Intensification of Gasification of Biomass and Waste for Hydrogen Production

Anh Phan is a chemical engineer, Chair of Circular Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Her research interest includes Pyrolysis/Gasification/Combustion, Process Intensification, Kinetic modelling, Biofuel processing, Cold Plasma Technologies, Chemical Recycling from Plastic Waste. Her teaching expertise includes Reactor Engineering (CME2024), Reactor Systems Engineering (CME3035- Module leader), Chemical Engineering Laboratory II (CME3040- Module leader until 2018), Separation Processes 1 (CME2022), Plant Design (CME3039), MEng Research Project (CME8117). Dr. Abby Samson is a Lecturer in Fuels and Combustion in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is a member of the Energy Engineering Group and the Energy Institute at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this, she was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Lincoln. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds in biomass conversion, a MS in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University in coal and carbon science and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Abby’s research deals with the development of low-carbon and sustainable energy and fuels including fundamental studies on gasification, combustion and pyrolysis of solid fuels, heterogenous catalysis, pollution control, carbon capture and materials recovery.

• 1. Introduction: decarbonisation pathways, process intensification concept, the hydrogen economy, current technologies for hydrogen production and challenges2. Biomass gasification for hydrogen production: including fundamental concepts, current development and challenges3. Waste gasification focusing on refuse derived fuel: current status, challenges and opportunities4. Gas cleaning/tar removal and utilisation from gasification5. Gas separation/hydrogen purification including CO2 capture and utilisation6. Intensification approaches for hydrogen production and CO2 utilisation from gasification of biomass and waste7. Integration approaches for hydrogen and liquid fuel production from gasification8. Artificial Intelligence research in assisted hydrogen production from gasification of waste and biomass9. Techno-economic analysis and environment assessment for hydrogen and liquid fuel production from gasification of biomass and waste. This chapter will also look at the economics of scales, other applications of hydrogen derived from gasification10. Environmental impact and sustainability assessments of biomass and waste gasification, looking at various energy source of the gasification process (plasma, solar etc.)11. Future development, opportunities and outlook including solar-driven gasification and hydrogen distribution and storage