Biomass hydrogen production method and system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of biomass utilization, in particular to a method for preparing hydrogen by a biomass carbonization-gasification combined process.
Background
Hydrogen is an ideal clean energy source, is nontoxic and odorless, generates pure water when being combusted with oxygen, and has zero pollution to the environment. The main method for preparing hydrogen at present is to prepare hydrogen by using fossil fuel, but the resource of the fossil fuel is limited, and the pollution to the environment is almost irreversible, so that a new hydrogen preparation raw material and a hydrogen preparation process must be developed. Biomass hydrogen production with renewability and abundant reserves is favored. The advantages of biomass hydrogen production are mainly embodied in the following two aspects: the biomass is a crystallization energy source for realizing zero emission of carbon dioxide, can effectively reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and harmful gases, and links the irreversible pollution to the world environment caused by the use of fossil fuels. On the other hand, the biomass reserves are abundant and can be regenerated, and the total amount of biomass growing on the earth every year is 1400-1800 hundred million tons, which is equivalent to 10 times of the total energy consumption in the world at present. The development of the biomass hydrogen production technology can effectively develop and utilize the resource treasury and has strategic significance of sustainable development.
At present, the research of biomass hydrogen production mainly focuses on two aspects of thermochemical conversion hydrogen production and biological hydrogen production, the biological hydrogen production has the problems of low light energy conversion efficiency, feedback inhibition of volatile acid, product inhibition among hydrogen production bacteria and the like, so that the hydrogen production efficiency is low, and the thermochemical conversion hydrogen production is more suitable for large-scale hydrogen production.
The invention with the publication number of CN1435368A discloses a method for preparing hydrogen by catalytic cracking of biomass, which takes air or/and water vapor as working gas and animal and plant raw materials with certain particle size as biomass raw materials, a fluidized bed reactor comprises a combustion zone, a catalytic gasification zone and a friend-making catalytic cracking zone, wherein a catalytic cracking catalyst is an iron catalyst, a water gas shift catalyst is an alkali metal catalyst, a tar cracking catalyst is a nickel-based catalyst, the catalysts are suspended in different zones of the reactor under the action of air flow, so as to generate hydrogen-rich fuel gas containing more than 70% of hydrogen, and the hydrogen-rich fuel gas is purified by a fixed bed tar cracker after dust is removed by a cyclone separator. However, the process has the defects of high gasification temperature, high energy consumption, high equipment requirement, high price of the alkali metal catalyst and the nickel-based catalyst, harsh use conditions and the like.
The patent CN 105692551B continuously sends biomass and steam into a fluidized bed reactor for rapid cracking at 600 ℃, the generated cracked gas, biomass charcoal and steam enter a fluidized bed reactor together for synchronous gasification reaction of the cracked gas and the biomass charcoal, the gas from the fluidized bed reactor is subjected to catalytic reforming reaction to generate hydrogen-rich gas, the catalytic reforming adopts Co and Cu based modified catalysts, and the defects of harsh gasification reaction conditions of the biomass steam and high price of the reforming catalysts exist.
Patent CN 104194834B provides a biomass chemical-looping hydrogen production device, which uses NiFe2O4The oxygen carrier is used for chemical-looping hydrogen production, and has the problems of high price, long cycle service life, reaction activity and the like. Therefore, the development of new thermochemical conversion hydrogen production processes, inexpensive catalysts, and reduction of energy consumption in hydrogen production processes remain important and difficult points of research.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a method and a system for preparing hydrogen from biomass, which convert the biomass into a hydrogen product by a carbonization-gasification combined process and have the advantages of simple process, high hydrogen yield and high energy utilization rate.
The specific technical scheme is as follows:
a method for producing hydrogen from biomass, which comprises the following steps:
(1) the biomass raw material enters a carbonization reactor for reaction to obtain biological coke and volatile gas;
(2) and (2) uniformly mixing the biological coke obtained in the step (1) with a gasification catalyst, then feeding the mixture into a gasification reactor, contacting with steam for reaction, and further carrying out steam shift reaction and pressure swing adsorption treatment on the gasified gas obtained by the reaction to obtain a hydrogen product.
