简介:Anewtypeofmixturefuel,sludge-oil-coalagglomerate(SOCA),wascatalyticallygasifiedwithsteaminathermobalancereactorunderatmosphericpressure.Allthefourcatalystsstudied(K2CO3,CaO,NiOandFe2O3)werefoundcapableofenhancingthesteamgasificationrateandsignificantlyincreasingtheconversionofcarbon.TherankingofcatalyticactivitywasfoundtobeK2CO3CaO>NiO>Fe2O3.Amodifiedvolumetric-reactionmodelintheliteraturewasusedtodescribetheconversionbehaviorofthesteamgasificationstudiedbyevaluatingthekineticparameters.ExpressionsoftheapparentgasificationratesforSOCAwerepresentedforthedesignofcatalyticgasificationprocesses.