Handbook of Gasification
暫譯: 氣化手冊

氣化是一種靈活、可靠且清潔的能源技術，能將含碳材料（如煤、石油焦、生物質或廢物）轉換為合成氣（syngas）。合成氣可以用來發電，或進一步加工以製造化學品、肥料、液體燃料、替代天然氣或氫氣。基於作者之前工作的成功，氣化手冊提供了全面的內容，涵蓋原則、技術、全球市場、木質生物質和混合固體廢物的氣化、微生物氣化、費希爾-托普施（Fischer-Tropsch）以及生物燃料精煉廠。重點將放在生物燃料和可再生資源上。

Dr. Cheremisinoff is a chemical engineer specializing in the safe handling and management of chemicals and hazardous materials with more than forty years of industry, business and applied research experience. He earned his B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam, New York in 1974, his M.Sc. in chemical engineering from the same academic institution in 1975, and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the same academic institution in 1977. Over his career he has been a consultant to industry, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, foreign governments, private sector corporations, and to international lending institutions including the World Bank Organization, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the International Finance Corporation, and donor agencies including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Trade & Development Agency, and the European Union as a technical consultant and advisor on pollution management, worker safety, cleaner production, and environmental management practices. He has extensively contributed to the industrial press having authored, co-authored or edited more than 150 engineering reference textbooks. He has also been proffered and approved in federal and state courts as an environmental and standard of care expert on industrial practices.

John Rezaiyan is a chemical engineer with more than 35 years of industry, business and clean energy technology development experience. He is the founder of 3E Consulting LLC, an international consulting firm, providing advisory services to project developers, investors, financial institutions, donor agencies, technology developers, research and development organizations and government agencies. Mr. Rezaiyan has previously co-authored a major publication on gasification technologies and his writings on financing projects deploying first-of-the kind technologies have been featured in the Private Power Producer Handbook. He has also been an invited speaker at numerous conferences and workshops. Mr. Rezaiyan earned his B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland in 1979.

Dr. Cheremisinoff 是一位化學工程師，專門從事化學品和危險材料的安全處理與管理，擁有超過四十年的行業、商業及應用研究經驗。他於1974年在紐約州波茨坦的克拉克森科技學院獲得化學工程學士學位，1975年獲得同一學校的化學工程碩士學位，並於1977年獲得該校的化學工程博士學位。在他的職業生涯中，他曾擔任工業界、美國國防部、美國能源部、外國政府、私營企業以及國際貸款機構（包括世界銀行、美國進出口銀行、國際金融公司，以及包括美國國際開發署、美國貿易與發展署和歐盟在內的捐助機構）的顧問，提供有關污染管理、工人安全、清潔生產和環境管理實踐的技術諮詢和建議。他對工業出版界做出了廣泛貢獻，撰寫、合著或編輯了超過150本工程參考教科書。他還在聯邦和州法院被認可為工業實踐的環境和照護標準專家。

John Rezaiyan 是一位擁有超過35年行業、商業及清潔能源技術開發經驗的化學工程師。他是3E Consulting LLC的創始人，這是一家國際顧問公司，為項目開發者、投資者、金融機構、捐助機構、技術開發者、研究與開發組織及政府機構提供諮詢服務。Rezaiyan先生曾共同撰寫有關氣化技術的重要出版物，他在首次應用技術項目融資方面的著作曾刊登於《私營電力生產者手冊》中。他還曾受邀在多個會議和研討會上發表演講。Rezaiyan先生於1979年在馬里蘭大學克拉克工程學院獲得化學工程學士學位。