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Thermal Gasification of Biomass
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33 |
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1/01/2010; End:
31/12/2012 |
| Web: |
www.gastechnology.org/webroot/app/xn/xd.aspx?it=enweb&xd=iea/homepage.xml |
| Countries: |
Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA |
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The Task will offer a forum for National Team Leaders (NTLS) to exchange, review, and evaluate information from worldwide biomass gasification (BMG) RD&D programmes and operating commercial and pilot plants that should assist in the development of national bioenergy programmes and to advance the state-of-the art of BMG. In recognition of the potential to produce fuels and chemicals via synthesis gas the Task will expand its role to address issues related to synthesis gas in addition to combined heat and power (CHP) and power. The Task will continue its interaction with industrial and academic experts to coordinate technology and product development. A new initiative will involve cooperation with ‘policy’ related tasks to address critical issues along the entire value chain from feedstock to market deployment of gasification based bioenergy products. These activities should be useful for participating countries to refine national bioenergy plans as well as to explore cooperative RD&D projects with other NTLS.
The Task objectives are:
- Conduct subtask studies to review and evaluate information from the current world-wide RD&D programmes and operating gasification systems to identify and resolve barriers for advancement of economical, efficient, and environmentally preferable BMG processes.
- Promote commercialisation of BMG to produce fuel and synthesis gases that could be subsequently converted to substitutes for fossil fuel based energy products and chemicals and lay the foundation for secure and sustainable energy supply.
- Enable NTLS to develop forward looking strategies and policies to implement programmes in their respective countries, and help ‘leapfrog’ resource consuming repetitive and redundant exercises
Work Scope:
Organise semi-annual Task Meetings to exchange and review global RD&D programmes and projects to identify barriers to commercialise BMG. Use the survey information to prepare and update Country Reports and RD&D needs and to make them available to NTLS to aid in the development of their respective national BMG and bioenergy plans. Conduct subtask studies including focused technical workshops, with industrial and academic experts to address the key barriers to advancing BMG. Wherever possible, conduct joint studies with related tasks, annexes, and other international activities to pursue mutually beneficial investigations. Six workshop topics will be selected from:
1. Second Generation Biofuels (Thermochemical & Biological Synthesis – Process and System Integration) + Identify Process Steps with Short Commercial Implementation Timelines and process warranties - possible joint study with Task 39.
2. Status of BMG Technologies, Related Bioenergy and Chemicals Production, and RD&D Needs.
3. Advances in Gas Cleanup for BMG Applications.
4. Protocols for Characterisation of Synthesis Gas for BTL.
5. Gasifier Feeders that can handle Feed Stocks with Variable Properties.
6. Survey (MSW & RDF) Waste Gasification - possible joint Study with Task 36.
7. Opportunities for Embedded Generation with Forest Product Industries/Utilities as well as Integration with Chemical Process Industries & Petroleum Refineries,
8. Sustainability (Feedstock, Water, Green House Gases (GHG, Socio-economic Benefits, Security of Supply) and Social Responsibility Issues (including job creation) to Develop Position Papers for Policy and Decision Makers Related to Commercialisation of BMG Based Bioenergy Products– Joint Study with Task 38
9. Health, Safety and Environmental Guidelines for Small-scale Biomass Gasification Plants
10. Collaborative RD&D Pursuits for Innovations in Market Development for BMG.
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