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Gasification
Gasification is a technology for production of fuel gas from materials containing organic components, ranging from highly polluted waste to oil residues, coal and biomass. After some additional treatment this fuel gas may be used as:
- fuel gas for highly efficient gas turbines or gas engines for production of electricity
- raw material for production of hydrogen or synthesis gas for the petrochemical industry
- fuel gas for domestic and industrial use
The basic principle of gasification is heating and partial combustion. By this the energy in the material is converted from "solid or liquid" energy to "gaseous" energy.
Gasification is sometimes called partial oxidation because it represents the most important chemical reaction that takes place. However the gasification also involves a lot of other reactions, making the reaction pattern quite complex, nevertheless the key feature of the gasification is that it makes it possible in an elegant way to remove the pollutants from the material and, in that way, produce a clean gas.
Most gasification processes suffer from difficulties related to tare and dirt in the produced gas. This can result in corrosion and/or plugging of the system and may require immediate quenching and loss of energy. These problems have been solved in the patented PyroArc process by use of the unique plasma treatment of the produced gas from the gasifier.
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