Coal and Biomass Gasification

Part I Fundamentals of Gasification.- Feedstock Characterization for Gasification and Pyrolysis.- Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Gasification.- Gasifiers: Types, Operational Principles and Commercial.- Hydrodynamics of Circulating Fluidized Bed Systems.- Investigation of Biomass Gasifier Product Gas Composition and its Characterization.- Gas Cleaning and Tar Conversion in Biomass Gasification.- Part II - Experiments, Modeling and Numerical Simulations of Gasification.- Measurement Techniques: Cold Flow Studies.- Cavity Models for Underground Coal Gasification .- Gasification of Mixed Biomass: Analysis Using Equilibrium, Semi-Equilibrium And Kinetic Models.- Numerical Modelling of Fluidized Bed Gasification: An Overview.- Entrained Flow Gasification: Current Status and Numerical Simulations.- Advanced Numerical Methods for the Assessment of Integrated Gasification and CHP Generation Technologies.- Transient Cold Flow Simulation of a Fast Fluidized Bed Fuel Reactor for Chemical Looping Combustion.- Part III - Integration of Renewable Energy and Utilization of Wastes.- Sustainability Assessment of the Biomass Gasification Process for Production of Ammonia.- Recent Advances in Power Generation through Biomass and Municipal Solid Wastes Gasification.- Solar Assisted Gasification-Based Cook Stoves.- Part IV Advanced Technologies of Gasification.- Dual Fluidized Bed Gasification of Solid Fuels.- New Pathways in Clean Combustion of Biomass and Coal Via Partial.- Synergistic Effects in Gasification of Coal/Biomass Blends: Analysis and Review.- Chemical Looping and Plasma Technologies for Gasification of Coal and Biomass.

Dr. Santanu De has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur since December 2014. He received his Bachelor of Engineering from North Bengal University, Darjeeling, West Bengal in 2002, and his M.Tech. from the IIT Kanpur in 2004, both in Mechanical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2012. Prior to his joining the IIT Kanpur, he served two years at Michigan Technological University, Michigan, USA as a postdoctoral research associate, and one year at the Institute of Combustion Technology (ITV), University of Stuttgart, Germany. He also worked as a scientist at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center, Indian Space Research Organization, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His primary areas of research are numerical modeling of turbulent combustion, spray atomization and combustion, coal gasification and combustion.