Synthesis of NiO/Zeolite Catalyst and Its Performance in Renewable Biomass Gasification Electric Generator

Abstract

Research on NiO/Zeolite catalytic biomass gasification to produce electricity has been completed. This study aims to study the effect of the NiO/Zeolite catalyst on the voltage and current generated in the gasification process. This research was carried out by making NiO/Zeolite catalysts using the wet impregnation method, followed by contructing a gasification device plus installing a batch of catalysts in the reactor, and then testing the electrical parameters produced by the gasification equipment. The results obtained are NiO/Zeolite catalysts which have been successfully synthesized using FTIR spectral indicators and XRD diffractograms with the appearance of NiO and Ni peaks at angles of 2θ 28^o and 63^o. The resulting catalyst was also reported to have succeeded in increasing voltage stability compared to the gasification process without a catalyst with a maximum value of 250 V and an average value of 225 V. The NiO/Zeolite catalyst also succeeded in increasing the current value and stabilizing the current value compared to the non-reaction gasification process with a maximum of 50 A and an average of 44 A.