Biomass has great potential as a clean, renewable feedstock for producing modern energy carriers. This paper focuses on … the process of biomass gasification, where the synthesis gas may subsequently be used for the production of electricity …, fuels and chemicals. The gasifier is one of the least-efficient unit operations in the whole biomass-to-energy technology …

This paper presents an exergy analysis of SNG production via indirect gasification of various biomass feedstock …-to-SNG process for woody biomass is higher than that for waste biomass. The exergetic efficiency for all biomass feedstock increases …, including virgin (woody) biomass as well as waste biomass (municipal solid waste and sludge). In indirect gasification heat …

Biomass is a renewable feedstock for producing modern energy carriers. However, the usage of biomass is accompanied by … either from wood or from waste biomass. For these biofuels the most promising conversion case is the one which involves … production of syngas from biomass gasification, followed by synthesis of biofuels. The thermodynamic efficiency of biofuels …

feedstock. The differences are dependent on many factors such as farming practices, technology of the biomass conversion. With …,000 t/y methanol plant, using sugarcane bagasse as raw material. The methanol is produced through the BTL (Biomass to Liquid …

gas yield with pressure and torrefaction level for both types of biomass considered. Increasing pressure caused the … of original biomass on gas composition was limited, and became less relevant as pressure and torrefaction level increased … pretreatment technique for upgrading biomass to a higher quality solid fuel more suitable for the integration of gasification into …

management. In this paper, a geographic information system (GIS)-based EDSS for the optimal planning of forest biomass use for …), harvested biomass. Moreover, different energy products and different definitions of the harvesting and pre-treatment operations …

With increasing renewable energy targets and the use of biomass for energy production, questions arise about the … production of biofuel can have on the environment, but there has been less consideration of more small scale biomass heating …

The paper presents the results of exergy analysis for a biomass-to-synthetic natural gas (SNG) conversion process. The … main process units of biomass-to-SNG conversion technology are gasifier, gas cleaning, synthesis gas compression, CH4 … synthesis and final SNG conditioning. The results showed that the largest exergy losses take place in the biomass gasifier, CH4 …