Preliminary experimental study on oxygen-rich biomass gasification for vehicle fuel

The purpose of the experimental study is to explore the feasibility of biomass gasifica- tion for vehicle fuel.The experiment was carried out in a practically operated biomass gasification system,the producer gas was also tested for being the fuel for driving a vehicle.The influence of oxygen rich gasification agent on the producer gas composition has been analyzed,meanwhile,a simple economic analysis on biomass gasification producer gas for vehicle fuel has also been car- fled out.The results show that oxygen rich biomass gasification will increase the heat value as well as the energy density of producer gas,and the producer gas from oxygen rich gasification can satis- fy the requirement of being as vehicle fuel;in case the cost of biomass feedstock is controlled within certain range,with biomass gasification producer gas as vehicle fuel will be profitable.