eprintid: 10075408 rev_number: 28 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/07/54/08 datestamp: 2019-06-05 16:13:39 lastmod: 2021-09-22 22:06:13 status_changed: 2019-06-05 16:13:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Materazzi, M creators_name: Taylor, R creators_name: Cairns-Terry, M title: Production of biohydrogen from gasification of waste fuels: Pilot plant results and deployment prospects ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F43 keywords: Biohydrogen, Waste gasification, Waste-to-hydrogen, Biofuels note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Hydrogen is seen as a key element of the future energy mix because it does not generate greenhouse gas emissions at the point of use. Understanding the technologies that can generate low carbon hydrogen is essential in planning the development of future gas networks and energy generation via fuel cells. One promising approach is hydrogen production by gasification of waste, referred to as biohydrogen. This paper summarises work undertaken to design a commercial Waste-to-Hydrogen (WtH2) plant, which includes an assessment of future markets for hydrogen, the identification of an appropriate scale for the plants, and development of specifications for process design and output streams. An experimental programme was undertaken to demonstrate bioH2 production from refuse derived fuel (RDF) at pilot scale and provided experimental data to underpin commercial designs. On this basis, a reference design for small commercial plants was developed for bioH2 production for heating and transport utilisation. A preliminary carbon assessment shows that carbon savings for biohydrogen in a commercial scale are more than four times greater than alternative technologies. date: 2019-07-01 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.038 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1662500 doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.038 lyricists_name: Materazzi, Massimiliano lyricists_id: MMATE98 actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette actors_id: BFFLY94 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Waste Management volume: 94 pagerange: 95-106 issn: 0956-053X citation: Materazzi, M; Taylor, R; Cairns-Terry, M; (2019) Production of biohydrogen from gasification of waste fuels: Pilot plant results and deployment prospects. Waste Management , 94 pp. 95-106. 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.038 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.038>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075408/1/Materazzi_Manuscript%20%28Clean%29.pdf