Biofuels Production by Biomass Gasification: A Review

Antonio Molino, Vincenzo Larocca, Simeone Chianese and Dino Musmarra
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Antonio Molino: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Territorial and Production System Sustainability Department, 80055 Portici, Italy
Vincenzo Larocca: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Division of Renewable Energy, 75026 Rotondella, Italy
Simeone Chianese: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy
Dino Musmarra: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-31

Abstract: The production of biofuels from renewable sources is a major challenge in research. Methanol, ethanol, dimethyl ether (DME), synthetic natural gas (SNG), and hydrogen can be produced from syngas which is the result of the gasification of biomasses. Syngas composition varies according to the gasification technology used (such as fixed bed reactors, fluidized bed reactors, entrained flow reactors), the feedstock characteristics, and the operating parameters. This paper presents a review of the predominant biomass gasification technologies and biofuels obtained from syngas by biomass gasification.

Keywords: biofuels; gasification technologies; feedstock characteristics; operating gasification parameters; methanol; ethanol; dimethyl ether (DME); synthetic natural gas (SNG); hydrogen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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