Energy Fuels 2010, 24, 2692–2698 Published on Web 03/16/2010
: DOI:10.1021/ef901477c
Estimation of Biomass Synthesis Gas Composition using Equilibrium Modeling Gopal Gautam,†,‡ Sushil Adhikari,*,‡ and Sushil Bhavnani† †
Department of Mechanical Engineering and, ‡Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849 USA Received December 3, 2009. Revised Manuscript Received February 19, 2010
Carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) are the major gases produced from biomass gasification. Composition of CO, CO2, and H2 in synthesis gas from the biomass gasification process was calculated via equilibrium modeling. Methane concentration predicted by the equilibrium model was almost negligible (
