02624nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245016000055210006900215260008600284300001400370490000800384520154200392653003901934653002501973653002401998653004102022653003002063653003202093100002402125700001602149700002202165700002302187700002602210856012202236       2016                        eng d  a0098-644500aHigh ash char gasification in thermo-gravimetric analyzer and prediction of gasification performance parameters using computational intelligence formalisms0 aHigh ash char gasification in thermogravimetric analyzer and pre  a530 WALNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USAbTAYLOR & FRANCIS INCcJAN  a1029-10440 v2033 a<p>The coal gasification is a cleaner and more efficient process than the coal combustion. Although high ash coals are commonly utilized in the energy generation, systematic gasification kinetic studies using chars derived from these coals are scarce. Accordingly, this paper reports the development of the data-driven models for the gasification of chars derived from the high ash coals. Specifically, the models predict two important gasification performance parameters, viz. gasification rate constant and reactivity index. These models have been constructed using three computational intelligence (CI) methods, namely genetic programming (GP), multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network (NN), and support vector regression (SVR). The inputs to the CI-based models consist of seven parameters representing the gasification reaction conditions and properties of high ash coals and chars. The data used in the modeling were collected by performing extensive gasification experiments in the CO2 atmosphere in a thermo-gravimetric analyzer (TGA) using char samples derived from the Indian coals containing high ash content. Values of the two gasification performance parameters were obtained by fitting the experimental data to the shrinking unreacted core (SUC) model. It has been observed that all the CI-based models possess an excellent prediction accuracy and generalization capability. Accordingly, these models can be gainfully employed in the design and operation of the fixed and fluidized bed gasifiers using high ash coals.</p>10aChar gasification kinetic modeling10aData-driven modeling10agenetic programming10aMultilayer perceptron neural network10asupport vector regression10aThermo-gravimetric analyzer1 aPatil-Shinde, Veena1 aSaha, Sujan1 aSharma, Bijay, K.1 aTambe, Sanjeev, S.1 aKulkarni, Bhaskar, D.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/high-ash-char-gasification-thermo-gravimetric-analyzer-and-prediction-gasification