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Development Status of BTL (Biomass to Liquid) Technology  

Chae, Ho-Jeong (New Chemistry Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Jeong, Kwang-Eun (New Chemistry Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Kim, Chul-Ung (New Chemistry Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Jeong, Soon-Yong (New Chemistry Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
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Journal of Energy Engineering / v.16, no.2, 2007 , pp. 83-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
In view of stringent environment regulations to control the emission of green house gases and also depleting fossil fuel reserves, it is high quality desirable to develop alternative technologies to produce high quality fuels. To this end Biomass to Liquid (BTL) technology has received much attention in recent years. BTL process generally consists of gasification of biomass to produce bio-syngas, cleaning and control of $H_{2}/CO$ mole ratio of bio-syngas and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis & upgrading systems. Choren, Germany has first developed the commercial BTL process using unique gasification system i.e., Carbo-V. A new technology to remove tars and BTX has been developed by ECN in Netherlands employing a gasification system combined with OLGA technology. Several other countries including USA and Japan are showing great interest in BTL technology. Thus in view of our national energy security and also the environmental regulations, it is essential to develop alternative technologies like BTL in order to meet the increasing demand of energy though our insufficient biomass resources. In this paper we present an overview and development status of BTL-diesel technology.
Keywords
Biomass; BTL; Gasification; Bio-syngas; Fischer-Tropsch;
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