Biomass Gasification with High Temperature CO2 Capture (GHTC)

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 capture/separation)
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy)

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Dr A Sanna
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University

Standard

EPSRC

01 October 2016

30 September 2017

12 months

£70,619

Energy

Scotland

Energy : Energy

Dr A Sanna, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

Dr MM Maroto-Valer, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

Bio-CCS is considered the only large-scale technology that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere and only in Europe, bio-CCS by synthetic biofuels via thermochemical processes could remove 800 Mt of CO2 from the atmosphere every year by 2050, representing a market rich of opportunities, since its development started only recently. This project aims to construct and test a novel integrated GHTC system able to convert biomass wastes from a variety of industries (e.g. breweries, farms etc.) into carbon neutral renewable energy and added value products. The overall output of the project will be the evaluation of the technical and economic feasibility of the integrated system to move the technology from TRL 3-4 to TRL 4. The deliverable from the project will be a portable biomass/coal pyro-gasification system with integrated adsorption CO2 capture system. Key features will include in-situ conversion of CO2 to solid carbonates, a better flexibility of operation, high heat recovery efficiency, facility to transport/install worldwide and easy to maintain compared to typical large scale biomass pyro-gasification and CCS technologies

30/11/16