Biomass Gasification for Power Generation, Biofuels, and High Value Chemical Products

Dear Colleagues,

Biomass gasification is a growing technology based on a complex thermochemical process where an organic material is converted into a gaseous stream mainly composed of H₂, CO, CO₂, N₂, H₂O, and CH4 among others, commonly named syngas or producer gas. Biomass gasification represents an efficient process that can be used to produce renewable electricity and/or heat, biofuels, and high-value chemicals products. Gasifiers are classified mainly on the basis of their gas-solid contacting mode and gasifying medium into three principal types: fixed bed, fluidized bed, and entrained flow. Depending on the final application, the gasification system can be coupled to a power generation technology (external or internal machine), combustion chamber or furnace (for direct combustion of syngas), or other chemical reactors or catalyzers.

This Special Issue aims to publish a comprehensive overview and an in-depth technical research paper addressing recent progress in biomass gasification processes. Studies of advanced gasification reactors, and numerical models and technologies for power generation, biofuels, and other valuable chemical products, are welcomed. Research involving experimental methods in pilot-scale gasification plants and techno-economic studies, and recent developments and the current state-of-the-art in this field, are highly encouraged.

Assist. Prof. David Vera Candeas
Dr. Alberto Gomez-Barea
Guest Editors

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• biomass gasification
• state-of-the-art
• thermodynamic modeling
• economic
• combined heat and power
• biofuels
• bioenergy
• experimental