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.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 608-609)
• Pages: 402-405
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.608-609.402
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Wei Juan Lan, Guan Yi Chen, Chao Wang, Xin Li Zhu
• Keywords: Biomass, Gasification, Syngas, Technical Review

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