Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Torrefaction ─ Practical Design and Theory

Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Torrefaction is a practical guide to the handling and conversion of biomass into alternative fuel products. The book focuses on the design, analysis, and operational aspects biomass as a fuel in its gas, liquid, and solid states. Biomass is the most widely used non-fossil fuel in the world, showing a considerable long-term potential given the increasing proliferation of dedicated energy crops for biofuels.

This versatile resource not only explains the basic principles of energy conversion systems, but also provides valuable insight into the design of biomass gasifiers. The author provides many worked design problems, step-by-step design procedures and real data on commercially operating systems.

• Contains new and updated step-by-step process flow diagrams, design data and conversion charts, and numerical examples with solutions
• Includes a new chapter with expanded coverage on evolving torrefaction technologies
• Explains the basic principles of biomass energy conversion and production of chemical feedstock
• Includes worked process flow diagrams for gasifier design
• Explanation of biomass integration with other cutting edge technologies (e.g., gas turbine, engine, fuel cells)