Contents


Preface

The combustion of conventional fossil fuels is the largest contributing factor to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The development and use of sustainable and alternative fuels (syngas, biogas, biodiesel, bio-oil, hydrogen) derived from sources other than petroleum is needed due to the limited fossil fuel resources, the need for reduction of atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions, energy security, and to meet the future high energy demand due to population growth. New alternative fuels that can be produced locally and derived from renewable sources will be more sustainable compared to fossil fuels. Alternative and renewable fuels can be produced using different thermochemical and bio-chemical processes. Gasification is a thermochemical process used to produce syngas fuel (mainly hydrogen and carbon dioxide) from renewable (biomass) and conventional (coal) sources. The syngas fuels produced from the gasification process can be used for different applications: power generation (combustion of syngas fuel in gas turbine engines), heating, and

This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the current technologies, methods, and strategies of syngas fuel production, characteriza-

Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department (SREE),

Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department (SREE),

Member of the Sustainable Energy Development Research Group,

Coordinator - Sustainable Energy Development Research Group,

Research Institute of Science and Engineering (RISE), Chairman – Research Funding Department, VCRGS

Research Institute of Science and Engineering (RISE),

**Chaouki Ghenai** Associate Professor,

College of Engineering,

University of Sharjah,

College of Engineering,

University of Sharjah,

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

**Abrar Inayat** Assistant Professor,

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

transportation (internal combustion engines).

tion, and application.
