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| '''Gasification''' is a process that converts [[biomass|organic]] or [[fossil fuel|fossil]] based [[carbon]]aceous materials into [[carbon monoxide]], [[hydrogen]] and [[carbon dioxide]]. This is achieved by reacting the material at high temperatures (>700 °C), without combustion, with a controlled amount of [[oxygen]] and/or [[steam]]. The resulting gas mixture is called ''[[syngas]]'' (from ''synthesis gas'' or ''synthetic gas'') or ''[[producer gas]]'' and is itself a fuel. The power derived from gasification and combustion of the resultant gas is considered to be a source of [[renewable energy]] if the gasified compounds were obtained from biomass.<ref name="nnfcc">[[National Non-Food Crops Centre]]. [http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/tools/review-of-technologies-for-gasification-of-biomass-and-wastes-nnfcc-09-008 "Review of Technologies for Gasification of Biomass and Wastes, NNFCC 09-008"], Retrieved on 2011-06-24</ref><ref>[http://www.biomass.uk.com/gasification.php The Clean and Renewable Energy Source], www.biomass.uk.com, accessed 16.05.11</ref><ref>[http://www.gastechnology.org/webroot/app/xn/xd.aspx?it=enweb&xd=iea/homepage.xml Thermal Gasification of Biomass, International Energy Agency Task 33], www.gastechnology.org, accessed 16.05.11</ref><ref>[http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/368649/articles/waste-management-world/volume-10/issue-4/features/plasma-gasification-clean-renewable-fuel-through-vaporization-of-waste.html Clean Renewable Fuel from the Plasma Gasification of Waste], www.waste-management-world.com, Accessed 16.05.2011</ref>
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| The advantage of gasification is that using the syngas is potentially more efficient than direct combustion of the original fuel because it can be combusted at higher temperatures or even in [[fuel cell]]s, so that the thermodynamic upper limit to the efficiency defined by [[Carnot's rule]] is higher or not applicable. Syngas may be burned directly in [[internal combustion engines|gas engines]], used to produce [[methanol]] and hydrogen, or converted via the [[Fischer–Tropsch process]] into [[synthetic fuel]]. Gasification can also begin with material which would otherwise have been disposed of such as [[organic waste|biodegradable waste]]. In addition, the high-temperature process refines out corrosive ash elements such as [[chloride]] and [[potassium]], allowing clean gas production from otherwise problematic fuels. Gasification of [[fossil fuels]] is currently widely used on industrial scales to generate electricity.<ref>Chris Higman and Maarten van der Burgt. ''Gasification'', Second Edition, Elsevier (2008).</ref>
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| ==History==
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| [[File:Adler Diplomat 3 GS mit Holzgasgenerator-hinten rechts.JPG|thumb|right|[[Adler Diplomat]] 3 with gas generator (1941)]]
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| The process of producing energy using the gasification method has been in use for more than 180 years. During that time [[coal]] and [[peat]] were used to power these plants. Initially developed to produce [[town gas]] for lighting & cooking in 1800s, this was replaced by electricity and [[natural gas]], it was also used in [[blast furnaces]] but the bigger role was played in the production of [[Chemical synthesis|synthetic]] chemicals where it has been in use since the 1920s.
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| During both [[world wars]] especially the [[Second World War]] the need of gasification produced fuel reemerged due to the shortage of petroleum.<ref>[http://membres.lycos.fr/rotarysu/nouvelle.htm Gas Generator Project] History of the Gasogene technology</ref> [[Wood gas generator]]s, called Gasogene or Gazogène, were used to power motor vehicles in [[Europe]]. By 1945 there were trucks, buses and agricultural machines that were powered by gasification. It is estimated that there were close to 9,000,000 vehicles running on producer gas all over the world.
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| ==Chemical reactions==
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| In a gasifier, the carbonaceous material undergoes several different processes:
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| [[File:pyrolysis.svg|frame|Pyrolysis of carbonaceous fuels]]
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| [[File:gasification.gif|frame|Gasification of char]]
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| # The [[dehydration reaction|dehydration]] or drying process occurs at around 100°C. Typically the resulting steam is mixed into the gas flow and may be involved with subsequent chemical reactions, notably the water-gas reaction if the temperature is sufficiently high enough (see step #5).
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| # The ''[[pyrolysis]]'' (or devolatilization) process occurs at around 200-300°C. Volatiles are released and [[charring|char]] is produced, resulting in up to 70% weight loss for coal. The process is dependent on the properties of the carbonaceous material and determines the structure and composition of the char, which will then undergo gasification reactions.
