Volume 2: Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Combustion and Fuels; Oil and Gas Applications; Cycle Innovations · 1997 · 23 citations · 0 references
EngineeringChemical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringEnergy SystemsRenewable Energy IntegrationRenewable Energy SystemsBioenergy SystemsBiofuel ProductionBiomass ConversionBiomass Energy SystemsBioprocess Scale-upEnergy ConversionGas Turbine OperationGas Turbine Power GenerationGas TurbinesGasificationPower GenerationRenewable Biomass ConversionScaleup StudiesTurbines
The Biomass Power Program of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has as a major goal the development of cost-competitive technologies for the production of power from renewable biomass crops. The gasification of biomass provides the potential to meet his goal by efficiently and economically producing a renewable source of a clean gaseous fuel suitable for use in high efficiency gas turbines. This paper discusses the development and first commercial demonstration of the Battelle high-throughput gasification process for power generation systems. Projected process economics are presented along with a description of current experimental operations coupling a gas turbine power generation system to the research scale gasifier and the process scaleup activities in Burlington, Vermont.