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And also, after the gasification process, CO 2 takes up to 13% - 15.3% by mass in the syngas stream for biomass sources, while it is only 1.7% - 4.4% for coal. [29] This limit the conversion of CO to CO 2 in the water gas shift, and the production rate for H 2 will decrease accordingly.
Gasification is a process that converts biomass- or fossil fuel-based carbonaceous materials into gases, including as the largest fractions: nitrogen (N 2), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H 2), and carbon dioxide (CO 2).
Choren Industries has built a plant in Germany that converts biomass to syngas and fuels using the Shell FT process structure. The company went bankrupt in 2011 due to impracticalities in the process. [46] [47] Biomass gasification (BG) and Fischer–Tropsch (FT) synthesis can in principle be combined to produce renewable transportation fuels .
A problem in the production of synthesis gas from biomass is the formation of tar, [10] which can be avoided during hydrothermal process management. Biomass is usually processed at a temperature range of (180-350 °C) the biomass is then submerged in water and heated under the pressure of (2-6 MPa) for (5–240 minutes). And the temperature and ...
Biomass in this context means plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel. First-generation biofuels are made from sugar-starch feedstocks (e.g., sugarcane and corn) and edible oil feedstocks (e.g., rapeseed and soybean oil), which are generally converted into bioethanol and biodiesel, respectively. [1]
Initially biomass undergoes pyrolysis process to produce pyrolysis gases and biochar. The volatile organic compounds in pyrolysis gases further undergo gasification process to produce syngas rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases which is further converted in to methanol (CH 3 OH). [ 3 ]
Plasma gasification is a thermal process that converts organic matter into a syngas (synthesis gas) which is primarily made up of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A plasma torch powered by an electric arc ionizes gas and transforms organic matter into syngas , producing slag [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] as a byproduct.
The first challenge to be noticed is the high area-consuming of the biogas electric power supply. In 2011 energy crops for biogas production consumed an area of circa 800,000 ha in Germany. [ 81 ] This high demand of agricultural areas generates new competitions with the food industries that did not exist hitherto.