Enriched air gasification of two different refuse derived fuels (RDF) was performed in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. Thermo-gravimetric analysis of the two RDFs was performed and the effect of temperature
equivalence ratio (ER) and oxygen percentage of enriched air was investigated. Both RDFs were composed of cellulose and plastics based materials. With increasing temperature from 650℃ to 800℃
concentrations of H2
CO and CH4 increased in both RDFs gasification. Gas yield and gasification efficiency were also improved. The combustible components first increased slightly and then decreased with increasing ER
while gas yield kept constant growth. The optimum ER values for RDF1 and RDF2 were 0.22 and 0.27 respectively for obtaining the highest gasification efficiency. The use of enriched air could improve gasification effectively and lead to higher heating value of the syngas. When oxygen percentage of enriched air was 45%
the maximum low heating values of the syngas for RDF1 and RDF2 were 8.6 MJ·m-3 and 9.2 MJ·m-3 respectively.