Hydrogen production from biomass: The behavior of impurities over a CO shift unit and a biodiesel scrubber used as a gas treatment stage

Jürgen Loipersböck; Marco Lenzi; Reinhard Rauch; Hermann Hofbauer

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.8, 2198-2203, August, 2017

DOI10.1007/s11814-017-0130-1 Export Citation

Hydrogen production from biomass: The behavior of impurities over a CO shift unit and a biodiesel scrubber used as a gas treatment stage

Jürgen Loipersböck^{1, †}, Marco Lenzi¹, Reinhard Rauch^{1, 2}, and Hermann Hofbauer³

¹Bioenergy2020+ GmbH, Wienerstraße 49, 7540 Güssing, Austria
²Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
³TU Wien, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Getreidemarkt 9/166, 1060 Vienna, Austria

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Most of the hydrogen produced is derived from fossil fuels. Bioenergy2020+ and TU Wien have been working on hydrogen production from biomass since 2009. A pilot plant for hydrogen production from lignocellulosic feedstock was installed onsite using a fluidized bed biomass gasifier in Gussing, Austria. In this work, the behavior of impurities over the gas conditioning stage was investigated. Stable CO conversion and hydration of sulfur components could be observed. Ammonia, benzene, toluene, xylene (BTX) and sulfur reduction could be measured after the biodiesel scrubber. The results show the possibility of using a commercial Fe/Cr-based CO shift catalyst in impurity-rich gas applications. In addition to hydrogen production, the gas treatment setup seems to also be a promising method for adjusting the H2 to CO ratio for synthesis gas applications.

Keywords:Hydrogen;CO Shift;Biodiesel Scrubber;Catalyst Poisoning;Gas Conditioning

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