TY - JOUR
T1 - Current situation and future scope of biomass gasification in Japan
AU - Furutani, Yuki
AU - Norinaga, Koyo
AU - Kudo, Shinji
AU - Hayashi, Jun Ichiro
AU - Watanabe, Tomoaki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministry for Science and Technology of the Republic of Serbia.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Novel Carbon Resource Sciences. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - In this study, we investigated current situation of biomass gasification plants in 5 cities (c.a. Murayama City, Chichibu City, Ueno Village, Oshu City and Yamaguchi City) in Japan, and make R&D policy proposals to expand the biomass gasification plants. Four cities have commonly promoted the efficient heat utilization such as snow melting, drying the wood and supplying hot water into mushroom bed and hot spring. However, heat utilization is limited in a small area because heat loss is generated during the long-distance transportation. In order to obtain energy forms suitable for the long-distance transportation, such as hydrogen gas and electricity, the R&D of biomass gasification with hydrogen production or combined with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) should be promoted in the future.
AB - In this study, we investigated current situation of biomass gasification plants in 5 cities (c.a. Murayama City, Chichibu City, Ueno Village, Oshu City and Yamaguchi City) in Japan, and make R&D policy proposals to expand the biomass gasification plants. Four cities have commonly promoted the efficient heat utilization such as snow melting, drying the wood and supplying hot water into mushroom bed and hot spring. However, heat utilization is limited in a small area because heat loss is generated during the long-distance transportation. In order to obtain energy forms suitable for the long-distance transportation, such as hydrogen gas and electricity, the R&D of biomass gasification with hydrogen production or combined with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) should be promoted in the future.
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U2 - 10.5109/1929681
DO - 10.5109/1929681
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043568799
SN - 2189-0420
VL - 4
SP - 24
EP - 29
JO - Evergreen
JF - Evergreen
IS - 4
ER -
