A REVIEW ON BIOMASS GASIFICATION FOR FUEL CELLS

Biomass has been used as a supply of heat energy since man initially discovered fire. Biomass energy is obtained in many ways and numerous fuels are extracted from it. Traditional biomass conversion technologies like direct combustion, digestion, fermentation, and pyrolysis give low electrical efficiency compared to biomass gasification with fuel cells. The proper gasifier technologies selection supported the compatibility of the fuel cell. Fuel cell technology can be used as a standalone system or integrated with various technologies like Biomass gasification, ORC, GT, or MGT for electricity generation. The current paper included a review of different biomasses, gas cleaning methods, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), and finally the integration of biomass gasifiers with SOFC. Gas cleaning methods remove particulates, organic and inorganic impurities which reduces the performance of biomass-derived gases and fuel cells especially if we select gasification technology. Therefore, more researches are needed to produce a better gas cleaning system for SOFC to reduce the impurities, improve the efficiency and economical designing of the system. Therefore, the start towards the technical realization of the system is ready and presented in this paper. Disciplinary: Renewable Energy & Clean Technology. (C)2020 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.