Search results for "Syngas"
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Development of net energy ratio and emission factor for quad-generation pathways
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: Energy Systems. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12667-014-0126-4 The conversion of biomass to four different outputs via gasification is a renewable technology that could reduce the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study investigates the energy aspects for a new concept of biomass based quad-generation plant producing power, heat, methanol and methane. Circulating fluidized bed gasifier and the gas technology institute (GTI) gasifier technologies are used for this quad-generation process. Two different biomass feedstocks are considered in this study. The net energy ratio for six diff…
New waves underneath the purple strain.
2016
Summary Successful merging of chemical and biotechnological operations is essential to achieve cost‐efficient industrialization of bio‐based processes. The demonstration of the use of syngas, derived from microwave assisted pyrolysis of municipal solid waste, for the improved growth and poly‐3‐hydroxybutyrate production in Rhodospirillium rubrum, stands out as an example of the synergistic contribution of chemical engineering and applied microbiology to sustainable biomaterial manufacturing, paving the way to similar applications for other syngas derived bioproducts.
Development of an Electrochemical Process for the Simultaneous Treatment of Wastewater and the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Higher Value Products
2016
Many researchers have shown that selected anodic processes allow effective treatment of a very large amount of wastewater contaminated by pollutants resistant to biological processes. In the meantime, various authors have also shown that carbon dioxide can be converted into higher value products, such as formic acid or synthesis gas, by cathodic reduction at suitable cathodes. These two processes present interesting economic potential that, however, still needs to be improved for further development at an industrial level. Herein, these two kinds of process are combined in the same cell to improve their economic feasibility. In particular, the anodic treatment of wastewater at a boron-doped…
The role of nano-sized iron particles in slurry phase Fischer–Tropsch synthesis
2003
Abstract The slurry phase Fischer–Tropsch (F–T) activity of three α-Fe2O3-based materials, two unsupported nano-sized, NANOCAT (3 nm) and BASF (20–80 nm), and a supported micron-sized (32.5 μm ) UCI, are compared with respect to total hydrocarbon production from synthesis gas (H2/CO∼2/1) at 513 K. Low temperature Mossbauer spectra of the quenched slurry samples after 120 h on-line show that all three catalysts are essentially a mixture of oxide and carbide phases with magnetite (Fe3O4) being the dominant phase. TEM images of the quenched samples reveal unexpected particle characteristics. While both unsupported nano-sized materials essentially avoid expected agglomeration, the micron-sized …