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| # The ''[[combustion]]'' process occurs as the volatile products and some of the char reacts with oxygen to primarily form carbon dioxide and small amounts of carbon monoxide, which provides heat for the subsequent gasification reactions. Letting '''C''' represent a carbon-containing [[organic compound]], the basic reaction here is <math>{\rm C} + {\rm O}_2 \rarr {\rm CO}_2</math>
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| # The ''gasification'' process occurs as the char reacts with carbon and steam to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen, via the reaction <math>{\rm C} + {\rm H}_2 {\rm O} \rarr {\rm H}_2 + {\rm CO}</math>
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| # In addition, the [[reversible reaction|reversible]] gas phase [[water-gas shift reaction]] reaches [[chemical equilibrium|equilibrium]] very fast at the temperatures in a gasifier. This balances the concentrations of carbon monoxide, steam, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. <math>{\rm CO} + {\rm H}_2 {\rm O} \lrarr {\rm CO}_2 + {\rm H}_2</math>
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| In essence, a limited amount of oxygen or air is introduced into the reactor to allow some of the organic material to be "burned" to produce carbon dioxide and energy, which drives a second reaction that converts further organic material to hydrogen and additional carbon dioxide. Further reactions occur when the formed carbon monoxide and residual [[water]] from the organic material react to form methane and excess carbon dioxide (4 CO + 2 H2O --> CH4 + 3 CO2). This third reaction occurs more abundantly in reactors that increase the [[residence time]] of the reactive gases and organic materials, as well as heat and pressure. [[Catalysts]] are used in more sophisticated reactors to improve reaction rates, thus moving the system closer to the reaction equilibrium for a fixed residence time.
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| ==Gasification processes==
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| Several types of gasifiers are currently available for commercial use: counter-current fixed bed, co-current fixed bed, [[fluidized bed]], entrained flow, plasma, and free radical.<ref name="nnfcc"/><ref>Beychok, M.R., ''Process and environmental technology for producing SNG and liquid fuels'', U.S. EPA report EPA-660/2-75-011, May 1975</ref><ref>Beychok, M.R., ''Coal gasification for clean energy'', Energy Pipelines and Systems, March 1974</ref><ref>Beychok, M.R., ''Coal gasification and the Phenosolvan process'', American Chemical Society 168th National Meeting, Atlantic City, September 1974</ref>
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| ===Counter-current fixed bed ("up draft") gasifier===
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| A fixed bed of carbonaceous fuel (e.g. coal or biomass) through which the "gasification agent" (steam, oxygen and/or air) flows in counter-current configuration.<ref>Thanapal SS, Annamalai K, Sweeten J, Gordillo G, (2011), “Fixed bed gasification of dairy biomass with enriched air mixture”. Appl Energy, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.072</ref> The ash is either removed in the dry condition or as a [[slag]]. The slagging gasifiers have a lower ratio of steam to carbon,<ref>{{Cite conference|title=Development Status of BGL-Gasification|url=http://www.iec.tu-freiberg.de/conference/conference_05/pdf/21_Picard.pdf|format=PDF|last1=Kamka|first1=Frank|last2=Jochmann|first2=Andreas|date=June 2005|conference=International Freiberg Conference on IGCC & XtL Technologies|others=speaker Lutz Picard|accessdate=2011-03-19}}</ref> achieving temperatures higher than the ash fusion temperature. The nature of the gasifier means that the fuel must have high mechanical strength and must ideally be non-caking so that it will form a permeable bed, although recent developments have reduced these restrictions to some extent. The throughput for this type of gasifier is relatively low. Thermal efficiency is high as the temperatures in the gas exit are relatively low. However, this means that tar and methane production is significant at typical operation temperatures, so product gas must be extensively cleaned before use. The tar can be recycled to the reactor.
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| In the gasification of fine, undensified biomass such as [[rice husks|rice hulls]], it is necessary to blow air into the reactor by means of a fan. This creates very high gasification temperature, as high as 1000 C. Above the gasification zone, a bed of fine and hot char is formed, and as the gas is blow forced through this bed, most complex hydrocarbons are broken down into simple components of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
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| ===Co-current fixed bed ("down draft") gasifier===
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| Similar to the counter-current type, but the gasification agent gas flows in co-current configuration with the fuel (downwards, hence the name "down draft gasifier"). Heat needs to be added to the upper part of the bed, either by combusting small amounts of the fuel or from external heat sources. The produced gas leaves the gasifier at a high temperature, and most of this heat is often transferred to the gasification agent added in the top of the bed, resulting in an energy efficiency on level with the counter-current type. Since all tars must pass through a hot bed of char in this configuration, tar levels are much lower than the counter-current type.
