Gasification Process

  • Wood is preheated to reduce its mositure content.
  • The wood feedstock is fed into a chamber and gasified with oxygen at a high temperature.
  • This process creates syngas as well as a charcoal by-product.
  • The syngas is then pumped through a filtration system into an engine that produces electricity.

 

Gasification Process

 


A gasification plant comprises of a gasification chamber, synthetic gas filter and combined heat and power or CHP plants.


An alternative use for syngas is to convert it to a synthetic diesel through a process known as the Fischer Tropsch reaction. This is a catalyzed chemical reaction in which syngas is converted into liquid hydrocarbons. The synthetic diesel can be used to run automobiles and some aircraft engines.