In the above method for producing hydrogen from biomass, the biomass raw material may be derived from any substance containing lignocellulose, such as forestry residues or agricultural residues, and further specifically may be any substance containing lignocellulose, such as straw, rice hull, wheat straw, wood block, leaves, branches, and the like. The shape of the raw material can be any shape including sheet, round, cylinder, cone, square, irregular shape and the like, and the maximum dimension of the raw material in the direction is not more than 30mm, preferably 1-25 mm.
In the method for preparing hydrogen from biomass, volatile gas from the carbonization reactor enters the combustor to be fully combusted, and heat generated by combustion is supplied to the carbonization reactor, the gasification reactor and the water vapor generator for use.
In the method for preparing hydrogen from biomass, the biomass raw material in the step (1) is subjected to pyrolysis and carbonization reactions in a carbonization reactor, wherein the reaction temperature is 200-550 ℃, and preferably 250-450 ℃.
In the method for producing hydrogen from biomass, the gasification catalyst in the step (2) comprises a component A and a component B, wherein the component A is an alkali metal halide, the component B is an alkaline earth metal sulfate or an alkaline earth metal carbonate, and the mass ratio of the component A to the component B is 30: 1-1: 5, preferably 6: 1-1: 1.
in the above method for producing hydrogen from biomass, the alkali metal element in the alkali metal halide may be one or more of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium; the halogen in the alkali metal halide may be one or more of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, and further, the specific alkali metal halide may be selected from one or more of lithium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, rubidium chloride, cesium chloride, francium chloride, lithium fluoride, sodium fluoride, potassium fluoride, rubidium fluoride, cesium fluoride, francium fluoride, lithium bromide, sodium bromide, potassium bromide, rubidium bromide, cesium bromide, francium bromide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, potassium iodide, rubidium iodide, cesium iodide and francium iodide, and preferably is one or more of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium bromide, sodium iodide and potassium iodide.
In the method for producing hydrogen by using biomass, the alkaline earth metal sulfate is one or more of beryllium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, calcium sulfate, strontium sulfate, barium sulfate and radium sulfate, and preferably one or more of magnesium sulfate, calcium sulfate and barium sulfate.
In the method for producing hydrogen by using biomass, the alkaline earth metal carbonate is one or more of beryllium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate, strontium carbonate, barium carbonate and radium carbonate, and preferably one or more of magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate.
In the method for producing hydrogen by biomass, the gasification reaction conditions in the step (2) are as follows: the reaction temperature is 700-950 ℃, preferably 750-900 ℃, and the flow rate of the water is 0.05-0.8 mL/min.
In the method for producing hydrogen by using biomass, the mass ratio of the biological coke gasification catalyst to the biomass raw material in the step (2) is 60-1: 99 to 40.
In the above method for producing hydrogen from biomass, the water-gas shift reaction in step (2) adopts the existing water-gas shift process in the art, and the catalyst used in the water-gas shift reaction may be a commercially available product, or may be prepared according to the methods disclosed in the patents or documents in the existing art, for example, a copper-based low-temperature shift catalyst B208 and the like may be specifically used. In general, the reaction conditions of the steam shift device are as follows: the reaction temperature is 250-300 ℃, the volume ratio of the water vapor to the gasified gas is 0.5-0.9, and the space velocity of the gasified gas is 1500-2500 h-1。
In the above method for producing hydrogen from biomass, the pressure swing adsorption in step (2) adopts the existing pressure swing adsorption device in the field, and the pressure swing adsorption device is filled with an adsorbent, which may be one or more of petroleum coke-based activated carbon, molecular sieve, silica gel and activated alumina. The operating conditions of the pressure swing adsorption unit are typically: the pressure is 1.5-4 MPa, and the temperature is 20-30 ℃.
In a second aspect, the invention provides a biomass hydrogen production system comprising
The carbonization reactor is used for receiving the biomass raw material and obtaining biological coke and volatile gas after treatment;
the gasification reactor is used for receiving the biological coke, the gasification catalyst and the water vapor from the carbonization reactor, and obtaining gasified gas after treatment;
the water-vapor shift reactor is used for receiving the gasified gas from the gasification reactor and obtaining hydrogen-containing body after treatment;
the pressure swing adsorption device is used for receiving the hydrogen-containing gas from the water-vapor shift reactor and obtaining a hydrogen product after treatment.