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| ===Fluidized bed reactor===
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| The fuel is [[fluidization|fluidized]] in oxygen and steam or air. The ash is removed dry or as heavy agglomerates that defluidize. The temperatures are relatively low in dry ash gasifiers, so the fuel must be highly reactive; low-grade coals are particularly suitable. The agglomerating gasifiers have slightly higher temperatures, and are suitable for higher rank coals. Fuel throughput is higher than for the fixed bed, but not as high as for the entrained flow gasifier. The conversion efficiency can be rather low due to [[elutriation]] of carbonaceous material. Recycle or subsequent combustion of solids can be used to increase conversion. Fluidized bed gasifiers are most useful for fuels that form highly corrosive ash that would damage the walls of slagging gasifiers. Biomass fuels generally contain high levels of corrosive ash.
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| ===Entrained flow gasifier===
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| A dry pulverized solid, an atomized liquid fuel or a fuel slurry is gasified with oxygen (much less frequent: air) in co-current flow. The gasification reactions take place in a dense cloud of very fine particles. Most coals are suitable for this type of gasifier because of the high [[operating temperature]]s and because the coal particles are well separated from one another.
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| The high temperatures and pressures also mean that a higher throughput can be achieved, however thermal efficiency is somewhat lower as the gas must be cooled before it can be cleaned with existing technology. The high temperatures also mean that tar and methane are not present in the product gas; however the oxygen requirement is higher than for the other types of gasifiers. All entrained flow gasifiers remove the major part of the ash as a slag as the operating temperature is well above the ash fusion temperature.
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| A smaller fraction of the ash is produced either as a very fine dry [[fly ash]] or as a black colored fly ash slurry. Some fuels, in particular certain types of biomasses, can form slag that is corrosive for ceramic inner walls that serve to protect the gasifier outer wall. However some entrained flow type of gasifiers do not possess a ceramic inner wall but have an inner water or steam cooled wall covered with partially solidified slag. These types of gasifiers do not suffer from corrosive slags.
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| Some fuels have ashes with very high ash fusion temperatures. In this case mostly limestone is mixed with the fuel prior to gasification. Addition of a little limestone will usually suffice for the lowering the fusion temperatures. The fuel particles must be much smaller than for other types of gasifiers. This means the fuel must be pulverized, which requires somewhat more energy than for the other types of gasifiers. By far the most energy consumption related to entrained flow gasification is not the milling of the fuel but the production of oxygen used for the gasification.
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| ===Plasma gasifier===
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| In a [[Plasma gasification|plasma gasifier]] a high-voltage current is fed to a torch, creating a high-temperature arc. The inorganic residue is retrieved as a glass-like substance.
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| ==Feedstock==
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| There are a large number of different feedstock types for use in a gasifier, each with different characteristics, including size, shape, bulk density, moisture content, energy content, chemical composition, ash fusion characteristics, and homogeneity of all these properties. Coal and petroleum coke are used as primary feedstocks for many large gasification plants worldwide. Additionally, a variety of biomass and waste-derived feedstocks can be gasified, with wood pellets and chips, waste wood, plastics and aluminium, [[Municipal Solid Waste]] (MSW), [[Refuse-derived fuel]] (RDF), agricultural and industrial wastes, sewage sludge, switch grass, discarded seed corn, corn stover and other crop residues all being used.<ref name="nnfcc"/>
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| [[Chemrec]] has developed a process for gasification of [[black liquor]].<ref name="chemrec"/>
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| ===Waste disposal===
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| [[File:Reactor .jpg|right|thumbnail|150px|HTCW reactor, one of several proposed waste gasification processes. According to the sales and sales management consultants ''KBI Group'' a pilot plant in Arnstadt implementing this process has completed initial tests.<ref>[http://www.htcw.info HTCW commercial web page]</ref>]]
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| Waste gasification has several advantages over incineration:
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| * The necessary extensive flue gas cleaning may be performed on the syngas instead of the much larger volume of [[flue gas]] after combustion.
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| * [[Electric power]] may be generated in [[internal combustion engine|engines]] and [[gas turbine]]s, which are much cheaper and more efficient than the [[Rankine cycle|steam cycle]] used in incineration. Even fuel cells may potentially be used, but these have rather severe requirements regarding the purity of the gas.
