Production of Green Hydrogen from Biomass Gasification
Abstract:
As the demand for hydrogen increases for its application in fuel, heating, and as chemical feedstock, technologies are emerging to sustainably produce it. Although extremely abundant, hydrogen is not easily accessible and therefore must be produced. Green hydrogen, hydrogen made from completely renewable sources, can be produced through the gasification of biomass. This project is investigating the use of wood pellets in a dual fluidized bed gasification reactor in which a bubbling fluidized bed gasifier and combustion reactor work synergistically to produce green hydrogen. Following gasification, a rapeseed oil methyl ester scrubber, water gas shift reactor, and amine scrubber are used to upgrade the product gas. A pressure swing adsorption system is used to separate hydrogen to obtain 99.997% purity. The plant has a capacity of 50 MW (~12000 MT/year) of green hydrogen.
Students:
Kaylee Fennell, Evan Fortner, William McIllwraith, Dhara Patel
