Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies

To develop a biomass and power-to-gas (BPtG) process for renewable electricity storage and sustainable synthetic natural gas (SNG) production, this work investigated five BPtG processes integrated with different electricity-driven gasification technologies based on simulation data. These processes w...

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Main Authors: Guohui Song, Xiaobo Cui, Liang Wang, Zheng Wei
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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description To develop a biomass and power-to-gas (BPtG) process for renewable electricity storage and sustainable synthetic natural gas (SNG) production, this work investigated five BPtG processes integrated with different electricity-driven gasification technologies based on simulation data. These processes were evaluated for SNG composition and yield, life-cycle energy and exergy efficiencies, life-cycle carbon emissions, and the equivalent unit production cost. The results show that the energy and exergy efficiencies of SNG from those processes range between 53.1 and 58.6% and 36.4 and 41.1%, respectively. Based on the energy allocation method, the carbon emissions without and with CO<sub>2</sub> capture ranges from 22.0 to 34.8 and from −43.4 to −17.6, respectively, in gCO<sub>2</sub>e/MJ<sub>SNG</sub>. These BPtG processes can produce low-carbon SNG and even achieve negative carbon emissions with CO<sub>2</sub> capture. Both feedstock and electricity costs have significant influences on the profitability of the processes. The BPtG process integrated with resistance heating gasification, plasma-assisted gasification, and moderate water electrolysis are recommended for their compromise of multi-perspective performances. This paper provided the orders of the five processes based on these indicators and recommendations for different applicable scenarios.
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spelling doaj-art-11a93572cc0d486dbaf6cb1000690a7d2025-08-20T02:11:12ZengMDPI AGClean Technologies2571-87972025-01-0171710.3390/cleantechnol7010007Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification TechnologiesGuohui Song0Xiaobo Cui1Liang Wang2Zheng Wei3Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, ChinaJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, ChinaJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, ChinaJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Multi-Energy Integration and Flexible Power Generation Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, ChinaTo develop a biomass and power-to-gas (BPtG) process for renewable electricity storage and sustainable synthetic natural gas (SNG) production, this work investigated five BPtG processes integrated with different electricity-driven gasification technologies based on simulation data. These processes were evaluated for SNG composition and yield, life-cycle energy and exergy efficiencies, life-cycle carbon emissions, and the equivalent unit production cost. The results show that the energy and exergy efficiencies of SNG from those processes range between 53.1 and 58.6% and 36.4 and 41.1%, respectively. Based on the energy allocation method, the carbon emissions without and with CO<sub>2</sub> capture ranges from 22.0 to 34.8 and from −43.4 to −17.6, respectively, in gCO<sub>2</sub>e/MJ<sub>SNG</sub>. These BPtG processes can produce low-carbon SNG and even achieve negative carbon emissions with CO<sub>2</sub> capture. Both feedstock and electricity costs have significant influences on the profitability of the processes. The BPtG process integrated with resistance heating gasification, plasma-assisted gasification, and moderate water electrolysis are recommended for their compromise of multi-perspective performances. This paper provided the orders of the five processes based on these indicators and recommendations for different applicable scenarios.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8797/7/1/7SNGbiomass and power to gasefficienciescarbon emissionequivalent unit production cost
spellingShingle Guohui Song
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Liang Wang
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Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies
Clean Technologies
SNG
biomass and power to gas
efficiencies
carbon emission
equivalent unit production cost
title Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies
title_full Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies
title_fullStr Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies
title_short Comparative Assessment of Biomass and Power-to-Gas Processes Integrated with Different Electricity-Driven Gasification Technologies
title_sort comparative assessment of biomass and power to gas processes integrated with different electricity driven gasification technologies
topic SNG
biomass and power to gas
efficiencies
carbon emission
equivalent unit production cost
url https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8797/7/1/7
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