Waste glycerol conversion into synthesis gas

FUEL 202

Albin Czernichowski, echph@wanadoo.fr1, Mieczyslaw Czernichowski, echph@wanadoo.fr1, and John P. Sessa, jsessa@BrevardResearch.com2. (1) ECP - GlidArc Technologies, 22 Denis Papin, La Ferte St Aubin, 45240, France, (2) Florida Syngas LLC, 4615 Grant Rd., Grant, FL 32949
Waste Glycerol (issued from biodiesel production) starts to be considered as emerging feed for a fuel (or synthesis) gas generation and then for a distributed heat and power generation.

We describe here our very good tests at up to 4.3 kg/h scale. The GlidArc-assisted reformer of feasibility of conversion into a fuel gas using our GlidArc-assisted reformer is used for Glycerol partial oxidation with air or slightly O2-enriched air. No harm nor soot/coke in gas or inside the reformer were detected after long runs.

Produced fuel gas contains up to 50 vol.% of H2 + CO at around H2/CO molar ratio of 2. Such synthesis gas can therefore be also considered as feed to synthetize clean liquid fuels (mostly the Diesel Oil).

 

Clean Energy, Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass
1:30 PM-3:25 PM, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 242, Oral

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Sci-Mix

Division of Fuel Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008