Exergy Analysis of Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production System Utilizing Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunch using Pyrolysis Connected with Steam Methane Reformer

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  • Taufiq Bin Nur Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, 20155, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
  • Dony Walfared Kurniawan Marpaung Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, 20155, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
  • Syafiie Syam Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.123.1.144155

Keywords:

Exergy, hydrogen, oil palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB), pyrolysis, Steam Methane Reformer (SMR)

Abstract

Fossil fuel consumption on a large scale continues to increase yearly, causing a shortage of energy sources. Hydrogen can help to overcome the shortage of energy sources. It can be produced from renewable energy sources, such as oil palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) as biomass using pyrolysis processes equipped with steam methane reformer and water gas shift reactions. This research was conducted to determine the amount of hydrogen that can be produced and to analyze the exergy of the existing systems in the hydrogen production process. Aspen Plus has been used to design and analyze pyrolysis processes, steam methane reform, and water gas shift reactions. The results showed that when 6.54 kg Empty Fruit Bunch was used as raw material in a pyrolysis reactor, hydrogen could be produced in the amounts of 0.435 kg. The exergy values of raw materials and fuels are relatively high because the chemical exergy values of the compounds contained therein are also high. Based on the calculations, it is found that the combustion process is the process that experiences the most significant exergy destruction. The exergy efficiency of this hydrogen production process system is 22.77%.

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Author Biographies

Taufiq Bin Nur, Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, 20155, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

taufiq.bin_nur@usu.ac.id

Dony Walfared Kurniawan Marpaung, Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, 20155, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

dony.marpaung1999@gmail.com

Syafiie Syam, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia

syafiie.kau@gmail.com

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Published

2024-10-30

How to Cite

Bin Nur, T., Marpaung, D. W. K. ., & Syam, S. . (2024). Exergy Analysis of Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production System Utilizing Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunch using Pyrolysis Connected with Steam Methane Reformer. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 123(1), 144–155. https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.123.1.144155

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