Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Torrefaction

Dr. Prabir Basu, founding President of Greenfield Research Incorporated, a private research and development company in Canada that specializes in gasification and torrefaction, is an active researcher and designer of biomass energy conversion systems. Dr. Basu holds a position of Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department and is Head of Circulating Fluidized Bed Laboratory at Dalhousie University, Halifax His current research interests include frontier areas, chemical looping gasification, torrefaction, biomass cofiring amongst others.Professor Basu also founded of the prestigious triennial International Conference series on Circulating Fluidized Beds, and a private R&D company, Fluidized Bed Systems Limited that specializes on design, training and investigative services on fluidized bed boilers. Professor Basu has been working in the field of energy conversion and the environment for more than 30 years. Prior to joining the engineering faculty at Dalhousie University (formerly known as the Technical University of Nova Scotia), he worked with both a government research laboratory and a boiler manufacturing company.Dr. Basu’s passion for the transformation of research results into industrial practice is well known, as is his ongoing commitment to spreading advanced knowledge around the world. He has authored more than 200 research papers and seven monographs in emerging areas of energy and environment, some of which have been translated into Chinese and Korean. He is well known internationally for providing expert advices on circulating fluidized bed boilers and conducting training courses to industries and universities across the globe. She is presently an Associate Professor in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. She has research and teaching experience of twenty years in the areas of bioenergy and environment. Her present research interest lies in the interface between Energy Systems, Society and Climate Change. After obtaining Ph.D. from Technical University of Vienna, Austria and working in Calgary and Dalhousie University in Canada she joined The Energy and Resources Institute New Delhi. A think tank that spearheads the global action on climate change research and prepared multiple assessment report under the aegis of IPCC. This tenure allowed her to make significant contribution to designing policies and evaluating pathways to decarbonize the energy, material, and agriculture systems in India and elsewhere in the world. Additionally, she has been involved in cooperation and capacity building between Asia and Africa through multi and bi-lateral organizations.

• 1. Introduction to biomass conversion in climate change context2. Climate change and biomass conversion3. Economics of biomass utilization. Ecological economics & Circular economy  4. Biomass Characteristics5. Biomass carbonization & Torrefaction6. Pyrolysis7. Tar Production and Destruction8. Gasification Theory9. Design of Biomass Gasifiers10. Hydrothermal Conversion of Biomass11. Syn gas cleaning12. Biomass combustion and cofiring13. Production of Fuels and materials from Biomass 14. Biomass Handling15. Analytical techniques for biomass analysisAppendix ADefinition of BiomassAppendix BPhysical Constants & Unit conversionAppendix CSelected tables on Design Data