A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments

Gasification is an efficient process to obtain valuable products from biomass with several potential applications, which has received increasing attention over the last decades. Further development of gasification technology requires innovative and economical gasification methods with high efficienc...

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Main Authors: Somayeh Farzad, Mohsen Ali Mandegari, Johann F. Görgens
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Language:English
Published: Alpha Creation Enterprise 2016-12-01
Series:Biofuel Research Journal
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Online Access:http://www.biofueljournal.com/article_32132_c1804a20c9aec0867882b6412908bc05.pdf
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Mohsen Ali Mandegari
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description Gasification is an efficient process to obtain valuable products from biomass with several potential applications, which has received increasing attention over the last decades. Further development of gasification technology requires innovative and economical gasification methods with high efficiencies. Various conventional mechanisms of biomass gasification as well as new technologies are discussed in this paper. Furthermore, co-gasification of biomass and coal as an efficient method to protect the environment by reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been comparatively discussed. In fact, the increasing attention to renewable resources is driven by the climate change due to GHG emissions caused by the widespread utilization of conventional fossil fuels, while biomass gasification is considered as a potentially sustainable and environmentally-friendly technology. Nevertheless, social and environmental aspects should also be taken into account when designing such facilities, to guarantee the sustainable use of biomass. This paper also reviews the life cycle assessment (LCA) studies conducted on biomass gasification, considering different technologies and various feedstocks.
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spelling doaj.art-774b45b79dcd4f5c9ac58eec546d0fb42024-03-26T15:13:22ZengAlpha Creation EnterpriseBiofuel Research Journal2292-87822292-87822016-12-013448349510.18331/BRJ2016.3.4.332132A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessmentsSomayeh Farzad0Mohsen Ali Mandegari1Johann F. Görgens2Department of Process Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.Department of Process Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.Department of Process Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.Gasification is an efficient process to obtain valuable products from biomass with several potential applications, which has received increasing attention over the last decades. Further development of gasification technology requires innovative and economical gasification methods with high efficiencies. Various conventional mechanisms of biomass gasification as well as new technologies are discussed in this paper. Furthermore, co-gasification of biomass and coal as an efficient method to protect the environment by reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been comparatively discussed. In fact, the increasing attention to renewable resources is driven by the climate change due to GHG emissions caused by the widespread utilization of conventional fossil fuels, while biomass gasification is considered as a potentially sustainable and environmentally-friendly technology. Nevertheless, social and environmental aspects should also be taken into account when designing such facilities, to guarantee the sustainable use of biomass. This paper also reviews the life cycle assessment (LCA) studies conducted on biomass gasification, considering different technologies and various feedstocks.http://www.biofueljournal.com/article_32132_c1804a20c9aec0867882b6412908bc05.pdfBiomass gasificationPlasma gasificationSupercritical water gasificationCo-gasificationLife Cycle Assessment (LCA)
spellingShingle Somayeh Farzad
Mohsen Ali Mandegari
Johann F. Görgens
A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments
Biofuel Research Journal
Biomass gasification
Plasma gasification
Supercritical water gasification
Co-gasification
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
title A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments
title_full A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments
title_fullStr A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments
title_full_unstemmed A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments
title_short A critical review on biomass gasification, co-gasification, and their environmental assessments
title_sort critical review on biomass gasification co gasification and their environmental assessments
topic Biomass gasification
Plasma gasification
Supercritical water gasification
Co-gasification
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
url http://www.biofueljournal.com/article_32132_c1804a20c9aec0867882b6412908bc05.pdf
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