1: Gasification and synthetic liquid fuel production: an overview
1.4 Gasification for power generation
1.5 Gasification for synthetic fuel production
2: Types of gasifier for synthetic liquid fuel production: design and technology
2.4 Reactor design: chemical aspects
2.5 Reactor design: physical aspects
3: Preparation of feedstocks for gasification for synthetic liquid fuel production
3.2 Feedstock types, properties, and characterization
3.3 Feedstock suitability and utilization challenges
3.4 Preparation techniques for onward processing
3.5 Advantages and limitations of feedstocks for gasification
4.2 Environmental and energy issues
4.3 Economic assessment of synthetic liquid and gaseous biofuels
4.4 The role of sustainability assessment in supporting international biofuel policies
Part Two: Gasification processes for synthetic liquid fuel production
5: Gasification reaction kinetics for synthetic liquid fuel production
5.2 General chemistry of gasification
6: Gasification processes for syngas and hydrogen production
6.4 Gasification products: composition and quality
6.5 Advantages and limitations
7: Synthetic liquid fuel production from gasification
7.3 Sabatier-Senderens process
7.4 Thermal, catalytic, and hydrocracking processes
8: Assessing fuels for gasification: analytical and quality control techniques for coal
8.9 Real-time analysis for quality control
8.10 Advantages and limitations
9: Coal gasification processes for synthetic liquid fuel production
9.4 Products and product quality
9.6 Advantages and limitations
10: Heavy hydrocarbon gasification for synthetic fuel production
10.5 Conclusion and future trends
11: Biomass gasification for synthetic liquid fuel production
11.2 Properties of biomass resources
11.4 Biomass gasification properties
11.6 The formation and cracking of tar
11.8 Novel technology for biomass gasification
11.9 Mathematical simulation of biomass gasification
11.10 Conclusion and future trends
12: Waste gasification for synthetic liquid fuel production
12.3 Feedstock properties and plant safety
12.6 Advantages and limitations
13: Gasification for synthetic liquid fuel production: past, present, and future
13.2 Applications and products
13.3 Environmental benefits of gasification-based systems