Gasification - Current Technologies and Future Prospect

Gasification offers a unique advantage in converting organic materials into useful synthesis gas and has been applied in many fossil-fuel-based industries. Recent concerns over climate change, driven by carbon dioxide emissions, and the need for sustainable feedstocks are prompting gasification technology to evolve into a competitive alternative to renewable energy utilizing syngas technologies. Key challenges in gasification lie in aspects of CO2 emission, safety issues, technical completeness, scalability, and long-term competition with e-fuels, among others. This book, comprising seven chapters, presents a realistic evaluation of the technical problems, feasible markets, and the future direction of gasification technology, with an emphasis on hydrogen production by gasification, as well as on gasification features utilizing underutilized feedstocks such as biomass and biomedical waste.