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Fuel Gas Clean-up and Conditioning

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The technologies described in the previous chapters have demonstrated technical maturity, but they would find their optimal application in a virtuous chain such as described in this book. One of the most crucial links to bind these technologies together is the fuel gas conditioning step. This means adequate clean-up for the removal of harmful contaminants resulting from the biomass or waste-derived feedstock (such as sulphur compounds, siloxanes, halides and tars) and a reforming step where heavy hydrocarbons are converted to lighter species, especially hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This yields the best possible conditions for high-efficiency generation of electric power and heat through high-temperature fuel cells. The gas cleaning and reforming technologies most applicable to the requirements of such fuel cells are reviewed and discussed in the present chapter.

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    Giulia Monteleone & Stephen J. McPhail

  2. Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of L’Aquila, Via Campo di Pile, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy

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Monteleone, G., McPhail, S.J., Gallucci, K. (2012). Fuel Gas Clean-up and Conditioning. In: Fuel Cells in the Waste-to-Energy Chain. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2369-9_8

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