Syngas Production from Biomass: A Review

Abstract

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.

Century of Technology Trends in Methanol Synthesis: Any Need for Kinetics Refitting?

“…Currently, the most popular ones are steam methane reforming (SMR), − autothermal reforming (ATR), ,− partial oxidation (POX), , and coal gasification (CG) . In the past years, due to the large availability of coal mines, many institutions devoted great efforts to making more appealing and environmentally sustainable CG plants mainly driven by the growth of the Chinese internal methanol market. , More recently, different strategies have been proposed to reduce the environmental impact of CG plants for methanol synthesis: the use of biomass from anaerobic digestion as an alternative feedstock ,− or the application of more innovative technologies to obtain syngas while purifying streams from common coal pollutants such as carbon dioxide and H 2 S (AG2S technology − ).…”