Life Cycle Energy Balance Analysis for Producer Gas Production from Bio-oil for Power Generation

摘要

Catalytic reforming of bio-oil is one of the promising routes for the production of producer gas from renewable resources for power generation. This study evaluates the energy balance analysis for the production of producer gas and utilization of gas for power generation. A centralized unit of 10 MW power generation based on fuel gas produced from bio-oil reforming has been proposed at Sungai Rasau industrial area of Selangor state in Malaysia. The energy balance analysis of this study comprises of four stages which are oil palm plantation, palm oil mill extraction, production of bio-oil and reforming of bio-oil and utilization of fuel gas for power generation. The net energy balance for this analysis was found to be 3.81 M J kg_(fg~(-1)) while net energy ratio was found to be 1.10.