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Bibliographic revision<br />

established but there are many <strong>de</strong>monstration projects active with capacities 0.2-27<br />

MW e . There are several issues that must be resolved in the integration of gas turbines<br />

with biomass gasification, including:<br />

- The reliable and environmentally sound operation of gas turbines with low<br />

heating value gases;<br />

- The selection of gasification operating pressure and the consequent<br />

integration of the air flow to the gasifier and fuel gas flow to the gas turbine<br />

combustor with the rest of the system;<br />

- Fuel gas cleaning and cooling;<br />

- The selection of the gas turbine cycle, although generally combined cycles<br />

are preferred.<br />

tel-00623090, version 1 - 13 Sep 2011<br />

Gasification with engines<br />

The operation of diesel and spark-ignition engines using a variety of low heating value<br />

gases is an established practice (Nolting and Leuchs, 1995; Vielhaber, 1996;<br />

Tscha<strong>la</strong>moff, 1997). Both dual fuel diesel and spark ignition engines for operation using<br />

low heating value gases may be regar<strong>de</strong>d as fully <strong>de</strong>veloped, although integration of a<br />

biomass gasifier and engine is not fully established.<br />

The main issue that must be resolved is the effective treatment of the fuel gas to cool<br />

and clean it to the specifications <strong>de</strong>man<strong>de</strong>d by the engine. The fuel gas must be cool at<br />

injection to the engine and therefore wet scrubbing is the preferred gas treatment<br />

method (Bridgwater et al., 2002). In this approach the gases are cooled to un<strong>de</strong>r 150ºC<br />

and then passed though a wet gas scrubber. This removes particu<strong>la</strong>tes, alkali metals,<br />

tars and soluble nitrogen compounds such as ammonia.<br />

Fuel cells<br />

Fuel cells are static equipments that convert the chemical energy in the fuel directly<br />

into electrical energy. The operation principle of a fuel cell is simi<strong>la</strong>r to a battery. It is<br />

composed of a porous ano<strong>de</strong> and a catho<strong>de</strong>, each coated on one si<strong>de</strong> by a <strong>la</strong>yer of<br />

p<strong>la</strong>tinum catalyst, and separated by an electrolyte. The ano<strong>de</strong> is powered by the fuel,<br />

while the catho<strong>de</strong> is powered by the oxidant.<br />

There are various different types of fuel cells:<br />

- AFC - Alkaline Fuel Cell<br />

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