Gasificación con aire en lecho fluidizado de los residuos sólidos del proceso industrial de la naranja

the orange industrial process generates high volumes of solid residue. this residue has been used as complement in the animal feeding and biochemical processes; but it has not taken advantage through of the gasification process. the objective of the work was to determine the energy contribution by means of the gasification process, were carried out studies of the orange solid residue, using air in reactor of bubbling fluidized bed (varying the gasification temperature, air ratio and bed height). in the process a design of complete factorial experiment 2k, was used, valuing the influence of the independent variables and its interactions in the answers, using a confidence level of 95 %. were obtained the parameters to make the process of gasification of the orange solid residue, obtaining a gas of lower heating value, next to the 5046 kj/m3n, demonstrating their qualities for their energy use.