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

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.

doi:10.1039/C6GC01661H

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

Journal Article · Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Green Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC01661H· OSTI ID:1334243

Cheah, Singfoong ^[1]; Jablonski, Whitney S. ^[1]; Olstad, Jessica L. ^[1]; Carpenter, Daniel L. ^[1]; Barthelemy, Kevin D. ^[1]; Robichaud, David J. ^[1]; Andrews, Joy C. ^[2]; Black, Stuart K. ^[1]; Oddo, Marc D. ^[1]; Westover, Tyler L. ^[3]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

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

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1334243

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1357769

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5100-66768; INL/JOU-16-40006

Journal Information:: Green Chemistry, Vol. 18, Issue 23; ISSN 1463-9262

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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