Summary
Biomass gasification is a promising way to produce clean fuels from plants. Engineers rely on simulation tools to design gasification processes. These tools assume that solid particles of biomass have simple shapes. Real biomass particles are uneven and full of tiny holes. Their true shapes affect how fast heat and reacting gases reach their surfaces, which, in turn, affects process efficiency. This project will identify the shape features that matter most in gasification and analyze why, so that the tools used to design and operate biomass conversion systems can be improved. The results wi
