Co-firing of coal and biomass fuel blends

M Sami, K Annamalai, M Wooldridge - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper reviews literature on co-firing of coal with biomass fuels. Here, the term biomass
includes organic matter produced as a result of photosynthesis as well as municipal …

A review on thermo-chemical characteristics of coal/biomass co-firing in industrial furnace

AA Bhuiyan, AS Blicblau, AKMS Islam… - Journal of the Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass should be considered as one of the promising sources of energy for mitigating
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Co-firing biomass with coal has become a solution for …

Co-gasification of biomass and coal for methanol synthesis

T Chmielniak, M Sciazko - Applied energy, 2003 - Elsevier
In recent years, a growing interest has been observed in the application of methanol as an
alternative liquid fuel, which can be used directly for powering Otto engines or fuel cells …

Modeling wood gasification in a countercurrent fixed‐bed reactor

C Di Blasi - AIChE journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A one‐dimensional, unsteady mathematical model is presented of fixed‐bed countercurrent
wood gasifiers, which couples heat and mass transport with wood drying and …

[HTML][HTML] Gasification of lignin-rich residues for the production of biofuels via syngas fermentation: Comparison of gasification technologies

ET Liakakou, BJ Vreugdenhil, N Cerone, F Zimbardi… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reports the use of lignin-rich residues from second generation bioethanol
production, to produce syngas that can be applied in the gas fermentation process. Three …

Validation and application of a kinetic model for biomass gasification simulation and optimization in updraft gasifiers

J Yu, JD Smith - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification has attracted great interest recently for its great potential as a thermal
degradation method that converts biomass or carbonaceous solids into combustible gases …

Cogasification of sewage sludge in an updraft gasifier

M Seggiani, S Vitolo, M Puccini, A Bellini - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge is the residue produced by the domestic or industrial wastewaters treatment
plants. According to the principles of sustainability, several restrictions have been imposed …

Stoichiometric, mass, energy and exergy balance analysis of countercurrent fixed-bed gasification of post-consumer residues

MS Rao, SP Singh, MS Sodha, AK Dubey… - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2004 - Elsevier
Air-blown gasification studies were conducted on a countercurrent fixed-bed gasifier for
municipal residue-based Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) pellets and compared with the mass …

Countercurrent fixed-bed gasification of biomass at laboratory scale

C Di Blasi, G Signorelli, G Portoricco - Industrial & engineering …, 1999 - ACS Publications
A laboratory-scale countercurrent fixed-bed gasification plant has been designed and
constructed to produce data for process modeling and to compare the gasification …

Catalytic purification of tarry fuel gas

PA Simell, JB Bredenberg - Fuel, 1990 - Elsevier
This study compared the abilities of various materials to catalyse the decomposition of tar
constituents in fuel gas. The materials were tested on a sample gas flow from an industrial …