Advances in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion

Front Matter

Introduction to the IEA Bioenergy Agreement

• Adam Brown

Overview of Canadian Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Activities

• Ed Hogan

Thermochemical Conversion Research in the U.S. Department of Energy Biofuels and Power Programs

• Ralph P. Overend, Helena Li Chum

Overview of Thermochemical Conversion Technology of Biomass and Wastes in Japan

• Shin-ya Yokoyama

Overview of Thermochemical Conversion R&D Activities of the CEC

• G. Grassi

Developments of the Institute of Wood Chemistry in Complex Processing of Wood

• Maris Jakobsons, Janis Zandersons, Nikolaj Vedernikov, Arvids Kulkevics, Tamara Sharapova

New Options for Biomass-Based Power Production by IGCC: A Finnish National Research Programme — JALO

• Kai Sipilä, Esa Kurkela, Yrjö Solantausta

Centralized Biomass Analysis

• Carl S. Alleyne, Erin Skelton, James W. McKinley

Front Matter

A Microscopic Method for Studying Reaction Mechanisms in Char Gasification

• Antero Moilanen, Kari Saviharju

Kinetic Study of the Reaction of Different Hardwood Sawdust Chars with Oxygen. Chemical and Structural Characterization of the Samples

• M. Magnaterra, J. R. Fusco, J. Ochoa, A. L. Cukierman

Steam Gasification Reactivities of Various Fuel Chars

• Antero Moilanen, Kari Saviharju, Tiina Harju

Reactivity of Biomass and Peat Chars Formed and Gasified at Different Conditions

• Bengt-Göran Espenäs

Formation and Removal of Nitrogen Compounds in Gasification Processes

• Jukka Leppälahti, Esa Kurkela, Pekka Simell, Pekka Ståhlberg

Results From a Transparent Open-Core Downdraft Gasifier

• J. B. Milligan, G. D. Evans, A. V. Bridgwater

Model for Drying and Pyrolysis in an Updraft Biomass Gasifier

• Jaakko Saastamoinen

New Catalysts for the Fluid Bed Catalytic Gasification of Biomass

• J. Arauzo, D. Radlein, J. Piskorz, D. S. Scott

Catalytic Cracking of Naphthalene on Dolomite

• Henrik Aldén, Eva Björkman, Magnus Carlsson, Lars Waldheim