
Advanced Biomass Gasification
New Concepts for Efficiency Increase and Product Flexibility
- 1st Edition - June 2, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Steffen Heidenreich, Michael Müller, Pier Ugo Foscolo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 4 2 9 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 4 3 6 7 - 7
Advanced Biomass Gasification: New Concepts for Efficiency Increase and Product Flexibility provides a thorough overview on new concepts in biomass gasification and consolida… Read more

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Request a sales quoteAdvanced Biomass Gasification: New Concepts for Efficiency Increase and Product Flexibility provides a thorough overview on new concepts in biomass gasification and consolidated information on advances for process integration and combination, which could otherwise only be gained by reading a high number of journal publications.
Heidenreich, Müller and Foscolo, highly respected experts in this field, start their exploration with the compact UNIQUE reactor, gasification and pyrolysis, gasification and combustion, and catalysts and membranes. The authors then examine biomass pre-treatment processes, taking into account the energy balance of the overall conversion process, and look into oxygen-steam gasification and solutions for air separation, including new options for integration of O2-membranes into the gasifier. Several polygeneration strategies are covered, including combined heat and power (CHP) production with synthetic natural gas (SNG), biofuels and hydrogen, and new cutting-edge concepts, such as plasma gasification, supercritical water gasification, and catalytic gasification, which allows for insights on the future technological outlook of the area.
This book is then a valuable resource for industry and academia-based researchers, as well as graduate students in the energy and chemical sectors with interest in biomass gasification, especially in areas of power engineering, bioenergy, chemical engineering, and catalysis.
- Explores state-of-the-art technologies that allow for greater efficiency and flexibility in gasification, including process integration, combination, and polygeneration strategies
- Consolidates information that was, up until now, scattered among several sources, including journal articles
- Provides a valuable resource for industry and academia-based researchers, as well as graduate students in the energy and chemical sectors with interest in biomass gasification, especially in areas of power engineering, bioenergy, chemical engineering, and catalysis
Industry and academia-based researchers and graduate students in the energy and chemical sector with interest in biomass gasification, especially in areas of power engineering, chemical engineering, catalysis, renewable energies, technical chemistry
Chapter 1. Introduction
- Abstract
- References
Chapter 2. Fundamental Concepts in Biomass Gasification
- Abstract
- 2.1 Chemistry of Gasification
- 2.2 Gasification Technology
- References
Chapter 3. Biomass Pretreatment
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Physical Pretreatment
- 3.3 Torrefaction
- 3.4 Hydrothermal Carbonization
- References
Chapter 4. Advanced Process Integration: The UNIQUE Gasifier Concept—Integrated Gasification, Gas Cleaning and Conditioning
- Abstract
- 4.1 The UNIQUE Gasifier Concept
- 4.2 Gas Impurities and Related Problems
- 4.3 Abatement of Particulates
- 4.4 Tar Reduction
- 4.5 Validation of the UNIQUE Gasifier Concept—Results of Tar and Dust Abatement by Catalytic Filter Candles in the Freeboard of a Fluidized Bed Gasifier
- 4.6 Abatement of Detrimental Inorganic Trace Elements
- 4.7 Conclusions and Outlook on Further Integration Options
- References
Chapter 5. Advanced Process Combination Concepts
- Abstract
- 5.1 Combination of Pyrolysis and Gasification
- 5.2 Combination of Gasification and Combustion
- 5.3 Combination of Water Gas Shift Catalysts and H2-Membranes
- References
Chapter 6. New and Improved Gasification Concepts
- Abstract
- 6.1 Oxygen–Steam Gasification
- 6.2 Chemical Looping Gasification
- 6.3 Supercritical Water Gasification
- References
Chapter 7. Polygeneration Strategies
- Abstract
- 7.1 Combined Heat and Power Production
- 7.2 Synthetic Natural Gas, Heat and Power Production
- 7.3 Biofuels, Heat and Power Production
- 7.4 Hydrogen and Heat Production
- References
Chapter 8. Conclusions and Outlook
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 2, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 140
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128042960
- eBook ISBN: 9780128043677
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