GASIFICATION PROCESS

In simplified terms, the gasification process converts, in a closed system, solid hydrocarbons into a synthetic gas (SG). The diagram below explains the multi-fuel, multi-product flexibility of gasification technology.

Gasification Stage Descriptions

• Fuel Options: Solid hydrocarbons utilized in gasification may include renewables, petroleum coke (petcoke), or coal that often include materials that would otherwise be disposed of as waste.

• Gasification Technology: In gasification a feedstock of a solid or liquid hydrocarbon reacts in the gasifier with steam and oxygen at high temperature and high pressure in a reducing atmosphere to create synthetic gas (SG).  Synthetic gas, composed of carbon monoxide and hydrogen (CO + H₂), can be processed further into a variety of additional ultra clean, low cost energy products.

• Product Options: The synthetic gas can be processed into a variety of clean energy products:
• Synthetic natural gas (SNG), a gas with identical properties as natural gas,
• Transportation fuels, such as high purity diesel, jet fuel or methanol,
• Hydrogen gas (H₂), or,
• Electric power (in the combined cycle gas and steam turbine formation).