Catalytic gasification of woody biomass in air/CO2 media

Scott Hurley; Hanning Li; Chunbao Xu

Catalytic gasification of woody biomass in air/CO₂ media

Scott Hurley, Hanning Li, Chunbao Xu

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

To investigate the feasibility of gasifying biomass using CO₂, catalytic gasification of woody biomass with a variety of catalysts was conducted in CO₂/air media with a fixed bed reactor. It was observed that the addition of iron ore to the biomass feedstock simply by physical mixing did not alter the yields of all products significantly irrespective of the types of gasification agent and the gasification temperature, which was likely due to the poor contact between the catalyst and the gas/vapor products during the gasification process. All the impregnated metal cations (Fe, Ni, Co and Ru), in particular Ni, Co and Ru, were very effective for promoting the gasification of the woody biomass at 700°C, leading to a lower tar yield, a significantly decreased char yield and a greatly increased yield of CO ₂-free gas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009
Pages	39-42
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009 - Banff, AB, Canada Duration: 6 Jul 2009 → 8 Jul 2009

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Name	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009

Conference

Conference	IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009
Place	Canada
City	Banff, AB
Period	6/07/09 → 8/07/09

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Research Keywords

Air
Biomass
Carbon dioxide
Catalyst
Gasification

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Hurley, S, Li, H & Xu, C 2009, Catalytic gasification of woody biomass in air/CO₂ media. in Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009, pp. 39-42, IASTED International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering, EME 2009, Banff, AB, Canada, 6/07/09.

Catalytic gasification of woody biomass in air/CO₂ media. / Hurley, Scott; Li, Hanning; Xu, Chunbao.
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