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Title: Effects of thermal pretreatment and catalyst on biomass gasification efficiency and syngas composition

Abstract

During gasification, thermally pretreated biomass andin situcatalyst yield different carbon conversion efficiencies, though they both reduce tar.

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  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1334243
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1357769
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5100-66768; INL/JOU-16-40006
Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308; AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Green Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; gasification; biofuel; torrefaction; syngas; tar; olivine; reforming; indirect liquefaction; catalytic gasification

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Cheah, Singfoong, Jablonski, Whitney S., Olstad, Jessica L., Carpenter, Daniel L., Barthelemy, Kevin D., Robichaud, David J., Andrews, Joy C., Black, Stuart K., Oddo, Marc D., and Westover, Tyler L. Effects of thermal pretreatment and catalyst on biomass gasification efficiency and syngas composition. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/C6GC01661H.
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Cheah, Singfoong, Jablonski, Whitney S., Olstad, Jessica L., Carpenter, Daniel L., Barthelemy, Kevin D., Robichaud, David J., Andrews, Joy C., Black, Stuart K., Oddo, Marc D., & Westover, Tyler L. Effects of thermal pretreatment and catalyst on biomass gasification efficiency and syngas composition. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC01661H
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Cheah, Singfoong, Jablonski, Whitney S., Olstad, Jessica L., Carpenter, Daniel L., Barthelemy, Kevin D., Robichaud, David J., Andrews, Joy C., Black, Stuart K., Oddo, Marc D., and Westover, Tyler L. Fri . "Effects of thermal pretreatment and catalyst on biomass gasification efficiency and syngas composition". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC01661H. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1334243.
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@article{osti_1334243,
title = {Effects of thermal pretreatment and catalyst on biomass gasification efficiency and syngas composition},
author = {Cheah, Singfoong and Jablonski, Whitney S. and Olstad, Jessica L. and Carpenter, Daniel L. and Barthelemy, Kevin D. and Robichaud, David J. and Andrews, Joy C. and Black, Stuart K. and Oddo, Marc D. and Westover, Tyler L.},
abstractNote = {During gasification, thermally pretreated biomass andin situcatalyst yield different carbon conversion efficiencies, though they both reduce tar.},
doi = {10.1039/C6GC01661H},
journal = {Green Chemistry},
number = 23,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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