPEFB molar ratio (1.6–3.0) on H₂/CO molar ratio and energy upgrade factor, with a constant OPEFB flow rate of 1.8 g/min. The results demonstrated that at an energy upgrade factor of 1.4, 94.9 % of the total carbon was converted into syngas with a H₂/CO molar ratio of 0.3. The maximum observed net carbon capture yield of 0.4 g C/g OPEFB was achieved at 1300 °C and a CO₂/OPEFB molar ratio of 3.0. The remaining carbon (94.4–95.7 wt %) was converted into biochar with low heavy metal content, which has potential as a soil enhancer.

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Energy 工程技术-能源与燃料

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15.30

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14.2 weeks

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