Diego A. Rodríguez-Pastor

Dr. Diego A. Rodríguez-Pastor

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 December 2022 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Diego A. Rodríguez-PastorDiego A. Rodríguez-Pastor
Diego A. Rodríguez-Pastor
AIA.F. Ildefonso-Sanchez
A.F. Ildefonso-Sanchez
VSVíctor Soltero
Víctor Soltero
M. Estela PeraltaM. Estela Peralta
M. Estela Peralta
FSFundación Investigación de Sevilla
Fundación Investigación de Sevilla

12 August 2025 in Energies
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ELElisa López-García
Elisa López-García
Diego A. Rodríguez-PastorDiego A. Rodríguez-Pastor
Diego A. Rodríguez-Pastor
FSFundación Investigación de Sevilla
Fundación Investigación de Sevilla
ARAbel Rouboa
Abel Rouboa
Eliseu MonteiroEliseu Monteiro
Eliseu Monteiro
The utilisation of agricultural residues for power generation is an opportunity to reduce fossil fuel usage and foster a sustainable circular economy in Mediterranean European regions. This can be achieved by resorting to the gasification process, which faces challenges such as optimising its operation parameters on real-world applications and lowering operational costs. This work studies the gasification process of a set of agricultural biomasses widely available in the Mediterranean Europe regions through modelling and simulation in Aspen Plus. The selected biomasses are olive stone, grapevine waste, and wheat straw. The effect of temperature, equivalence ratio, and steam-to-biomass ratio on gasifier performance and their effect on gas composition was assessed. The results indicate that olive stone and wheat straw performed best in terms of syngas composition and cold gas efficiency. The analyses show good gasification performance for temperatures above 750 °C, equivalence ratios ranging from 0.1 to 0.3, depending on the raw material and steam-to-biomass ratios below 0.1. The obtained values show the validity and the potential of a downdraft gasification reactor to be used with these abundant agricultural biomasses in the Mediterranean European region. Its integration with a reciprocating engine is a rational choice for distributed power generation.