An innovative biomass gasification process and its coupling with microturbine and fuel cell systems

Karellas, S; Karl, J; Kakaras, E

dc.contributor.author	Karellas, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Karl, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Kakaras, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:27:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:27:54Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	0360-5442	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18628
dc.subject	Allothermal gasification	en
dc.subject	Biomass	en
dc.subject	Combines heat and power (CHP)	en
dc.subject	Fuel cells	en
dc.subject	Heatpipes	en
dc.subject	Microturbines	en
dc.subject.classification	Thermodynamics	en
dc.subject.classification	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Fuel cells	en
dc.subject.other	Gasification	en
dc.subject.other	Heat pipes	en
dc.subject.other	Innovation	en
dc.subject.other	Allothermal gasification	en
dc.subject.other	Combines heat and power (CHP)	en
dc.subject.other	Microturbines	en
dc.subject.other	Biomass	en
dc.subject.other	Biomass	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Fuel cells	en
dc.subject.other	Gasification	en
dc.subject.other	Heat pipes	en
dc.subject.other	Innovation	en
dc.subject.other	biomass	en
dc.subject.other	fuel cell	en
dc.subject.other	heat production	en
dc.subject.other	project assessment	en
dc.subject.other	simulation	en
dc.subject.other	turbine	en
dc.subject.other	Chandipura virus	en
dc.title	An innovative biomass gasification process and its coupling with microturbine and fuel cell systems	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.energy.2007.06.006	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2007.06.006	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	The use of biomass, wood in particular, is one of the oldest forms of producing energy for heating or cooking. Nowadays, new technologies concerning the utilisation of biomass or waste residues are in demand and the trend to use them in decentralised applications for combined heat and power (CHP) production provides an attractive challenge to develop them. At the TU Munchen an innovative allothermal gasification technology, the Biomass Heatpipe Reformer (BioHPR) has been developed. The aim of this project was to integrate the technology of liquid metal heatpipes in the gasification process in order to produce a hydrogen rich product gas from biomass or residues. The gasification product can be further used in microturbine or SOFC systems. The present paper presents the aforementioned gasification technology, its coupling with innovative CHP systems (with microturbine or fuel cells) and investigates, through the simulation of these systems, the optimum conditions of the integrated systems in order to reach the highest possible efficiencies. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Energy	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.energy.2007.06.006	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000253574700022	en
dc.identifier.volume	33	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	284	en
dc.identifier.epage	291	en