Modeling, Integration and Optimization of Biomass and Coal Co-gasification

The performance of a gasification process is strongly affected by how to use the sensible heat of the syngas. In this paper, a mathematical model is proposed that simultaneously optimizes a biomass and coal co-gasification process together with its heat recovering system. Proper utilization of the sensible heat of the hot syngas reduces the amount of oxygen feed and increases the efficiency of the overall process.