Influence of AAEM species in coal and biomass on steam co-gasification of chars of blended coal and biomass

This study investigated effects of blending ratio and alkali and alkaline earth metallic (AAEM) species in the feedstock on char reactivity and producer gas composition in steam co-gasification of chars of blended coal and biomass. Experiments were conducted on a bench-scale fixed bed gasifier in which lignite was used as coal and radiata pine was used as biomass. The blending ratios of lignite to pine (L/P) were, respectively, 0:100 (pure...