O-202 Development of Catalytic Reforming of Tar in Biomass Gasification Processes

Abstract

Tar that is generated in the biomass gasification process is currently the most difficult problem to solve. Gasification of tar by catalytic steam reforming was examined in a biomass gasification process. The tar reforming characteristics of the newly-developed Ni based catalyst was investigated for the gasification of a biomass of wood chips. The results of these experiments have confirmed that the newly-developed catalyst showed a high tar conversion activity, and is stable even in a gas containing hydrogen sulfide, also enable to achieve high cold gas efficiency and carbon conversion ratio.