Gasification Technology Review

Quaak, R, H. Knoef, and H. Stassen, 1999. Energy from Biomass. A Review of Combustion and Gasification Technologies. World Bank Technical Paper No. 422, Energy Series, The World Bank, Washington D.C. 78 pp. 

This overview reports on the progress achieved over the past five years in thermochemical gasification of biomass and waste recovered fuels. The status of all major projects is reviewed while new trends are briefly presented. The paper concludes with recommendations for fumre R D needs and demonstration requirements while attempting to present a strategy for the commercialisation of gasification technologies. 

L Leppaiahti J, Koljonen T, (1995) Nitrogen evolution from coal, peat and wood during gasification literature review, Fuei Processing Technology, 43, 1-45. 

Arena Umberto. Process and technological aspects of municipal solid waste gasification. A review. Waste Manag 2012, Apr 32(4) 625-639. 

Excellent critical reviews of coal gasification technology are available in two recent reports, one by a select committee appointed by the National Academy of Engineering [93], and the other by Perry [94]. Both reports contain useful bibliographies. 

The present state of technology is reviewed (mainly from German literature of 1993 -4) in the Add of three principal thermal methods used for plastics wastes, namely pyrolysis (high-temperature carbonisation, coking), hydrocracking and gasification. 36 refs. Articles from this journal can be requested for translation by subscribers to the Rapra produced International Polymer Science and Technology. 

Olofsson, I. Nordin, A. Soderlind, U., Initial Review and Evaluation of Process Technologies and Systems Suitable for Cost-Efficient Medium-Scale Gasification for Biomass to Liquid Fuels, ETPC Report 05-02, University of Umea/Mid Sweden University, Umea, 2005, p. 90. 

Rath, Status of Gasification Demonstration Plants, Froc. 2d Anna. Fuel Cells Contract Review Mtg., DOE/METG-9090/6112, p. 91. jCoal Gasification Guidebook Status, Applications, and Technologies, Electric Power Research Institute, EPRITR-102034,1993, p. 5-28. Ibid.,p. 5-58. 

Beenackers, A, Biomass gasification in moving beds, a review of European technologies. Renewable Energy... 

Kurkela, E. (1991). A Review of Current Activities on Biomass and Peat Gasification in Finland, Task VII, Biomass Conversion, Activity 4, Thermal Gasification, Participating Countries Report, Compiled by Institute of Gas Technology. Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, December. 

The programme was divided into three major thermal conversion technologies gasification, combustion and pyrolysis, and this division is reflected in the structure of these proceedings. Each main area of the conference was preceded by a state-of-the-art review to provide a focus for the ensuing presentations and an authoritative reference. One of the major features of this conference series is the high quality of the presentations and papers, which is achieved by subjecting all contributions to a full peer review process. 

There are many methods for the desulfurization of nature gas, which can be classified into dry desulfurization, wet desulfurization, and catalytic adsorption. In the dry desulfurization, some solid sorbents, such as iron oxide, zinc oxide, activated carbon (AC), zeolites, and molecular sieves, are used. In wet desulfurization method, liquid-phase chemical/physical solvent absorption systems are usually used for scrubbing H2S amine-based processes are subject to equipment corrosion, foaming, amine-solution degradation, and evaporation, and require extensive wastewater treatment. As a result, this sulfur removal technology is complex and capital intensive,44 although the processes are still employed widely in the industry. The desulfurization of coal gasification gas will be reviewed in detail in Section 5.5. In the catalytic-adsorption method, the sulfur compounds are transformed into H2S by catalytic HDS or into elemental sulfur or SOx by selective catalytic oxidation (SCO), and then, the reformed H2S and SOx are removed by the subsequent adsorption. 

Fritz, J. J., Gordon, J. J., Henry, J. F., Nguyen, V. T., "Status Review of Wood Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Densification Technologies", MTR-8031, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, July 1979. 

While the topic of this paper is Canada s PTGL (Pyrolysis Thermal Gasification and Liquefaction) research program it is useful to review the current status of conversion technologies for biomass. The goal is to describe the characteristics of each technology so that efficiencies, process steps and environmental factors are well quantified and under these circumstances for a known cost and nature of feedstock an economic or social decision can be taken as to whether or not to implement the technology. 

Joshi MM, Lee S (1996) Integrated gasification combined cycle—a review of IGCC technology. Energy Source 18 537-568... 

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