Technical And Economic Assessment of Producing Hydrogen by Reforming Syngas from the Battelle Indirectly Heated Biomass Gasifier

Technical And Economic Assessment of Producing Hydrogen by Reforming Syngas from the Battelle Indirectly Heated Biomass Gasifier - 1995

Section 1 [1.4MB]	Abbreviations and Acronyms				1
	Metric Units of Measurement				1
	1.0	Introduction			2
	2.0	Process Description			2
		2.1	Gasification Using the BCL Indirectly Heated Gasifier		3
		2.2	Steam Reforming to Produce Hydrogen		5
		2.3	Steam Generation		8
	3.0	Conversion Efficiency			8
		3.1	Stoichiometric Maximum Efficiency Calculation		8
	4.0	Economic Analysis			10
		4.1	Economic Assumptions		11
		4.2	By-Product Credit Steam		11
		4.3	Equipment Sizing and Costing		12
			4.3.1	Gasification Costs	12
			4.3.2	Reactor Costs	12
			4.3.3	Compressor Costs	13
			4.3.4	Heat Exchanger Costs	13
			4.3.5	Pump Costs	13
			4.3.6	PSA Cost	13
			4.3.7	Operating Costs	13
		4.4	Economic Analysis Results		13
	5.0	Conclusions			26
	6.0	Future Work			26
	References and Pertinent Literature				28
		Appendix A [1.0MB]
		Appendix B [905kb]
		Appendix C [717kb]