Electrolysis Assisted Biomass Gasification for Liquid Fuels Production

Gasification is a promising pathway for converting biomass residues into renewable transportation fuels and chemicals needed to comply with the ambitious Swedish environmental targets. The paper investigates integration of molten carbonate electrolysis cell (MCEC) in biofuel production from sawmill byproducts, improve performance gas cleaning conditioning steps prior final conversion syngas liquid biofuels. energy, material, economic process configurations different gasification technologies are simulated compared. results provide relevant information develop engineering gas-to-liquid utilizing electricity. MCEC replaces water-gas shift step conventional enables increased product throughput by as much 15%–31%. Depending on configuration steam-methane reforming technology, biofuels can be produced cost range 140–155 €/MWh short-term.