Gasification Technologies: A Primer for Engineers and Scientists discusses gasification techniques and the benefits of each technology, including gas clean-up technologies and those used in hybrid systems and fuel cells.

Gasification Technologies also accounts for the primary products that are recovered and explains how these products are purified and can be used as fuel or for applications in petrochemical processes.

The book describes the conditions in which optimal value intermediate products can be recovered, focusing on key factors such as oxygen or air blown reactor, operating temperature, internal and external heating, and reactor design. It also establishes how gasification can help meet renewable energy targets, address concerns about global warming, and contribute to a better carbon management or achieving Kyoto Protocol commitments.

Features:

• Describes the chemical and technological principles behind the gasification of various feedstock materials
• Compares and discusses the advantages of each technology and its end-products
• Provides practical engineering data and minimal theory
• Shows how gasification technologies can benefit the environment
• Details the integration of gasification technologies, including hybrid systems and fuel cells

Gasification Technologies provides a multidimensional and well-rounded examination of current technology, research, applications, and development challenges for the commercialization of this increasingly popular technology.

Contents

Principles of Gasification

• Historical Perspective and Commercialization Trends
• Gasification Principles
• Gasification vs. Combustion
• Stoichiometries and Thermodynamics
• Gasification Kinetics
• Biomass Gasification
• Petroleum Coke Gasification

Coal Gasification Technologies

• Coal Gasification
• Gasifier Configurations
• Entrained Flow Technologies
• Fluidized Bed Technologies
• Moving Bed Technologies
• Technology Suppliers
• Syngas Characteristics
• Gas Clean-Up Systems
• Technology Suppliers for Particulate Removal
• Comparison Between Technologies
• Guide to Commercial Experience

Biogasification

• Technology Advantages
• General Applications
• Commercial Systems
• Contaminants
• Formation of Tars
• Ammonia Formation
• Nox Formation
• Sulfur
• Hydrogen Production from Biomass

Pyrolysis

• Pyrolysis Principles
• Applications

Gas Cleanup Technologies

• Overview of Particulate Removal Technologies
• Particulate Collection Technologies
• Gas Conditioning Technologies
• Activated Carbon and Other Adsorber Systems
• Thermal Destructive Technologies

Integration of Gasification Technologies

• Role of Coal Gasification
• Gas Turbine Technologies
• Fuel Cell Technology Development Status
• Hybrid Systems
• Fuel Cell Technology and System Integration
• Gasification Technology Deployment and System Integration Issues
• Fuel Cell Technology Deployment

Index

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