Review Article
Aly Moustafa Radwan
Abstract
Gasification was chosen as one of the more conventional methods for conversion of biomass due to some important reasons such as space consideration, flexibility of fuels used, reducing the volume of solid waste and recovery of energy. Essentially, the process of gasification involves partial combustion of the organic part of the fuels to combustible gas rich in carbon monoxide, hydrogen and some saturated hydrocarbon gases, principally methane. The affecting parameters on the performance of the gasification such as (temperature, catalysts, gasifying agent/biomass ratio) and the type of raw materials were reviewed and discussed