Using Low-Cost Iron-Based Materials as Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Combustion

• In chemical looping combustion with solid fuels, the oxygen-carrier lifetime is expectedto be shorter than with gaseous fuels. Therefore, it is particularly important to use low-cost oxygencarriers in solid fuel applications. Apart from being cheap, these oxygen carriers should be able toconvert the CO and H2 produced from the solid fuel gasification and be sufficiently hard to withstandfragmentation. Several low-cost iron-based materials displayed high conversion of syngas and highmechanical strength and can be used for further development of the technology. These materials includeoxide scales from Sandvik and Scana and an iron ore from LKAB. All tested oxygen carriers showedhigher gas conversion than a reference sample, the mineral ilmenite. Generally, softer oxygen carrierswere more porous and appeared to have a higher reactivity towards syngas. When compared withilmenite, the conversion of CO was higher for all oxygen carriers and the conversion of H2 was higherwhen tested for longer reduction times. The oxygen carrier Sandvik 2 displayed the highest conversion ofsyngas and was therefore selected for solid fuel experiments. The conversion rate of solid fuels washigher with Sandvik 2 than with the reference sample, ilmenite.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Energiteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Energy Engineering (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Naturresursteknik -- Annan naturresursteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Environmental Engineering -- Other Environmental Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Iron Oxide

CO2 Capture

Oxygen Carrier

Chemical-Looping Combustion

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