Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity

In this work, the process of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) was studied experimentally and numerically. The typical cavity of UCG was a half-teardrop shape. The coal samples were collected from Mae Moh coal mine, Thailand. The coal type is mainly lignite. To generate the gasification process,...

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Main Authors: Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal, Arkom Palamanit, Arkom Palamanit, Maizirwan Mel, Maizirwan Mel, Makatar Wae-hayee, Makatar Wae-hayee
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author Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote
Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal
Arkom Palamanit, Arkom Palamanit
Maizirwan Mel, Maizirwan Mel
Makatar Wae-hayee, Makatar Wae-hayee
author_facet Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote
Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal
Arkom Palamanit, Arkom Palamanit
Maizirwan Mel, Maizirwan Mel
Makatar Wae-hayee, Makatar Wae-hayee
author_sort Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote
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description In this work, the process of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) was studied experimentally and numerically. The typical cavity of UCG was a half-teardrop shape. The coal samples were collected from Mae Moh coal mine, Thailand. The coal type is mainly lignite. To generate the gasification process, the coal sample was heated in the half-teardrop cavity by injecting partial oxidant, which is air, according to the Equivalent Ratio (ER) of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7. The properties of the product gas were measured using a syngas analyser. CFD technique, ANSYS (Fluent), was used to simulate flow characteristics and gasification process in the cavity. The experimental results show that the low heating value (LHV) of syngas peaks at 0.92 MJ/m3 when ER = 0.1, and LHV decreases monotonically as ER increases. The CFD results show that the area of high temperature in the UCG cavity is larger when the ER was greater.
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spelling uthm-95462023-08-02T03:48:58Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9546/ Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal Arkom Palamanit, Arkom Palamanit Maizirwan Mel, Maizirwan Mel Makatar Wae-hayee, Makatar Wae-hayee T Technology (General) In this work, the process of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) was studied experimentally and numerically. The typical cavity of UCG was a half-teardrop shape. The coal samples were collected from Mae Moh coal mine, Thailand. The coal type is mainly lignite. To generate the gasification process, the coal sample was heated in the half-teardrop cavity by injecting partial oxidant, which is air, according to the Equivalent Ratio (ER) of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7. The properties of the product gas were measured using a syngas analyser. CFD technique, ANSYS (Fluent), was used to simulate flow characteristics and gasification process in the cavity. The experimental results show that the low heating value (LHV) of syngas peaks at 0.92 MJ/m3 when ER = 0.1, and LHV decreases monotonically as ER increases. The CFD results show that the area of high temperature in the UCG cavity is larger when the ER was greater. semarak ilmu 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9546/1/J16077_a86432d60fcacf7ba3edf8ee4eb5cda8.pdf Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote and Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal and Arkom Palamanit, Arkom Palamanit and Maizirwan Mel, Maizirwan Mel and Makatar Wae-hayee, Makatar Wae-hayee (2023) Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 101 (2). pp. 172-183. ISSN 2289-7879 https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.101.2.172183
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Whacharapat Wattanasrirote, Whacharapat Wattanasrirote
Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal
Arkom Palamanit, Arkom Palamanit
Maizirwan Mel, Maizirwan Mel
Makatar Wae-hayee, Makatar Wae-hayee
Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity
title Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity
title_full Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity
title_fullStr Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity
title_short Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Using Half-teardrop Shape Cavity
title_sort experimental and numerical investigations of underground coal gasification (ucg) using half-teardrop shape cavity
topic T Technology (General)
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