Citation:
M. Pohořelý, M. Jeremiáš, K. Svoboda, P. Kameníková, S. Skoblia, Z. Beňo, CO2 as moderator for biomass gasification, Fuel, Volume 117, Part A, 30 January 2014, Pages 198-205
Abstract:
Biomass can be converted into gaseous fuel by high-temperature reactions with a gasifying agent. The gasifying agent consists, in most cases, of oxygen and of a moderator, which is usually water vapour. Here we show that waste CO2 can be used instead of, or together with, water vapour to moderate the process of biomass gasification in a catalytic fluidized bed of dolomitic limestone. Such use of CO2 increased substantially the carbon and energy conversion efficiency and decreased the amount of tars in the produced gas.