Catalysts for gasification of biomass

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6457772

Brown, M D; Mudge, L K; Baker, E G

Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) is developing a process for converting biomass to specific gaseous products utilizing steam gasification in the presence of catalysts. These catalysts increase the gas yield, decrease the char and tar produced, and tailor the final gas composition. Gas mixtures that have been produced include methanol synthesis gas, hydrogen-rich gas, methane-rich gas, and ammonia synthesis gas. Results are presented for a variety of commercial and prepared catalysts used to enhance steam gasification of wood. Current studies are designed to develop process systems to realize the potential of catalyzed gasification of biomass. Systems that avoid catalyst deactivation by attrition and carbon deposition are being tested in bench-scale equipment. The status of the development studies is presented.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA
• OSTI ID: 6457772
• Report Number(s): CONF-840509-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp.; (United States) Journal Volume: 16:14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
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CATALYSTS
CHARS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
GAS YIELDS
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STEAM
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WOOD
YIELDS