An investigation into chemical-looping gasification (CLG)of coal with K2CO3 and NiO-decorated Fe2O3 oxygen carrier in a fluidized bed reactor
using steam as the gasification-fluidization medium
was carried out.The reactivity and regeneration of two kinds of Fe2O3 composite oxygen carriers in multi-cycles
as well as the mechanism and kinetics model of the gasification process
were presented.At 920℃
the reactivity order was as follow:Fe4Al6K1>Fe4Al6>Fe4Al6Ni1.X-ray diffraction (XRD)images showed that the Fe4Al6K1 composite oxygen carrier was completely regenerated after 6 cycle redox experiments
and potassium ferrites were formed during the calcinations process
whose structure could boost the reactivity of Fe-based oxygen carrier.Fe4Al6K1 particles were excellent oxygen carriers for chemical-looping gasification of coal.Finally
the peak fitting technique was used to analyze the gasification reaction rate curve describing the reaction mechanism of coal and Fe2O3 composite oxygen carrier.It indicated that complex reactions of CLG included three stages