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Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
Published in: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 3/2016

16-09-2015 | Original Paper

A novel pilot-scale production of fuel gas by allothermal biomass gasification using biomass micron fuel (BMF) as external heat source

Authors: Mian Hu, Dabin Guo, Caifeng Ma, Shipeng Luo, Xiaojuan Chen, Qunpeng Cheng, Mahmood Laghari, Bo Xiao

Published in: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy | Issue 3/2016

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Abstract

A novel pilot-scale allothermal biomass gasification system integrating steam gasification, thermal cracking, and catalytic reforming aiming at fuel gas production was developed. Biomass micron fuel (BMF) was used as external heat source by combusting with air in the combustor. Biomass feedstock was gasified with steam, and then, tar in the produced gas was decomposed by thermal cracking and catalytic reforming. The waste heat of high-temperature flue gas and fuel gas was recovered and used for biomass feedstock pre-heating and steam generation, respectively. The fuel gas yield is 1.36 Nm3/kg with lower heating value of 11.61 MJ/Nm3. An overall energy analysis of the system was also investigated. The results showed that the cold gas efficiency and energy conversion efficiency in this system are 88.11 and 63.59 %, respectively. Meanwhile, combustion of BMF accounts for 25.66 % of the total energy input.
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Metadata
Title
A novel pilot-scale production of fuel gas by allothermal biomass gasification using biomass micron fuel (BMF) as external heat source
Authors
Mian Hu
Dabin Guo
Caifeng Ma
Shipeng Luo
Xiaojuan Chen
Qunpeng Cheng
Mahmood Laghari
Bo Xiao
Publication date
16-09-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1618-954X
Electronic ISSN: 1618-9558
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-1038-2

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