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Indeed, gasification, involving heterogeneous reactions, does not reach thermodynamic equilibrium and so thermodynamic models with experimental corrections and kinetic models are mainly applied. Thus, this paper compares a 1-D kinetic model developed in MATLAB, combining hydrodynamics and reaction kinetics, and a 0-D thermodynamic model developed in Aspen Plus, based on Gibbs free energy minimization applying the quasi-equilibrium approach, calibrated by experimental data. After a comparison of the results of the models against experimental data at two S\/B ratios, a sensitivity analysis for a wide range of S\/B ratios has been performed. The experimental comparison and sensitivity analysis shows that the two models provide sufficiently similar data in terms of the main components of the syngas although the thermodynamic model shows, with increasing S\/B, a greater increase of H2 and CO2 and lower decrease of CH4 and CO respect to the kinetic one and the experimental data. Thus, the thermodynamic model, despite being calibrated by experimental data, can be used mainly to analyze global plant performance due to the reduced importance of the discrepancy from a global energy and plant perspective. Meanwhile, the more complex kinetic model should be used when a more precise gas composition is needed and, of course, for reactor design.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/computation8040086","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,5]],"date-time":"2020-10-05T08:35:57Z","timestamp":1601886957000},"page":"86","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Biomass Steam Gasification: A Comparison of Syngas Composition between a 1-D MATLAB Kinetic Model and a 0-D Aspen Plus Quasi-Equilibrium Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1009-7638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vera","family":"Marcantonio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), Tuscia University of Viterbo, Via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6449-9651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Monforti Ferrario","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (DIISM), Universit\u00e0 Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy"},{"name":"ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Via Anguillarese, 00123 C.R. 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