Intensification of Gasification of Biomass and Waste for Hydrogen Production

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Anh Phan is a chemical engineer, Chair of Circular Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Her research interest includes Pyrolysis/Gasification/Combustion, Process Intensification, Kinetic modelling, Biofuel processing, Cold Plasma Technologies, Chemical Recycling from Plastic Waste. Her teaching expertise includes Reactor Engineering (CME2024), Reactor Systems Engineering (CME3035- Module leader), Chemical Engineering Laboratory II (CME3040- Module leader until 2018), Separation Processes 1 (CME2022), Plant Design (CME3039), MEng Research Project (CME8117). Dr. Abby Samson is a Lecturer in Fuels and Combustion in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is a member of the Energy Engineering Group and the Energy Institute at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this, she was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Lincoln. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds in biomass conversion, a MS in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University in coal and carbon science and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Abby's research deals with the development of low-carbon and sustainable energy and fuels including fundamental studies on gasification, combustion and pyrolysis of solid fuels, heterogenous catalysis, pollution control, carbon capture and materials recovery.

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Intensification of Gasification of Biomass and Waste for Hydrogen Production presents the current developments and challenges for non-coal gasification and the state-of-the-art of technologies for green hydrogen production from waste and residues. The book expertly brings together waste biomass gasification with the production of hydrogen and liquid fuels, process integration, intensification, and techno-economics, providing a vital guide to green hydrogen production. Taking a whole plant unit approach, the book takes the reader through each stage of biomass gasification for the production and refining of hydrogen. The parameters affecting the properties of producer gases as discussed and evaluated, such as types of feedstocks, pre-treatment methods, types of gasifiers, gasifying agents, and operating conditions. Hydrogen purification and gas cleaning are also explained. The latest developments in process intensification and integration are critically reviewed, and the practical challenges and limitations of the methods are discussed. The integration and potential impacts of artificial intelligence are also considered. Finally, the book presents a techno-economic analysis, environmental assessment, and life-cycle assessment of waste gasification for hydrogen production. Covering the fundamentals and concepts to the latest developments, Intensification of Gasification of Biomass and Waste for Hydrogen Production offers a comprehensive reference on the production of green hydrogen through waste gasification that will be invaluable to graduate students, researchers, and industry engineers involved biomass conversion, gasification, and hydrogen production or interested more generally in the hydrogen economy.

Contenu

1. Introduction: decarbonisation pathways, process intensification concept, the hydrogen economy, current technologies for hydrogen production and challenges 2. Biomass gasification for hydrogen production: including fundamental concepts, current development and challenges 3. Waste gasification focusing on refuse derived fuel: current status, challenges and opportunities 4. Gas cleaning/tar removal and utilisation from gasification 5. Gas separation/hydrogen purification including CO2 capture and utilisation 6. Intensification approaches for hydrogen production and CO2 utilisation from gasification of biomass and waste 7. Integration approaches for hydrogen and liquid fuel production from gasification 8. Artificial Intelligence research in assisted hydrogen production from gasification of waste and biomass 9. Techno-economic analysis and environment assessment for hydrogen and liquid fuel production from gasification of biomass and waste. This chapter will also look at the economics of scales, other applications of hydrogen derived from gasification 10. Environmental impact and sustainability assessments of biomass and waste gasification, looking at various energy source of the gasification process (plasma, solar etc.) 11. Future development, opportunities and outlook including solar-driven gasification and hydrogen distribution and storage