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 JF - 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 - 2022 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S096085242201063X SN - 0960-8524 VL - 361 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wikarski, Dietmar A1 - Aurah, Catherine A1 - Ebinga Osore, Emmanuel A1 - Mengich, Gladys A1 - Mutua, Gershom A1 - Ndiema, Alice A1 - Nkangi, Felister Nyaera A1 - Ogemah, Vitalis A1 - Okoth, Patrick A1 - Ondulo, Jasper A1 - Orata Omoto, Francis A1 - Wambui Mwangi, Mary A1 - Namayi, Vivian A1 - Flassig, Peter A1 - Loose, Harald A1 - Malessa, Reiner A1 - Piorr, Hans-Peter A1 - Schrader, Thomas A1 - Weber, Christian-Toralf ED - Wikarski, Dietmar T1 - Towards Practice-oriented Higher Education for Sustainable Rural Development in Western Kenya BT - Proceedings of the final workshop of the DAAD funded project ProUniEdu-WeK Brandenburg an der Havel, August 10-12th, 2021 N2 - The workshop proceedings contain the written versions of the presentations of the Kenyan participants of the final workshop of the DAAD-funded cooperation project "Practice-oriented Higher Education in Western Kenya" (ProUniEdu-WeK) in August 2021 at the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences (THB). The contributions give an impression of what has been achieved in the last years on the way to practice-oriented higher education in the participating departments of the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in cooperation with its partners from the THB and what is planned to be done in the years to come. KW - Manufacturing KW - 3D Printing KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Bio-slurry KW - Biodigester KW - Biogas KW - CAD/CAM KW - Certification KW - CFD KW - Chronic illnesses KW - Collaboration KW - Communication Strategies KW - Competence KW - Computational Algorithms KW - COVID-19 KW - Cross-Flow Turbine KW - Diagnostic Toolkit KW - Digital Economy KW - Digitalisation KW - E-Health KW - Efficiency KW - Finite Element Method KW - Food Security KW - Health Communication KW - Higher Education KW - IoT KW - Learning Tool KW - Milling KW - Multi-disciplinarity KW - Organic Agriculture KW - Organic Farming KW - Organic Products KW - Pedagogy KW - Programming KW - Prosthetics KW - Prototyping KW - Robotics KW - Rural Areas KW - Rural Community KW - Rural Populations KW - Statistical Analysis KW - Telemedicine Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:522-opus4-27420 PB - Technische Hochschule Brandenburg CY - Brandenburg an der Havel ET - 1st edition ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kombe, Emmanuel Yeri A1 - Langat, Nickson A1 - Njogu, Paul A1 - Malessa, Reiner A1 - Weber, Christian-Toralf A1 - Njoka, Francis A1 - Krause, Ulrich T1 - Numerical investigation of sugarcane bagasse gasification using Aspen Plus and response surface methodology JF - Energy Conversion and Management KW - Biomass gasification KW - Aspen Plus KW - Optimization KW - Gibbs free energy minimization KW - Response surface methodology Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.115198 SN - 0196-8904 VL - 254 PB - Elsevier ER -