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6 - Syngas and Biogas

from Part II - Chemical Energy Carriers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Jacqueline O'Connor
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Bobby Noble
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute
Tim Lieuwen
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Summary

Wood gas. Biogas. Syngas. Landfill Gas. Renewable Natural Gas. Production and use of renewable carbon-based gaseous fuels have a history stretching back centuries and even millennia, providing heat, light and power to support both rural development and urban industrialization. The processes used to generate these gaseous fuels can be separated into two categories: thermochemical and biological, producing syngas and biogas, respectively.  Thermochemical conversion processes produce a synthesis gas, abbreviated as syngas, which is a mixture composed primarily of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, but may also contain carbon dioxide and methane.

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Renewable Fuels
Sources, Conversion, and Utilization
, pp. 195 - 215
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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