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Analyzing Biomass Conversion into Liquid Hydrocarbons

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Variants of the Fischer–Tropsch producer-gas conversion into liquid hydrocarbons are analyzed under the assumption that thermodynamic equilibrium is attained in the reactions occurring in the biomass gasification. When the raw material is wood waste, the optimum variant of the process involves partial biomass oxidation by atmospheric oxygen with tail-gas recycling after the separation of liquid hydrocarbons. Before mixing with fresh producer gas, the hydrocarbons contained in the tail gas are reformed on a nickel catalyst.

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  1. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. akademika Lavrent'eva 5, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. D. Meshcheryakov & V. A. Kirillov

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Meshcheryakov, V.D., Kirillov, V.A. Analyzing Biomass Conversion into Liquid Hydrocarbons. Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering 36, 466–471 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020625812461

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