Gaseificação da biomassa lignocelulósica e aplicações do gás de síntese

Abstract

Sustainable energy and product generation are among the most outstanding contemporary challenges. Even facing the urgency to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, energy transition also depends on developing routes that, besides being environmentally friendly, are also flexible, economically viable, and available in volume capable of meeting world demand. Thus, the use of lignocellulosic residues from agriculture and agro-industries as the feedstock of the gasification process has shown promise as it allows obtaining synthesis gas, a gaseous mixture that can be used to generate bioenergy, liquid biofuel, biohydrogen and a variety of compounds of industrial interest. In this way, the present work aims to briefly review the destinations of synthesis gas in different production chains, addressing the main challenges still faced in its implementation.