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Title: Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification

Abstract

The term “hydrothermal” used here refers to the processing of biomass in water slurries at elevated temperature and pressure to facilitate the chemical conversion of the organic structures in biomass into useful fuels. The process is meant to provide a means for treating wet biomass materials without drying and to access ionic reaction conditions by maintaining a liquid water processing medium. Typical hydrothermal processing conditions are 523-647K of temperature and operating pressures from 4-22 MPa of pressure. The temperature is sufficient to initiate pyrolytic mechanisms in the biopolymers while the pressure is sufficient to maintain a liquid water processing phase. Hydrothermal gasification is accomplished at the upper end of the process temperature range. It can be considered an extension of the hydrothermal liquefaction mechanisms that begin at the lowest hydrothermal conditions with subsequent decomposition of biopolymer fragments formed in liquefaction to smaller molecules and eventually to gas. Typically, hydrothermal gasification requires an active catalyst to accomplish reasonable rates of gas formation from biomass.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1203906
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-101721
BM0102060
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Book
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Biomass Power for the World: Transformations to Effective Use, 665-702
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
catalytic; hydrothermal; gasification; biomass

Citation Formats

Elliott, Douglas C. Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Elliott, Douglas C. Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification. United States.
Elliott, Douglas C. 2015. "Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification". United States.
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