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HUSESOLAR STUDIES THE VIABILITY OF A GENERATING PLANT OF HYDROGEN FROM BIOMASS

The budget of the project exceeds EUR 350,000.

Husesolar and the Industrial Technological Development Center (CDTI) part of Department of Education and Science have signed a financing agreement to develop a hydrogen producing project from lignocelluloses biomass gasification.

The agreement aims studing the feasibility and implementation of power plant hydrogen from renewable energies such as biomass. Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced by reforming natural gas, other liquid hydrocarbons and coal, with negative effects on the environment.

CO2 is generated by these process and also limited nonrenewable resources are used. However, the use of plant biomass for hydrogen production requires a process that is neutral in CO2 emissions.

Husesolar work with the Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Project from Castilla la Mancha University, in a studies first stage will analyze different types of biomass in order to find the greatest potential and energy costs have to be later applied in the prototype plant.

Gasification tests with the two fuels will be selected and mixtures thereof, in order to analyze the substitutability between different raw materials. It will also analyze the effect of gasifier operating conditions on the composition (content of CO, H2 and CH4) and quality (calorific content of tars and char, etc.) from the gas produced.

Such conditions will study the effect of gasification temperature, the fuel / gasifying agent, the type of gasifying agent (air, air / water vapor) and particle size.

This analysis, in addition to providing information on the type of biomass and operating conditions that maximize the hydrogen content of the product gas, will provide results that can be used in the design and optimization of a gasification plant on an industrial scale.