The improvement of synthetic gas quality on the gasification process of palm starch waste through the applied of cyclone separator

In this study focuses on the purification system of Synthetic gas from particulates (char-ash and soot) that proper with the characteristic of palm starch waste by using the cyclone separators. The objective of this study is to analyze the geometry of cyclone separator that suitable for gasification process of palm starch waste. The gasification process of palm starch waste faced the impurity materials problem on synthetic gas such as tar, char-ash, and soot. This certainly affects the quality of the products of synthetic gas. This study has conducted a comparison study of syngas quality in gasification process by using cyclone separator without counter cone and with counter cone experimentally. The results showed the vortex separator was able to separate the tar, char-ash, and soot on the synthetic gas more effectively than without counter cone. This study also examines the effect of vortex separator geometry on the synthetic gas quality of gasification of palm starch waste. The results showed that the geometry of the vortex separator with counter cone angle 1200 more effective than 900. Discussion about the effect of vortex separator geometry on the quality of syngas will be discussed in this paper.