Preworkshop Tutorial

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
9:30-11:30 a.m.

Fundamentals of Gasification
As the interest in the production of fuels from biomass grows, understanding gasification as a potential pathway has become the focus of many developers. Gasification is a potential thermal pathway to convert solid fuels to the basic feedstock chemicals required for many synthetic processing technologies. Investors, commercial developers, research scientists, academic, and government initiatives are currently investigating gasification as a potential pathway for cellulosic conversion.

This tutorial will provide an understanding of the history of gasification, gasification theory, chemical conversion processes, an overview of gasification approaches, and a description of commercial processes, uses, and status of technology. The course is geared toward helping developers understand the wide range of gasification technologies and how they can be applied.