
Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis
Practical Design and Theory
Description
Key Features
Provides worked process flow diagrams for gasifier design.
Covers integration with other technologies (e.g. gas turbine, engine, fuel cells)
Readership
Renewable Energy Engineers
Chemical Engineers
Chemists and materials scientists
Biological scientists
Agricultural and food scientists
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
2. Environmental 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
Product details
- No. of pages: 376
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2010
- Published: June 9, 2010
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080961620
About the Authors
Prabir Basu
Professor Basu also founded of the prestigious triennial International Conference series on Circulating Fluidized Beds, and a private R&D company, Fluidized Bed Systems Limited that specializes on design, training and investigative services on fluidized bed boilers.
Professor Basu has been working in the field of energy conversion and the environment for more than 30 years. Prior to joining the engineering faculty at Dalhousie University (formerly known as the Technical University of Nova Scotia), he worked with both a government research laboratory and a boiler manufacturing company.
Dr. Basu’s passion for the transformation of research results into industrial practice is well known, as is his ongoing commitment to spreading advanced knowledge around the world. He has authored more than 200 research papers and seven monographs in emerging areas of energy and environment, some of which have been translated into Chinese and Korean. He is well known internationally for providing expert advices on circulating fluidized bed boilers and conducting training courses to industries and universities across the globe.
Affiliations and Expertise
Prabir Basu
Professor Basu also founded of the prestigious triennial International Conference series on Circulating Fluidized Beds, and a private R&D company, Fluidized Bed Systems Limited that specializes on design, training and investigative services on fluidized bed boilers.
Professor Basu has been working in the field of energy conversion and the environment for more than 30 years. Prior to joining the engineering faculty at Dalhousie University (formerly known as the Technical University of Nova Scotia), he worked with both a government research laboratory and a boiler manufacturing company.
Dr. Basu’s passion for the transformation of research results into industrial practice is well known, as is his ongoing commitment to spreading advanced knowledge around the world. He has authored more than 200 research papers and seven monographs in emerging areas of energy and environment, some of which have been translated into Chinese and Korean. He is well known internationally for providing expert advices on circulating fluidized bed boilers and conducting training courses to industries and universities across the globe.
Affiliations and Expertise
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