In the biomass hydrogen production system, the system comprises the combustor, the combustor is used for receiving and combusting volatile gas from the carbonization reactor, and huge heat generated by combustion of the volatile gas is supplied to the carbonization reactor, the gasification reactor and the steam generator, so that heat and reaction temperature are provided for hydrogen production reaction, energy supply of the whole process is assisted, and stable operation of the reaction is guaranteed.
Compared with the prior art, the biomass hydrogen production method and the biomass hydrogen production system have the following beneficial technical effects:
1. in the biomass hydrogen production method, the alkaline metal halide and the alkaline earth metal sulfate or the alkaline earth metal carbonate are used as gasification catalysts in the biological coke gasification process, and the metastable active component group is generated in the biological coke steam gasification system through reactions such as in-situ ion exchange, hydrolysis, reduction and the like, so that the hydrogen production reaction activity of the biological coke is greatly improved, and the problem of low catalytic activity of a cheap alkaline metal halide catalytic material is solved. The adopted catalytic material has wide sources, can be obtained from natural ores and seawater, has low price, greatly reduces the catalytic cost of the biological coke steam gasification, can be recycled and reused by a water-soluble method, and can also be used as a disposable catalyst.
2. In the method for preparing hydrogen from biomass, the biomass raw material is converted into the hydrogen product by the carbonization-gasification combined treatment process, and the method has the advantages of simple process, high hydrogen yield and high energy utilization rate.
3. In the biomass hydrogen production method, the biomass carbonization reaction temperature is controlled below 550 ℃, and the polycondensation reaction of heavy tar can be ensured as much as possible by adjusting the temperature and the residence time of the biomass in the carbonization furnace, so that the yield of the biological coke is maximized.
4. In the invention, the volatile components generated in the biomass carbonization reactor are fed into the combustion furnace for combustion in a high-temperature state, and the tar components are combusted with combustible gas in a gas state, so that the environmental pollution caused by tar discharge and gas purification is avoided, the problem of pipeline blockage caused by tar condensation is prevented, the problem of oil-gas separation is solved, and the reaction steps are greatly simplified. The heat accumulating type heat exchanger supplies huge heat generated by burning of the volatile components to the water vapor generator, the biomass carbonization reactor and the biological coke gasification reactor, provides heat and reaction temperature for hydrogen production reaction, assists energy supply of the whole process, and ensures stable operation of reaction.
Detailed Description
In the embodiment and the comparative example of the invention, the water-gas shift reaction adopts a copper-based low-temperature shift catalyst B208 with the composition of CuO/ZnO/Al2O3(mass fraction of CuO 38%, mass fraction of ZnO 40%, Al2O38 percent of mass fraction), 20-40 meshes of catalyst granularity and 10mL of catalyst loading. The biological coke gasification gas enters a water vapor conversion device and then reacts with the water vapor simultaneously entering a reaction tank at 260 ℃, the flow ratio of the water vapor to the gasification gas is 0.7, and the space velocity of the gasification gas is 2000h-1。
In the embodiment of the present invention and the comparative example, the pressure swing adsorption process is: the operating conditions of the water-vapor conversion device are 2Mpa of pressure and 25 ℃, and the adsorbent is a graded adsorbent consisting of petroleum coke-based active carbon, a molecular sieve, silica gel and active alumina according to the mass ratio of 5:2:1: 1.
In the embodiment of the invention, the volatile components generated in the biomass carbonization reactor are fed into the combustion furnace in a high-temperature state for combustion, and the huge heat generated by the combustion of the volatile components is supplied to the water vapor generator, the biomass carbonization reactor and the biological coke gasification reactor through the heat accumulating type heat exchanger, so that the energy supply of the whole process is ensured, the energy consumption of the process is greatly reduced, and the stable operation of the reaction can be ensured only by a small amount of auxiliary heating.
Example 1
Weighing 37g of wheat straw, adding the wheat straw into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 350 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 3g of KCl and 0.1g of MgCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 750 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.3mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 55.1 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 64.2 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 63g/kg biomass.
