title: Analysis of energetic and exergetic efficiency, and environmental benefits of biomass integrated gasification combined cycle technology.
abstract: The problem of the high carbon dioxide emissions linked to power generation makes necessary active research on the use of biofuels in gas turbine systems as a promising alternative to fossil fuels. Gasification of biomass waste is particularly of interest in obtaining a fuel to be run in gas turbines, as it is an efficient biomass-to-biofuel conversion process, and an integration into a combined cycle power plant leads to a high performance with regard to energetic efficiency. The goal of this study was to carry out an energetic, exergetic and environmental analysis of the behaviour of an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant fuelled with different kinds of biomass waste by means of simulations. A preliminary economic study is also included. Although a technological development in gasification technology is necessary, the results of simulations indicate a high technical and environmental interest in the use of biomass integrated gasification combined cycle (BioIGCC) systems for large-scale power generation from biomass waste.
authors: Department of Energetic Engineering and Fluid Mechanics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors: María
authors: M
authors: Mínguez
authors: Angel
authors: A
authors: Jiménez
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Rodríguez
authors: Celina
authors: C
authors: González
authors: Ignacio
authors: I
authors: López
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Nieto
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D002245:Carbon Dioxide