TY - JOUR A1 - Kombe, Emmanuel Yeri A1 - Lang'at, Nickson A1 - Njogu, Paul A1 - Malessa, Reiner A1 - Weber, Christian-Toralf A1 - Njoka, Francis A1 - Krause, Ulrich T1 - Process modeling and evaluation of optimal operating conditions for production of hydrogen-rich syngas from air gasification of rice husks using aspen plus and response surface methodology T2 - Bioresource Technology N2 - Biomass gasification is recognized as a viable avenue to accelerate the sustainable production of hydrogen. In this work, a numerical simulation model of air gasification of rice husks is developed using the Aspen Plus to investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen-rich syngas. The model is experimentally validated with rice husk gasification results and other published studies. The influence of temperature and equivalence ratio on the syngas composition, H2 yield, LHVSyngas, H2/CO ratio, CGE, and PCG was studied. Furthermore, the synchronized effects of temperature and ER are studied using RSM to determine the operational point of maximizing H2 yield and PCG. The RSM analysis results show optimum performance at temperatures between 820 °C and 1090 °C and ER in the range of 0.06–0.10. The findings show that optimal operating conditions of the gasification system can be achieved at a more refined precision through simulations coupled with advanced optimization techniques. Y1 - 2023 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhbrb/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2958 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S096085242201063X SN - 0960-8524 VL - 361 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Elsevier ER -