Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis
Practical Design and Theory
By- Prabir Basu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Prabir Basu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Modernized biomass gasification for power generation has attracted increasing interests as an attempt to reduce our reliance on fossil fuel. In fact, over the past couple of years, a lot of RD&D has gone into overcoming the technical hurdles of biomass gasification mainly producing clean gas which is free of particulates and tars bed agglomeration and biomass feeding/handling. Biomass Gasification Design Handbook offers engineers and scientist a hands-on reference for understanding and successfully overcoming these hurdles. In this book, readers find a versatile resource that not only explains the basic principles of energy conversion and biomass conversion systems but also provides valuable insight into the design of biomass gasifiers. Thorough in his coverage, the author provides many worked out design problems, step-by-step design procedures, and real data on commercially operating systems. In addition, the book contains valuable appendices that eliminate the need to search for essential information.
Audience
Mechanical Engineers
Renewable Energy Engineers
Chemical Engineers
Chemists and materials scientists
Biological scientists
Agricultural and food scientists
Hardbound, 376 Pages
Published: June 2010
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-374988-8
Contents
- 1. Introduction 2. Enviornmental and Economic issues of biomass gasification 3. Biomass characteristics base 4. Pyrolysis of biomass 5. Tar issues in gasification 6. Kinetics & Modeling of biomass gasification 7. Design of Biomass gasifiers 8. Gasification in supercritical fluid 9. Agglomeration problem of biomass 10. Feeding and handling of biomass 11. Appendix & Design data
