17th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering

November 25th-28th, 2018, Águas de Lindóia, SP.

Potential of Biohydrogen Production in Landfills of the City

of São Paulo: Electrolysis x Steam Reform
Regina Franciélle Silva Paulino, José Luz Silveira
UNESP – FEG - Guaratinguetá-SP
www.feg.unesp.br/ipben
Introduction Results and Discussions
Exhaust gas

O2
Electricity
Biogas ICE Electrolyzer

MCI Biohydrogen

Water

Figura 01: Flowchart of the electrolysis process[1]

Figura 03: Process energetic efficiency
Exhaust
gases

CO2
Steam
Biogas

Air Reformer +
Reactor Shift
Biohydrogen

Boiler

Biogas
H 2O

Figura 02: Flowchart of the steam reform process [1]

Objectives
The objective is to perform the energy analysis in order to Figura 04: Hydrogen production potential
determine the efficiency of the electrolysis and steam reform processes Conclusions
and the biohydrogen production potential in the sanitary landfills of The processes of electrolysis of the water operating with electricity
the city of São Paulo. obtained from the biogas burning in the internal combustion engine and the
Material and Method steam reforming of the biogas are important routes to obtain the biohydrogen.
The energy analysis showed that the biogas production (50,333 Nm3/h) of
This study is based on the biogas production of three sanitary the three landfills of the metropolitan region of the city of São Paulo, can
landfills in the city of São Paulo: Landfill Caieiras (14000 m3/h [2]); produce 11852.15 Nm3/h of hydrogen using the electrolysis process and
Landfill Centro de Disposição de Resíduos (CDR) Pedreira (15000 m3/h 32688.51 Nm3/h of hydrogen by the steam reform process. The steam reforming
[3]); Landfill Central de Tratamento de Resíduos Leste (CTL) (16333 process is more energy efficient (63.39%) than the electrolysis process (26.34%).
m3/h [4]). Finally, the city of São Paulo has great potential to produce biohydrogen from
the biogas of its sanitary landfills, especially when it comes to the steam reform
process.
-Energy efficiency of the electrolysis process: .
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Acknowledgment
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