Gasification is a thermochemical process that uses heat and a poor oxygen environment to convert carbonaceous material like biomass (Vaish et al., 2019; Fang et al., 2021 ). Gasification breaks down the MSW into a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and small amounts of methane, generally known as synthetic gas (syngas) that …

The DOE Gasification Systems Program is developing innovative designs and technologies for converting diverse types of solid feedstocks into clean synthesis gas to enable the low-cost production of hydrogen, transportation fuels, chemicals, electricity, and other useful products to suit market needs. Advancements in this area will help enable ...

Currently, technologies exist to capture CO 2 emissions produced during energy/power making in thermal and biomass gasification plants (Sandeep et al. 2014 ). The most affordable technological options are "biomass gasification," in which biomass residues produce electricity in a gas turbine through the thermodynamic process.

Experiments were carried out in laboratory and pilot plant fluidised bed systems on the combustion and air/catalyst and air/steam gasification of these feedstocks and the data obtained were used ...

5.1. Gasification Introduction. Gasification is a technological process that can convert any carbonaceous (carbon-based) raw material such as coal into fuel gas, also known as synthesis gas (syngas for short). …

Furthermore, this work was evaluating the potential integration of oxygen production via a copper-based CLAS system in oxy-combustion and gasification power plants equipped with carbon capture for overall energy improvements.

Energy recovery from sewage sludge may be a solution to face both these challenges, improving the sustainability of wastewater treatment plants and making them an example of a circular economy. In this work, the energy and economic analysis of an integrated combined heat and power system based on sewage sludge gasification is …

Maxim et al. [ 80] carried out the design of a combined cycle power plant based on the gasification of coal and biomass, integrated with carbon capture and storage.

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a promising option for the future use of un-worked coal. UCG permits coal to be gasified in situ within the coal seam, via a matrix of wells. The coal is ignited and air is injected underground to sustain a fire, which is essentially used to "mine" the coal and produce a combustible synthetic gas which ...

In Colombia, projections warn about potential sanitary emergencies by 2030 due to ∼30% of current landfill short life span (0–3 years). Thus, this work aimed to assess the techno-economic performance of an Integrated Plasma Gasification Combined Cycle power plant (IPGCC) fueled with MSW.

The use of fossil fuels has great impact on environment and energy security problems. Besides, the rising cost of fuel oil compelled the industry to search for alternative fuels, and biomass in ...

This paper evaluates various calcium-based chemical looping concepts to be applied in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants for decarbonised energy vectors poly-generation (with emphasis on power generation and hydrogen and power co-generation). Two calcium-based chemical looping configurations were …

An Integrated Plasma Gasification Combined Cycle (IPGCC) power plant roughly consists of a plasma gasifier and a gas/steam turbines combined power cycle. This technology uses the plasma gasifier for transforming a solid fuel into syngas, which is used by the combined cycle as fuel. Plasma gasification is a sustainable alternative, …

Synthetic gas generated from the gasification of biomass feedstocks is one of the clean and sustainable energy sources. In this work, a fixed-bed downdraft gasifier was used to perform the gasification on a lab-scale of rice husk, sawdust, and coconut shell. The aim of this work is to find and compare the synthetic gas generation …

The key novelty of this work represents the detailed techno-economic assessments, in a plant holistic way, of the most important mass and energy integration aspects for chemical and calcium looping thermo-chemical cycles used for gasification power plant decarbonization.

In this paper conventional and advanced biomass gasification power plants designed for small cogeneration application are defined. The CHP plants consist of a gasification unit, that employs a downdraft gasifier, and a power unit based on a microturbine in the case of conventional configuration, and on a solid oxide fuel cell …

This article illustrates a techno-economic comparative analysis of three flexible power and biomass to methanol plants based on different gasification technologies: direct gasification, indirect gasification, and sorption-enhanced gasification.

Gasification Plant Databases. Welcome to the U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory's Gasification Plant Databases. Within these databases you will find current publicly available information on proposed projects and projects undergoing construction and initial operation within the United States and worldwide.

IGCC plants benefit from the advantages of gasification technology, particularly environmental benefits, ease of carbon dioxide (CO 2) capture, the ability to use a variety of feedstocks, and high efficiency relative to other power generation technologies.

For the promising and green oxy-combustion and gasification power plant, the most efficient and assessable approach for further improvements on the current situation with less investment turned to be process optimization and integration. In this work, the gap of systematic analysis of air separation unit (ASU) and gas turbine (GT) …

WPC has been developing plasma gasification technology to treat industrial and municipal solid wastes (MSW) over the last decade, and recently has been investigating the application of their plasma technology to gasify coal. They believe their technology can be demonstrated to gasify coal in an ambient pressure, plasma-fired reactor that can be …

Energy recovery potential is also evaluated using an integrated plasma gasification combined cycle (IPGCC) power plant model. Thermal efficiencies of the process are evaluated and compared for the ...

The major technologies used in WTE plants in Japan are stoker-type moving grates combusting as-received MSW, where the final residues such as ash are landfilled. However, shortage of landfill space and also new regulations for detoxifying the fly ash of WTE plants by vitrification, as of 2004, have driven many municipalities to …

An IGCC plant in Spain. [1] Integrated gasification combined cycle ( IGCC) is a process of generating electricity from coal, petroleum or biomass while reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other flue gases released. The cycle combines carbon capture and storage with combined cycle generation to maximize efficiency of the fuel, while also ...

The work evaluates how the integration of post-combustion calcium looping influences the economics of power plants providing up-dated techno-economic indicators. Coal-based combustion plants operated in both sub- and super-critical steam conditions were evaluated, as well as coal gasification plant using an oxygen-blown entrained …

Integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants have the potential to be economically competitive with present commercial coal-fired power plants while satisfying stringent emission control requirements. The current status of gasification technology is discussed and the critical importance of the 100-megawatt Cool Water IGCC ...

This work intended to develop a techno-economic analysis for a small-scale gasification plant processing mixtures of solid recovered fuels and sewage sludge, assuming a capacity of 883 kg/h and two different sale scenarios: (A) production of electric energy, and (B) production of hydrogen.

In this article, the biomass gasification with the CO2 capture technology (BIGCC + CAP) by using an aqueous monoethanolamine solution was studied for converting the treated syngas into electricity in a combined cycle power plant. The biomass gasification can be done using either air or oxygen in order to improve the quality of the syngas produced.

The aim of this work is to investigate the performance achievable from a small-scale hybrid power plant based on the integration between a micro gas turbine (MGT) and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) fed by the syngas generated by a biomass downdraft gasifier (BG).

The integration of biomass based gasification with power systems can enable carbon neutral electricity. This study examines the power generation process from syngas derived from biomass gasification using syngas generators, gas and steam turbines, and combined heat and power (CHP).