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| * Chemical processing ([[Gas to liquids]]) of the syngas may produce other synthetic fuels instead of electricity.
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| * Some gasification processes treat ash containing heavy metals at very high temperatures so that it is released in a glassy and chemically stable form.
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| A major challenge for waste gasification technologies is to reach an acceptable (positive) gross electric efficiency. The high efficiency of converting syngas to electric power is counteracted by significant power consumption in the waste preprocessing, the consumption of large amounts of pure oxygen (which is often used as gasification agent), and gas cleaning. Another challenge becoming apparent when implementing the processes in real life is to obtain long service intervals in the plants, so that it is not necessary to close down the plant every few months for cleaning the reactor.
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| Environmental advocates have called gasification "incineration in disguise" and argue that the technology is still dangerous to air quality and public health. "Since 2003 numerous proposals for waste treatment facilities hoping to use... gasification technologies failed to receive final approval to operate when the claims of project proponents did not withstand public and governmental scrutiny of key claims," according to the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.<ref>[http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/Incinerators%20in%20Disguise:%20Case%20Studies%20of%20Gasification,%20Pyrolysis,%20and%20Plasma%20in%20Europe,%20Asia,%20and%20the%20United%20States%20.pdf GAIA Report]</ref> One facility which operated from 2009-2011 in Ottawa had 29 "emissions incidents" and 13 "spills" over those three years. It was also only able to operate roughly 25% of the time.<ref>[http://www.zerowasteottawa.com/docs/141-RT-3557_RevA_PTR%20Final%20Assessment%20Report%20FINAL.pdf Plasco Energy Group Demonstration Project Final Report]</ref>
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| Several waste gasification processes have been proposed, but few have yet been built and tested, and only a handful have been implemented as plants processing real waste, and most of the time in combination with fossil fuels.<ref>[http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wtd/679004/679021/679065/ Gasification case studies] by the [[Environment Agency]] of England and Wales</ref>
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| One plant (in [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], [[Japan]] using the Thermoselect process<ref>[http://www.thermoselect.com Thermoselect website] — A waste gasification plant supplier</ref>) has been processing industrial waste since year 2000, but has not yet documented positive net energy production from the process.
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| In the [[USA]], gasification of waste is expanding across the country. [[Ze-gen]] is operating a waste gasification demonstration facility in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. The facility was designed to demonstrate gasification of specific non-MSW waste streams using ''liquid metal gasification''.<ref>{{Cite news
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| </ref> This facility came after widespread public opposition shelved plans for a similar plant in [[Attleboro, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/news_updates/ze-gen-withdraws-plans-for-attleboro-gasification-plant/article_38e57ba7-249b-5d77-ad8b-9f247d127723.html |title= | |
| Ze-gen withdraws plans for Attleboro gasification plant |publisher=The Sun Chronicle}}</ref> In addition, construction of a biomass gasification plant [http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/biomass-proposal-draws-protesters-976960.html was approved in DeKalb County, Georgia on June 14, 2011].
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| Also in the USA, plasma is being used to gasify municipal solid waste, hazardous waste and biomedical waste at the Hurlburt Field Florida Special Operations Command Air Force base. PyroGenesis Canada Inc. is the technology provider.<ref name="afsoc.af.mil">{{cite web |url=http://www.afsoc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123253735 |title=AFSOC makes 'green' history while investing in future |publisher=US Air Force Special Operations Command|accessdate=2011-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Tavares|first=Jason R.|coauthors=Rao, Lakshminarayana; Derboghossian, Chawki; Carabin, Pierre; Kaldas, Aïda; Chevalier, Philippe; Holcroft, Gillian|title=Large-Scale Plasma Waste Gasification|journal=Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on|date=November 2011|volume=39|series=Images in Plasma Science|issue=11|page=2908|doi=10.1109/TPS.2011.2138723|url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5762637&tag=1}}</ref>
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| ==Current applications==
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| Syngas can be used for heat production and for generation of mechanical and electrical power. Like other gaseous fuels, producer gas gives greater control over power levels when compared to solid fuels, leading to more efficient and cleaner operation.
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| Syngas can also be used for further processing to liquid fuels or chemicals.
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| ===Heat===
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| Gasifiers offer a flexible option for thermal applications, as they can be retrofitted into existing gas fueled devices such as [[oven]]s, [[furnace]]s, [[boiler]]s, etc., where syngas may replace fossil fuels. [[Heating value]]s of syngas are generally around 4-10 MJ/m<sup>3</sup>.
