Life Cycle Assessment of Biochar versus Metal Catalysts Used in Syngas Cleaning

Biomass gasification has the potential to produce renewable fuels, chemicals and power at large utility scale facilities. In these plants catalysts would likely be used to reform and clean the generated biomass syngas. Traditional catalysts are made from transition metals, while catalysts made from...

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Main Authors: Robert S. Frazier, Enze Jin, Ajay Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/1/621