Research Article

Low Temperature Gasification of Coconut Shell with CO2 and KOH: Effects of Temperature, Chemical Loading, and Introduced Carbonization Step on the Properties of Syngas and Porous Carbon Product

Table 3

Yields and composition of produced gas under various gasification conditions (see Table 1 for sample code).

Sample
ID
Gas yield (%)Gas composition (mmol/g)Gas composition (%w)Heating value
H2COCO2C3H8CH4H2COCO2C3H8CH4OtherMJ/kg gasMJ/kg of coconut shell

G0126.220.531.542.620.000.350.4016.4043.970.002.1637.073.20.84
G0226.971.582.192.810.381.121.1722.7445.856.166.6717.4110.02.68
G0327.221.232.983.560.380.760.9130.6857.576.124.440.289.32.53
G0428.571.252.434.380.570.490.8122.0662.428.152.564.008.32.38
G0529.253.286.242.140.441.221.8348.7426.265.385.4312.3612.43.62
G0616.158.230.891.180.440.6410.2015.4532.1511.856.3723.9822.63.64
G079.100.880.711.510.000.071.9221.7672.820.151.152.205.10.47
G0812.551.032.430.780.010.031.6554.2427.360.180.3816.197.70.97
G0917.170.854.130.690.020.980.9967.3517.680.469.174.3512.82.20
G1017.861.232.983.100.380.760.9130.7050.166.124.447.679.31.66
G117.957.160.100.750.030.2318.183.6342.041.604.7129.8425.22.01
G127.467.490.100.960.030.2020.293.8057.441.484.2512.7427.52.05
G137.427.970.111.140.020.1721.584.1967.781.343.691.4228.72.13
G147.908.670.050.820.070.1822.221.8245.973.803.7322.4630.42.40
G157.9911.110.050.040.300.0027.901.812.3116.500.0051.4841.43.31
G167.8211.730.060.000.100.2929.232.030.005.395.7557.6040.63.17