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| ===Electricity===
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| Industrial-scale gasification is currently mostly used to produce electricity from fossil fuels such as coal, where the syngas is burned in a gas turbine. Gasification is also used industrially in the production of electricity, ammonia and liquid fuels (oil) using Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles ([[Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle|IGCC]]), with the possibility of producing methane and hydrogen for fuel cells. IGCC is also a more efficient method of CO<sub>2</sub> capture as compared to conventional technologies. IGCC demonstration plants have been operating since the early 1970s and some of the plants constructed in the 1990s are now entering commercial service.
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| ===Combined heat and power===
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| In small business and building applications, where the wood source is sustainable, 250-1000 kWe and new zero carbon biomass gasification plants have been installed in Europe that produce tar free syngas from wood and burn it in reciprocating engines connected to a generator with heat recovery. This type of plant is often referred to as a wood biomass CHP unit but is a plant with seven different processes: biomass processing, fuel delivery, gasification, gas cleaning, waste disposal, electricity generation and heat recovery.<ref>[http://www.alfagy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=6 Wood Gasification CHP / Cogeneration Plants], 02.09.09</ref>
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| ===Transport fuel===
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| [[Diesel engine]]s can be operated on dual fuel mode using producer gas. Diesel substitution of over 80% at high loads and 70-80% under normal load variations can easily be achieved.<ref>[http://www.kedco.com/ind/industrial/principles-of-gasification/ Gasification Appliances Review], 04.02.08</ref> [[Spark ignition engine]]s and [[Solid oxide fuel cell|SOFC fuel cells]] can operate on 100% gasification gas.<ref>[http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:41553 Electricity from wood through the combination of gasification and solid oxide fuel cells], Ph.D. Thesis by Florian Nagel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, 2008</ref><ref>[http://orbit.dtu.dk/getResource?recordId=209388&objectId=1&versionId=1 Characterization of biomass producer gas as fuel for stationary gas engines in combined heat and power production], Ph.D. Thesis by Jesper Ahrenfeldt, Technical University of Denmark March 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.biocellus.com/pdf/High_temperature_electrolyte.pdf High temperature electrolyte supported Ni-GDC/YSZ/LSM SOFC operation on two-stage Viking gasifier product gas], Ph. Hofmann ''et al''. in Journal of Power Sources 173 (2007) 357–366</ref> Mechanical energy from the engines may be used for e.g. driving water pumps for irrigation or for coupling with an alternator for electrical power generation.
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| While small scale gasifiers have existed for well over 100 years, there have been few sources to obtain a ready to use machine. Small scale devices are typically [[DIY]] projects. However, currently in the [[United States]], several companies offer gasifiers to operate small engines. In 2009 21stCenturyMotorworks claimed to have developed gasification technology in a prototype pickup truck that could use any biomass materials for fuel,<ref>[http://www.21stcenturymotorworks.com/Press.html 21stCenturyMotorworks web page]</ref> the vehicle was displayed at multiple events including the 2009 Boston Greenfest.
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| ===Renewable energy and fuels===
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| [[File:Holzvergasung.jpg|thumb|230px|Gasification plant Güssing, Austria (2006)]]
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| In principle, gasification can proceed from just about any organic material, including biomass and plastic waste. The resulting syngas can be combusted. Alternatively, if the syngas is clean enough, it may be used for power production in gas engines, gas turbines or even fuel cells, or converted efficiently to [[dimethyl ether]] (DME) by methanol dehydration, methane via the [[Sabatier reaction]], or diesel-like synthetic fuel via the [[Fischer–Tropsch process]]. In many gasification processes most of the inorganic components of the input material, such as metals and minerals, are retained in the ash. In some gasification processes (slagging gasification) this ash has the form of a glassy solid with low [[Leaching (chemical science)|leaching]] properties, but the net power production in slagging gasification is low (sometimes negative) and costs are higher.
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| Regardless of the final fuel form, gasification itself and subsequent processing neither directly emits nor traps [[greenhouse gases]] such as carbon dioxide. Power consumption in the gasification and syngas conversion processes may be significant though, and may indirectly cause CO<sub>2</sub> emissions; in slagging and plasma gasification, the electricity consumption may even exceed any power production from the syngas.
