Gasification of biomass over dolomite using fixed-bed reactor at 650⁰C

Abstract

Biomass gasification is one of the advances to use renewable energy. Gasification of biomass is an attractive alternative for the production of gas yield and it is one of the methods to understand the thermochemical process to produce renewable energy. Biomass gasification is a possible alternative to the direct use of fossil fuel energy. Biomass, a CO2 neutral source of renewable fuel, can contribute to the demand for heat, electricity and synthesis gas. However, there are inefficiencies in the technology, which at present render biomass gasification economically unviable. The presence of condensable organic compounds and methane in the product gas renders the gas unsuitable for specific applications. Elimination of the condensable organic compounds and methane by a suitably cheap technology will enhance the economic energy of biomass gasification. This paper contains an extensive literature review of the main of biomass, main of catalysts and main of equipment used, which have been evaluated to investigate the effect of biomass gasification on gas yield at temperature of 650⁰C,to investigate the effect of dolomite to biomass ratio on gas yield, and to find the optimum condition to produce hydrocarbon gas. The main of biomass is rice husk, the main catalyst is dolomite and the equipment is fixed-bed reactor.