Kinetics of redox reactions of ilmenite for chemical-looping combustion

Abstract The objective of this study was to establish the kinetic of both reduction and oxidation reactions taking place in the chemical-looping combustion (CLC) process using ilmenite as an oxygen carrier. Because of the benefits of using of pre-oxidized ilmenite and the activation of the ilmenite during the redox cycles, the reactivity of both the pre-oxidized and activated ilmenite was analyzed. The experimental tests were carried out in a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), using H 2 , CO or CH 4 as reducing gases, and O 2 for the oxidation step. Thus, the reactivity with the main reacting gases was analyzed when natural gas, syngas or coal are used as fuels in a CLC system. The changing grain size model (CGSM) was used to predict the evolution with time of the solid conversion and to determine the kinetic parameters. In most cases, the reaction was controlled by chemical reaction in the grain boundary. In addition, to predict the behaviour of the oxidation during the first redox cycle of pre-oxidized ilmenite, a mixed resistance between chemical reaction and diffusion in the solid product was needed. The kinetic parameters of both reduction and oxidation reactions of the pre-oxidized and activated ilmenite were established. The reaction order for the main part of the reduction reactions of pre-oxidized and activated ilmenite with H 2 , CO, CH 4 and O 2 was n =1, being different ( n =0.8) for the reaction of activated ilmenite with CO. Activation energies from 109 to 165 kJ mol −1 for pre-oxidized ilmenite and from 65 to 135 kJ mol −1 for activated ilmenite were found for the different reactions with H 2 , CO and CH 4 . For the oxidation reaction activation energies found were lower, 11 kJ mol −1 for pre-oxidized and 25 kJ mol −1 for activated ilmenite. Finally, simplified models of the fuel and air reactors were used to do an assessment of the use of ilmenite as an oxygen carrier in a CLC system. The reactor models use the reaction model in the particle and the kinetic parameters obtained in this work. Taking into account for its oxygen transport capacity, the moderated solids inventory and the low cost of the material, ilmenite presents a competitive performance against synthetic oxygen carriers when coal or syngas are used as fuel.

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