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Biomass
20 C
Drying
100 C
500-700 C
Pyrolysis
Air
Air
Combustion
C + O
2
= CO
2
1000-1400 C
C + CO
2
= 2CO
Gasification
C + H
2
O = CO+H
2
Temperature (C)
Gas
Gas
FIGURE 7.5
Gasification reactions in a downdraft gasifier.
Gas
Gas
Biomass
Biomass
Height
Gasification
Combustion
Ash
250
500
750
1000
Temperature (°C)
Steam, air,
or oxygen
FIGURE 7.6
Schematic of a bubbling fluidized-bed gasifier (Source: Higman and Burgt, 2008,
p. 106).
In a typical fluidized-bed gasifier, fresh solid fuel particles are brought
into contact with hot bed solids that quickly heat the particles to the bed tem-
perature and make them undergo rapid drying and pyrolysis, producing char
and gases.
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