Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies

Guohui Song (), Xiaobo Cui, Liang Wang and Zheng Wei
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Guohui Song: Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China
Xiaobo Cui: Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China
Liang Wang: Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China
Zheng Wei: Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China

Clean Technol., 2025, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: To develop a biomass and power-to-gas (BPtG) process for renewable electricity storage and sustainable synthetic natural gas (SNG) production, this work investigated five BPtG processes integrated with different electricity-driven gasification technologies based on simulation data. These processes were evaluated for SNG composition and yield, life-cycle energy and exergy efficiencies, life-cycle carbon emissions, and the equivalent unit production cost. The results show that the energy and exergy efficiencies of SNG from those processes range between 53.1 and 58.6% and 36.4 and 41.1%, respectively. Based on the energy allocation method, the carbon emissions without and with CO 2 capture ranges from 22.0 to 34.8 and from −43.4 to −17.6, respectively, in gCO 2 e/MJ SNG . These BPtG processes can produce low-carbon SNG and even achieve negative carbon emissions with CO 2 capture. Both feedstock and electricity costs have significant influences on the profitability of the processes. The BPtG process integrated with resistance heating gasification, plasma-assisted gasification, and moderate water electrolysis are recommended for their compromise of multi-perspective performances. This paper provided the orders of the five processes based on these indicators and recommendations for different applicable scenarios.

Keywords: SNG; biomass and power to gas; efficiencies; carbon emission; equivalent unit production cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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