Intensification of Gasification of Biomass and Waste for Hydrogen Production

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.

• Explains the concepts of intensification on biorefining
• Examines emerging technologies that overcome the challenges of biomass/waste gasification
• Explores the gasification of biomass from the perspective of whole plant units, rather than on the gasification island