Assessing the gasification performance of biomass: A review on biomass gasification process conditions, optimization and economic evaluation

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 1333-1347

  Ahmad, Anis Atikah ^a   Zawawi, Norfadhila Abdullah ^a   Kasim, Farizul Hafiz ^a   Inayat, Abrar ^b   Khasri, Azduwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Gasification; Optimization; Simulations; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GASIFICATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SYNTHESIS GAS;

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; ECONOMICS EVALUATIONS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; OPTIMISATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; SIMULATION; SYN GAS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84944111816     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.030     Document Type: Review

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