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| Combustion of syngas or derived fuels emits exactly the same amount of carbon dioxide as would have been emitted from direct combustion of the initial fuel.{{dubious|date=December 2011}} Biomass gasification and combustion could play a significant role in a renewable energy economy, because biomass production removes the same amount of CO<sub>2</sub> from the atmosphere as is emitted from gasification and combustion.{{dubious|date=December 2011}} While other biofuel technologies such as biogas and [[biodiesel]] are [[carbon neutral]], gasification in principle may run on a wider variety of input materials and can be used to produce a wider variety of output fuels.
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| There are at present a few industrial scale biomass gasification plants. Since 2008 in Svenljunga, [[Sweden]], a biomass gasification plant generates up to 14 MW<sub>th</sub>, supplying industries and citizens of Svenljunga with process steam and [[district heating]], respectively. The gasifier uses [[biomass fuels]] such as [[Chromated copper arsenate|CCA]] or [[creosote]] impregnated waste wood and other kinds of recycled wood to produces syngas that is combusted on site.<ref name="Elmia">[http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/elmia/pressrelease/view/foergasning-ger-laegre-utslaepp-mindre-stoft-och-bredare-braenslebas-nyhet-paa-elmia-recycling-to-energy-2010-381629 Gasification allows less emissions, less dust and fuel flexibility] - News at Elmia Recycling to Energy 2010, 03.03.11</ref><ref>[http://www.iqr.se/en/products/combustion/sfc.aspx SFC - Soot Free Combustion: large scale biomass gasification], 03.03.11</ref> In 2011 a similar gasifier, using the same kinds of fuels, is being installed at [http://info.munkforsenergi.se/ Munkfors Energy]'s [[Cogeneration|CHP]] plant. The CHP plant will generate 2 MW<sub>e</sub> (electricity) and 8 MW<sub>th</sub> ([[district heating]]).<ref>[http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/view/pressrelease/biofuel-gasification-in-unique-chp-plant-601686 Biofuel gasification in unique CHP plant], 04.04.11</ref><ref>[http://www.nordiskaprojekt.se/kraftvarme/1738/munkfors-energi-investerar-i-ny-kraftvaermeanlaeggning.aspx Munkfors Energy invests in new combined heat and power plant], 03.03.11</ref>
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| Examples of demonstration projects include:
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| * Those of the Renewable Energy Network Austria,<ref>[http://www.renet.at/main_en.php RENET - The path to energy autonomy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including a plant using dual fluidized bed gasification that has supplied the town of [[Güssing]] with 2 MW of electricity, produced utilising [[GE Jenbacher]] reciprocating [[gas engine]]s<ref>[http://www.clarke-energy.co.uk/case-studies/Case%20Study%20Gussing.pdf Gussing Biomass Power Plant], www.clarke-energy.com, accessed 17.05.2011</ref><ref>[http://www.idgte.ca/Pagemill_Resources/Presentations_0608/GEJenbacher%20Presentation.pdf Latest Developments in the Utilisation of Wood Gas in Gas Engines], www.idgte.ca, accessed 17.05.2011</ref> and 4 MW of heat,<ref>[http://www.ficfb.at The FICFB-gasification system<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> generated from wood chips, since 2003.
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| * Chemrec's pilot plant in [[Piteå]] that has produced 3 MW of clean syngas since 2006, generated from entrained flow gasification of black liquor.<ref name="chemrec">[http://www.chemrec.se Chemrec web site]</ref>
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| * The US Air Force Transportable Plasma Waste to Energy System (TPWES) facility at Hurlburt Field, Florida.<ref name="afsoc.af.mil"/>
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| ==See also==
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| {{Portal|Energy|Renewable energy|Sustainable development}}
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| * [[Coal gasification]]
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| * [[Fluidized bed combustion]]
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| * [[History of manufactured gas]]
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| * [[Isle of Wight gasification facility]]
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| * [[List of solid waste treatment technologies]]
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| * [[Plasma arc waste disposal]]
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| * [[Renewable natural gas]]
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| * [[Water gas]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| {{Wiktionary}}
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| * [http://www.juniper.co.uk/services/Our_services/P&GFactsheet.html Pyrolysis and Gasification Factsheet] by Juniper
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| * [http://cgpl.iisc.ernet.in "Gasification Technology" Experts from CGPL, Indian Institute of Science]
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| * [http://www.gasification.org "Gasification Technologies Council"]
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| * [http://www.ieatask33.org "Thermal Gasification of Biomass, International Energy Agency"]
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| * [http://www.biomassenergy.gr/en/articles/technology/gasification Gasification Technology]
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