A study on the economic efficiency of hydrogen production from biomass residues in China

Pengmei Lv, Chuangzhi Wu, Longlong Ma and Zhenhong Yuan

Renewable Energy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 8, 1874-1879

Abstract: As part of Pilot Project of KIP of CAS, a feasibility study of hydrogen production system using biomass residues is conducted. This study is based on a process of oxygen-rich air gasification of biomass in a downdraft gasifier plus CO-shift. The capacity of this system is 6.4tbiomass/d. Applying this system, it is expected that an annual production of 480billionNm3 H2 will be generated for domestic supply in China. The capital cost of the plant used in this study is 1328$/(Nm3/h) H2 out, and product supply cost is 0.15$/Nm3 H2. The cost sensitivity analysis on this system tells that electricity and catalyst cost are the two most important factors to influence hydrogen production cost.

Keywords: Economic efficiency; Biomass; Hydrogen; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.11.002

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