Fluidized Bed Gasification as a Mature And Reliable Technology for the Production of Bio-Syngas and Applied in the Production of Liquid Transportation Fuels—A Review

Marcin Siedlecki, Wiebren De Jong and Adrian H.M. Verkooijen
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Marcin Siedlecki: Energy Technology Section, Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 44, 2628CA Delft, The Netherlands
Wiebren De Jong: Energy Technology Section, Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 44, 2628CA Delft, The Netherlands
Adrian H.M. Verkooijen: Energy Technology Section, Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 44, 2628CA Delft, The Netherlands

Energies, 2011, vol. 4, issue 3, 1-46

Abstract: Biomass is one of the renewable and potentially sustainable energy sources and has many possible applications varying from heat generation to the production of advanced secondary energy carriers. The latter option would allow mobile services like the transportation sector to reduce its dependency on the fossil fuel supply. This article reviews the state-of-the-art of the fluidization technology applied for the gasification of biomass aimed at the production of gas for subsequent synthesis of the liquid energy carriers via, e.g., the Fischer-Tropsch process. It discusses the advantages of the gasification technology over combustion, considers the size of the conversion plant in view of the local biomass availability, assesses the pros and cons of different gasifier types in view of the application of the product gas. Subsequently the article focuses on the fluidized bed technology to discuss the main process parameters and their influence on the product composition and the operability of the gasifier. Finally a synthesis process (FT) is introduced shortly to illustrate the necessary gas cleaning steps in view of the purity requirements for the FT feed gas.

Keywords: biomass; gasification; fluidized bed; BTL; transportation fuels (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: 2011
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