Advanced Technology of Biomass Gasification Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 9784
Special Issue Editors
Interests: syngas conversion; CO2 hydrogenation; biomass catalytic upgrading
Interests: biogas; anaerobic digestion; methane production; waste management; composting; extrusion; pelletization; pretreatment of biomass for energy purposes
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Dear Colleagues,
Gasification technology has been a competitive technology for converting various carbonaceous feedstocks, including coal, biomass, and organic wastes, into gaseous fuel that can be directly used as a power supply or as feedstocks for chemical synthesis. Integrating a gasification system with power generation systems, such as gas and steam turbines, or production processes of chemical commodities, such as methanol, glycol, olefins, and dimethyl oxalate can provide a cleaner and more sustainable option for energy and chemical supply. State-of-the-art biomass gasification technology is still struggling with challenges such as tar or other trace impurities, which adversely affect the downstream utilization and the cost-effectiveness of the whole process. In addition, several process intensification strategies such as sorption-enhanced gasification technology, multifunctional gasifier (e.g., combining reaction and catalytic upgrading in the gasifier), advanced reactor design (e.g., membrane reactor), excitation under applied physical fields (microwaves, plasmas, and high gravity) have shown promising results towards optimizing the H/C ratio of syngas, reducing the production cost and energy consumption of high-quality syngas.
This Special Issue on “Advanced Biofuel Production from Biomass Gasification” aims to curate novel advances in the development and implementation of process intensification to address the longstanding challenges in improving syngas quality and process efficiency during biomass gasification. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Process intensification approaches for biomass gasification;
- The use of novel feedstocks for syngas production using gasification technology (e.g., municipal and industrial wastes; sludge);
- Intensified reactor design with multifunctionalities for biomass gasification;
- Application of functional materials (e.g., catalyst, adsorbent, selective permeable membrane) to condition syngas quality;
- Application of alternative energy sources (solar, electric field, microwave, plasma, high gravity) for biomass gasification;
- Syngas conversion to chemicals using syngas produced from biomass gasification;
- The development of techno-economic and life-cycle assessment models to estimate the economic and environmental impact of the proposed process.
Dr. Zixu Yang
Dr. Kamil Witaszek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- syngas cleaning
- syngas conversion
- hydrogen production
- sorption-enhanced gasification technology
- process intensification
- design of gasifier
- techno-economic and life-cycle assessment
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