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Biomass gasification, catalytic technologies and energy integration for production of circular methanol: New horizons for industry decarbonisation.

Authors :
Bobadilla LF
Azancot L
González-Castaño M
Ruíz-López E
Pastor-Pérez L
Durán-Olivencia FJ
Ye R
Chong K
Blanco-Sánchez PH
Wu Z
Reina TR
Odriozola JA
Source :
Journal of environmental sciences (China) [J Environ Sci (China)] 2024 Jun; Vol. 140, pp. 306-318. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 29.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognises the pivotal role of renewable energies in the future energy system and the achievement of the zero-emission target. The implementation of renewables should provide major opportunities and enable a more secure and decentralised energy supply system. Renewable fuels provide long-term solutions for the transport sector, particularly for applications where fuels with high energy density are required. In addition, it helps reducing the carbon footprint of these sectors in the long-term. Information on biomass characteristics feedstock is essential for scaling-up gasification from the laboratory to industrial-scale. This review deals with the transformation biogenic residues into a valuable bioenergy carrier like biomethanol as the liquid sunshine based on the combination of modified mature technologies such as gasification with other innovative solutions such as membranes and microchannel reactors. Tar abatement is a critical process in product gas upgrading since tars compromise downstream processes and equipment, for this, membrane technology for upgrading syngas quality is discussed in this paper. Microchannel reactor technology with the design of state-of-the-art multifunctional catalysts provides a path to develop decentralised biomethanol synthesis from biogenic residues. Finally, the development of a process chain for the production of (i) methanol as an intermediate energy carrier, (ii) electricity and (iii) heat for decentralised applications based on biomass feedstock flexible gasification, gas upgrading and methanol synthesis is analysed.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1001-0742
Volume :
140
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of environmental sciences (China)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38331510
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2023.09.020