Journal of Energy

Research Article

Optimization of Syngas Quality for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Table 5

Optimization results.


MSW	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Min	Max

Operating conditions and variables
ER	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
SB	1.22	0.93	0.86	0.66	1.00	0.87	1.03	0.89	0.88	0.82	1.08	0.66	1.22
	763	761	679	745	714	709	712	740	710	750	695	679	763
	21.14	35.71	14.16	13.81	16.54	17.04	16.68	23.75	12.65	11.55	11.42	11.42	35.71
	21.53	18.24	17.17	16.10	17.96	16.48	18.14	16.90	16.74	16.01	19.72	16.01	21.53
	84.87	50.09	79.77	79.77	69.09	64.85	65.86	47.83	81.56	92.82	94.60	47.83	94.60
Y	1.02	0.51	1.21	1.17	1.09	0.97	1.09	0.71	1.32	1.39	1.73	0.51	1.73
Biomass % used as fuel for steam generation, drying, and pyrolysis
	8.46	7.16	18.29	17.10	18.09	17.90	19.82	17.78	21.88	18.58	22.69	7.16	22.69
	2.98	16.48	4.87	4.77	8.09	11.01	8.77	13.97	4.95	1.93	0.38	0.38	16.48
	1.53	4.11	2.42	1.94	3.03	3.42	3.15	1.38	0.75	1.28	2.25	0.75	4.11
	12.98	27.76	25.58	23.81	29.21	32.33	31.74	33.12	27.58	21.79	25.33	12.98	33.12
Syngas compositions
H₂	58.67	57.92	53.03	55.96	54.01	52.38	53.63	55.49	54.05	54.86	55.51	52.38	58.67
CO	27.27	26.94	24.62	26.04	25.09	24.36	24.91	25.80	25.13	25.50	25.81	24.36	27.27
CO₂	6.21	7.78	12.58	8.62	12.64	14.74	13.00	11.27	13.45	12.12	9.29	6.21	14.74
CH₄	6993	5336	29620	6585	9679	8238	9526	5347	10038	3355	29784	3355	29784
H₂O	6.28	6.28	6.29	6.28	6.29	6.29	6.29	6.28	6.29	6.28	6.28	6.28	6.29
N₂	0.58	0.38	0.43	2.33	0.56	0.96	0.87	0.45	0.07	0.50	0.10	0.07	2.33
O₂	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
H₂S	2814	1674	942	1210	2456	2683	2438	305	58	747	221	57	2814
HCL	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1947	1828	1103	1379	131	3268	0.00	0.00	3267
S	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
CL₂	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
C	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
H₂/CO	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15	2.15
Syngas thermophysical properties
	0.50	0.52	0.59	0.54	0.59	0.62	0.59	0.57	0.59	0.58	0.54	0.50	0.62
MW	13.06	13.52	15.26	14.14	15.28	16.06	15.43	14.71	15.37	15.05	14.08	13.06	16.06
LHV	17.15	16.26	14.48	15.10	13.66	12.55	13.42	14.33	13.61	13.74	16.36	12.55	17.15