Commercialization Development of Crop Straw Gasification Technologies in China

Zhengfeng Zhang, Wei Zhao and Wenwu Zhao
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Zhengfeng Zhang: School of Public Administration, Renmin University of China, No.59 Zhong Guancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China
Wei Zhao: Institute of Agricultural Information, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Wenwu Zhao: Institute of Land Resources, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 6, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: Crop straw gasification technologies are the most promising biomass gasification technologies and have great potential to be further developed in China. However, the commercialization development of gasification technology in China is slow. In this paper, the technical reliability and practicability of crop straw gasification technologies, the economic feasibility of gas supply stations, the economic feasibility of crop straw gasification equipment manufacture enterprises and the social acceptability of crop straw gasification technologies are analyzed. The results show that presently both the atmospheric oxidation gasification technology and the carbonization pyrolysis gasification technology in China are mature and practical, and can provide fuel gas for households. However, there are still a series of problems associated with these technologies that need to be solved for the commercialization development, such as the high tar and CO content of the fuel gas. The economic feasibility of the gas supply stations is different in China. Parts of gas supply stations are unprofitable due to high initial investment, the low fuel gas price and the small numbers of consumers. In addition, the commercialization development of crop straw gasification equipment manufacture enterprises is hindered for the low market demand for gasification equipment which is related to the fund support from the government. The acceptance of the crop straw gasification technologies from both the government and the farmers in China may be a driving force of further commercialization development of the gasification technologies. Then, the crop straw gasification technologies in China have reached at the stage of pre-commercialization. At this stage, the gasification technologies are basically mature and have met many requirements of commercialization, however, some incentives are needed to encourage their further development.

Keywords: crop straw gasification technology; commercialization development; gas supply system; economic feasibility; fuel gas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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