Example 2
Weighing 35g of corn straws, adding the corn straws into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 450 ℃, wherein the biological coke generated by the reaction is mixed with 1.5g of NaCl and 0.6g of CaCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 800 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.6mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction of the gasified gas is 54.1 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gas is further improved by the gasified gas passing through a water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 62.3 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 96g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Example 3
Weighing 39g of bamboo willow, adding the bamboo willow into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 550 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 1.6g of NaBr and 0.2g of MgCO3、0.8gCaCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 850 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.45mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 51.1 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved through a water-vapor shift reactor, and the gasified gas is subjected to water-vapor shift reactionH in gas at the outlet of the device2The volume fraction reaches 62.5 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 85g of hydrogen/kg of biomass.
Example 4
Weighing 40g of hazelnut, adding the hazelnut into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the reaction temperature of 300 ℃, wherein the biological coke generated by the reaction is 0.4g of KCl and 1.5g of CaCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 950 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.6mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 57.4 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 62.3 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 42g of hydrogen/kg of biomass.
Example 5
Weighing 38g of walnut shells, adding the walnut shells into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 400 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 1.4g of KBr and 1.1g of MgCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 900 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.5mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 53.2 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 62.8 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 90g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Example 6
Weighing 35g of wheat straw, adding the wheat straw into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 350 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 2.8g of KCl and 0.1g of MgSO 24Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 750 ℃, the pressure is normal, and the flux of water is 0.45mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 54.1 percent, the gasified gas passes through a water-vapor shift reactor to further improve the hydrogen concentration in the gas, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 61.2 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 58g/kg biomass.
Example 7
Weighing 42g of spruce scales, adding the spruce scales into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 450 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 1.9g of NaCl and 1.1g of MgSO4Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 800 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.35mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 53.1 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 62.9 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 93g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Example 8
Weighing 37g of larch, adding the larch into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 550 ℃, wherein the biological coke generated by the reaction is mixed with 2.1g of KBr and 0.3g of CaSO4、0.7gMgSO4Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 850 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.55mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 53.4 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 62.6 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 82g of hydrogen/kg of biomass.
Example 9
Weighing 39g of willow, adding the willow into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the reaction temperature of 300 ℃,the biological coke generated by the reaction is mixed with 0.4g of KCl and 1.5g of MgSO4Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 950 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.6mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 57.2 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 59.3 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 46g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Example 10
Weighing 38g of corn straws, adding the corn straws into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the reaction temperature of 400 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 1.4g of KBr and 0.9g of MgSO (MgSO)4Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 900 ℃, the pressure is normal, the water vapor flux is 0.5mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 53.0 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 62.7 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 91g of hydrogen/kg of biomass.
Example 11
Weighing 125g of fir, adding the fir into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 300 ℃, wherein the biological coke generated by the reaction is mixed with 0.42g of KBr and 0.02g of CaCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 800 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.5mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 48.9 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 60.3 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be improved to 97 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass production of the whole processThe hydrogen rate was 24g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Example 12
Weighing 41g of bamboo willow, adding the bamboo willow into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the reaction temperature of 300 ℃, and reacting the generated biological coke with 10.2g of KBr and 50.8g of MgSO 44Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 750 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.3mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 57.5 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 64.8 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 96g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Comparative example 1
Weighing 42g of spruce scales, adding the spruce scales into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 450 ℃, uniformly mixing biological coke generated by the reaction and 1.9g of NaCl in a spiral feeder, and allowing the mixture to enter a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 800 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.35mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 55.8 percent, the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by the water-vapor shift reactor, and H is contained in the gas at the outlet of the water-vapor shift reactor2The volume fraction reaches 56.7 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 64g hydrogen/kg biomass.
Comparative example 2
Weighing 35g of corn straws, adding the corn straws into a biomass carbonization reactor for reaction at the temperature of 450 ℃, wherein the biological coke generated by the reaction and 0.6g of CaCO3Uniformly mixing in a spiral feeder, and entering a biological coke gasification reactor for steam gasification reaction under the following reaction conditions: the temperature is 800 ℃, the pressure is normal, the flux of water is 0.6mL/min, and the gas composition at the outlet of the biological coke gasification reactor is H2The volume fraction is 57.3 percent, and the concentration of hydrogen in the gasified gas is further improved by a water-vapor shift reactorFrom the gas at the outlet of the water-gas shift reactor H2The volume fraction reaches 54.8 percent, the hydrogen concentration can be increased to 99 percent through pressure swing adsorption, and the biomass hydrogen production rate of the whole process is 41g of hydrogen/kg of biomass.