Biomass-powered Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Experimental and Modeling Studies for System Integrations

Biomass is a sustainable energy source which, through thermo-chemical processes of biomass gasification, is able to be converted from a solid biomass fuel into a gas mixture, known as syngas or biosyngas. A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a power generation device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel to electricity. Therefore,...

Biomass gasification: The understanding of sulfur, tar, and char reaction in fluidized bed gasifiers

As one of the currently available thermo-chemical conversion technologies, biomass gasification has received considerable interest since it increases options for combining with various power generation systems. The product gas or syngas produced from biomass gasification is environmental friendly alternatives to conventional petrochemical fuels...

Sustainable power from biomass: Comparison of technologies for centralized or de-centralized fuel cell systems