Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis offers engineers and scientists a comprehensive guide to understanding and successfully overcoming the technical challenges of biomass gasification.
This essential reference for anyone involved in the gasification and pyrolysis of biomass aids engineers and planners with the evaluation of a multitude of design options, and will enable operators to understand the inner workings of the gasification plant.
Author and gasification expert, Dr. Prabir Basu, begins by clearly explaining the basic principles of energy and biomass conversion systems and goes on to cover how these principles are put into practice with an easy-to-use design methodology.
All of the pivotal issues impacting the design of biomass gasifiers are examined in depth, including the most recent research and new advanced processes such as supercritical water gasification and torrefaction of biomass.
The text includes many worked problems, step-by-step design procedures, and real-life data on commercial systems, providing readers with invaluable insight into the optimization of plant processes.
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| About the Author |
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Chapter 2 Biomass Characteristics |
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Chapter 3 Pyrolysis and Torrefaction |
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Chapter 4 Tar Production and Destruction |
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Chapter 5 Gasification Theory and Modeling of Gasifiers |
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Chapter 6 Design of Biomass Gasifiers |
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Chapter 7 Hydrothermal Gasification of Biomass |
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Chapter 8 Biomass Handling |
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Chapter 9 Production of Synthetic Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass |
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| Appendix A Definition of Biomass |
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| Appendix B Physical Constants |
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| Appendix C Selected Design Data Tables |
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| Glossary |
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| References |
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Dr. Prabir Basu, founding President of Greenfield Research Incorporated, a private research and development company in Canada that specializes in gasification and torrefaction, is an active researcher and designer of biomass energy conversion systems. Dr. Basu holds a position of Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department and is Head of Circulating Fluidized Bed Laboratory at Dalhousie University, Halifax His current research interests include frontier areas, chemical looping gasification, torrefaction, biomass cofiring amongst others.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. Basus 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.
