Symposium on advances in synthetic fuels presented before the Division of Petroleum Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Miami Beach meeting, September 10--15, 1978

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6163714

Antal, Jr., M. J.; Reed, T. B.

The effects of gas phase temperature and residence time on the products of the pyrolysis/steam reforming of red alder pellets have been investigated. Of the conditions studied, residence times of 6 to 9 seconds at 700/sup 0/C produces the largest quantity of medium Btu gas from the pellets. The quantity of gas produced is less than one-half that obtained from cellulose under similar conditions. This relative paucity of gas yield may be an artifact of the pelletizing process, or it may reflect an inherent difficulty in gasifying red alder wood. Of course, more extreme conditions than examined here could be used to obtain higher gas yields. However, the high cost of reactors utilizing extreme conditions militates against their use for biomass gasification. More research is needed to determine the desirability of pelletized fuels for gasification proceses, and th optimal conditions for steam pyrolysis/gasification of biomass.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: ET-78-F-02-5058
• OSTI ID: 6163714
• Report Number(s): CONF-780902-16
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Chemical Society meeting, Miami, FL, USA, 10 Sep 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
WOOD
GASIFICATION
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
PELLETS
PYROLYSIS
STEAM REFORMER PROCESSES
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TIME DEPENDENCE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
REFORMER PROCESSES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
YIELDS
090122* - Hydrocarbon Fuels- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass- (1976-1989)