A Comprehensive Technical, Environmental, Economic, and Bibliometric Assessment of Hydrogen Production Through Biomass Gasification, Including Global and Brazilian Potentials

Pedro Tavares Borges (), Electo Eduardo Silva Lora, Osvaldo José Venturini, Marcelo Risso Errera, Diego Mauricio Yepes Maya, Yusuf Makarfi Isa, Alexander Kozlov and Shu Zhang
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Pedro Tavares Borges: Excellence Center in Thermal Power and Distributed Generation-NEST, Postgraduate Program in Energy Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá 37500-000, Brazil
Electo Eduardo Silva Lora: Excellence Center in Thermal Power and Distributed Generation-NEST, Postgraduate Program in Energy Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá 37500-000, Brazil
Osvaldo José Venturini: Excellence Center in Thermal Power and Distributed Generation-NEST, Postgraduate Program in Energy Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá 37500-000, Brazil
Marcelo Risso Errera: Department of Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic Center, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 81531-990, Brazil
Diego Mauricio Yepes Maya: Excellence Center in Thermal Power and Distributed Generation-NEST, Postgraduate Program in Energy Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá 37500-000, Brazil
Yusuf Makarfi Isa: School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jorissen Street, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
Alexander Kozlov: Melentiev Energy Systems Institute of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia
Shu Zhang: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-20

Abstract: It is well known that the widespread utilization of fossil fuels contributes to climate change, so exploring new sustainable energy sources is more important than ever for energy transition pathways. The variability and intermittency of solar and wind sources are of concern. Hydrogen (H 2 ) utilization as an energy carrier can address this issue. The technology for producing hydrogen from biomass gasification has not yet reached a high level of technological maturity. The main novelty of this work is to evaluate the state of the art of the technologies for producing H 2 from solid biomass, taking into account technological, economic, and environmental indicators and the results of a bibliometric study, and also the calculation of the technical potential for hydrogen production through biomass gasification on a worldwide and Brazilian scale. The most frequently mentioned technology to boost H 2 production efficiency is the addition of catalysts to the gasifier. Primary catalyst utilized in biomass gasification for hydrogen enhancing enhancement, such as olivine, CaO, and CeO 2 -Ni-CaO are reviewed in the article. As a result, the syngas had an H 2 content rise of 511%, 659.6%, and 853.4%, respectively. According to the reviewed literature, the levelized cost of hydrogen production can reach an average value of USD3.15/kg of H 2 , and the average yield is 0.1 kg-H 2 /kg-biomass. The worldwide potential for hydrogen production from solid biomass in an optimal trends scenario for 2050 is estimated to be 45.03 EJ, and Brazil’s potential is 6.5 EJ.

Keywords: biomass gasification; hydrogen; catalyst; bibliometric analysis; potential; LCOH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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