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Richard Taylor
Bio: Richard Taylor is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Syngas & Wood gas generator. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 28 publications receiving 668 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the environmental impacts of three dual-stage advanced energy-from-waste technologies, i.e. gasification and plasma gas cleaning, fast pyrolysis and combustion and gasification with syngas combustion, with those associated with conventional treatments for municipal solid waste.
100 citations
TL;DR: Thermodynamic assessment using the two-stage equilibrium method was carried out to determine optimum conditions for the gasification of RDF and to understand the limitations and influence of the second stage on the process performance (gas heating value, cold gas efficiency, carbon conversion efficiency), along with other parameters.
93 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the thermodynamic assets of using a two-stage thermal process over the conventional single-stage approach, which is able to achieve efficient cracking of the complex organics to the primary syngas constituents whilst limiting the electric power demand.
90 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared some previously developed mechanisms of thermal cracking and identified the main elementary reactions and the most sensible ones for tar decomposition in a two-stage process.
74 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the use of Gasplasma®, an advanced thermal treatment technology, comprising fluidized bed oxy-steam gasification followed by plasma treatment, for automotive shredder residue (ASR), refuse derived fuel (RDF) and blends of ASR and RDF wastes, is discussed.
65 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the progress in gasification techniques and key generation pathways for biofuel production, process design and integration and socio-environmental impacts of biofuel generation are discussed, with the goal of investigating gasification-to-biofuels credentials as a sustainable and eco-friendly technology.
478 citations
TL;DR: It emerged that the dominant type of thermal treatment is incineration associated to energy recovery in a steam cycle, and gasification with syngas use in internally fired devices, pyrolysis and plasma gasification is the mean to improve energy recovery.
384 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed and evaluated some aspects related to tar formation, laboratory and industrial methods and technologies for its reduction-removal, as well as research and development in this area.
Abstract: One of the main problems that happen during biomass gasification is tar formation, which could make this technology unsuccessfully from a commercial point of view. Tar content present in syngas defines its application, considering that limits - according to desired application - can be very demanding. There are two ways to overcome this problem: by optimizing gasification operation conditions and removal of tar from gas through in-situ (primary methods) or post-gasification (secondary methods) treatments. This way, multiple technologies have been developed considering the balance between efficiency and economy of the process, besides being (ecofriendly) environmentally acceptable. Some aspects related to tar formation, laboratory and industrial methods and technologies for its reduction-removal, as well as research and development in this area are reviewed and evaluated in this paper.
372 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of Enhanced Land Mining (ELFM) is introduced, which is defined as safe conditioning, excavation and integrated valorization of land waste streams as both materials and energy.
300 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive multi-scale review of the state of the art in fast pyrolysis is presented, as well as their multiscale interactions, including the reaction mechanisms and kinetics.
288 citations