Biomass is a promising energy resource, due to it is renewable and potentially zero carbon dioxide emissions. Biomass gasification is a major technical option to produce syngas, syngas can be further used as feedstock to product heat and power or bio-gasoline. A lot of research works have been made in biomass-derived syngas production for many years. In this paper, the state-of-the-art biomass-derived syngas production technologies in terms of technical performance are summarized. Many kinds of gasifier types are briefly stated.

The interaction between amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2) with surface (100) and mixture of glycerol and 1,6-hexanediol was simulated with periodic boundary conditions using the method of molecular dynamics. The properties of silicon dioxide depend on polarity of the groups of the surface. The simulation was respectively calculated that silicon dioxide surface with all silanol groups (Si-OH bonds) or all Si-O bonds interacts with hydroxyl of mixture of glycerol and 1,6-hexanediol in the paper. The results show that the peak of radial distribution function of hydroxyl of mixture on silicon dioxide surface with Si-O bonds is higher than that of the hydroxyl of the mixture on the surface with Si-OH bonds. And self-diffusion coefficient of hydroxyl of the mixture on the surface with the Si-O bonds was smaller than that of hydroxyl of the mixture on the surface with the Si-OH bonds. Interaction energy of silicon dioxide surface with Si-O bonds and the mixture is stronger than that of silicon dioxide surface with Si-O bonds and the mixture at different temperature respectively.

Bio-oil derived from biomass fast pyrolysis and biodiesel are all clean and renewable energy, which have been paid more and more attention by relevant researchers. The technology of biomass pyrolysis oil’s refining and producing second generation biodiesel by hydrotreating process are developed rapidly. This article presents the new research progress in the bio-oil hydrotreating refining for fuel.