WO2008103831A1 - Système de gazéification à cocourant thermiquement stable et procédés associés - Google Patents

Système de gazéification à cocourant thermiquement stable et procédés associés Download PDF

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WO2008103831A1
WO2008103831A1 PCT/US2008/054588 US2008054588W WO2008103831A1 WO 2008103831 A1 WO2008103831 A1 WO 2008103831A1 US 2008054588 W US2008054588 W US 2008054588W WO 2008103831 A1 WO2008103831 A1 WO 2008103831A1
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  • the present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for producing high-
  • the principle gasification reactions are the primary water-carbon reaction, Q 5) + H 2 O ⁇ H 2 + CO; the secondary water-carbon reaction, CO + H 2 O ⁇ H 2 + CO 2 ; and the Boudouard reaction, C (S) + CO 2 ⁇ 2CO. These reactions produce a synthesis gas high in CO and H 2 .
  • Gasifiers are generally classified within three types depending on the movement of the bed material relative to the gases.
  • the feed In a fluidized-bed gasifier, the feed is sized such that a high velocity gas, such as air, oxygen, or steam, passing through the bed will "fluidize" the bed, providing very good mixing and uniform temperature of all of the reactants within the bed.
  • a high velocity gas such as air, oxygen, or steam
  • the pyrolysis, combustion, and reduction reactions are uniformly mixed throughout the bed.
  • the drawbacks to this type of gasifier are the low gas residence times within the bed and the capital cost of the system.
  • Cocurrent gasifiers also known as downdraft gasifiers
  • This type of gasifier overcome the high tar content by flowing the gases in the same direction as material flow.
  • material is also dropped onto a packed bed.
  • a very high temperature combustion zone is located in the middle of the bed. Heat from the combustion zone pyrolizes the material above it. This forces the pyrolysis gases to flow through the combustion zone. This oxidizes and cracks the pyrolysis gases. These then react with the char below the combustion zone to form the synthesis gases.
  • This type of gasifier is simple to construct, low cost, and outputs less tars than the other types of gasifiers.
  • Both cocurrent and countercurrent gasifiers are moving packed-bed gasifiers. A practical limitation of employing a packed bed is that the feed material traveling through the gasifier often bridges before reaching the reaction zones. This usually requires the gasifier to be shut down and the bridge manually broken, increasing both downtime and operating cost of these gasifiers.
  • An apparatus of the invention for gasifying carbonaceous feedstock to produce a low-tar, high-energy synthesis gas, the apparatus including a gasification reactor having a gasification zone, and a space at least partially surrounding the gasification zone, wherein the gasification zone is maintained at a temperature above 800 0 C by providing heat to the space.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of gasifying carbonaceous feedstock to produce a low-tar, high-energy synthesis gas using a gasification reactor having a gasification zone, the method including forming a space around the gasification zone, and providing heat to the space to maintain a desired temperature in the gasification zone.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of reducing solid waste that is capable of generating toxic emissions in synthetic gas produced by a gasification reactor having a gasification zone, the method including gasifying the solid waste in the gasification zone of the gasification reactor, oxidizing synthetic gas produced by the gasification reactor using a combustor to decompose toxic emissions in the synthetic gas, and using the combustor to convert chemical energy from synthesis gas to thermal energy to provide heat to the gasification reactor.
  • FIGS. IA and IB are plots showing the effect of equivalence ratio (ER) on the adiabatic flame temperature and char conversion for wood with various moisture contents.
  • FIGS. 2A-2D are plots showing the variation in carbon conversion with reactor temperature as a function of equivalence ratio at various biomass moisture levels.
  • FIGS. 3 A and 3B are plots showing the higher heating value of synthesis gas as a function of equivalence ratio for wood at constant enthalpy and pressure condition (FIG. 3A) and constant temperature and pressure condition (FIG. 3B).
  • FIG. 4 is a plot showing the effect of moisture on the gasification efficiency at different equivalence ratios when a reactor is operated at an isothermal temperature of 1000 0 C.
  • FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating one example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram illustrating another example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a process flow diagram illustrating another example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating another example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of a gasification system and integrated fuel cell of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a process flow diagram illustrating another example of a gasification system of the present invention used as a solid waste reduction system.
  • the present invention overcomes the disadvantages in the prior art described above by maintaining a wide high-temperature heating zone along the length of a gasifier (described in detail below).
  • the wide high-temperature heating zone is maintained by circulating or flowing hot combustible gases through an annular space around the hot zone of the reactor. This creates a quasi-isothermal temperature zone large enough to ensure much longer residence times of gases in the reaction zone of the reactor, particularly reduction zone.
  • the minimum temperature is 800 0 C, but preferably greater than 900 0 C.
  • the minimum residence time is dictated by the feed, temperature, and moisture conditions within the gasifier and is essentially the residence time necessary to achieve near- total destruction of tars and conversion of char.
  • the long temperature zone prevents channeling of pyrolysis gases and eliminates cold spots below 800 0 C.
  • the hot space around the reactor minimizes heat losses. The result is that carbon and tar conversion is near complete and results in a near-equilibrium gas composition at the temperature of the hot zone. Bridging within the gasifier is much reduced because the much longer reaction zone inside the gasifier continuously decreases the bed particle sizes, allowing any bridges formed within this zone to collapse and continue to flow.
  • carbonaceous feedstock is subject to gasification in a gasification reactor to provide synthesis gas.
  • a portion of the energy of the synthesis gas upon exiting the gasification reactor is used to heat a space around the gasification zone of the gasifier through circulation of hot gases.
  • Sufficient heat is provided in the gasification reactor to maintain an isothermal or quasi-isothermal temperature condition above approximately 800 0 C in the gasification zone.
  • the length of the gasification zone is long enough to ensure adequate gas residence time in the gasification zone for near complete tar cracking and carbon conversion. The length of the gasification zone depends on factors such as feed type, isothermal temperature, and the gasifier radius.
  • the combustion products used to heat the gasification reactor are kept separate from the syngas generated within the gasification reactor.
  • the portion of the output syngas used to heat the gasification zone of the reactor may be combusted before or after a secondary energy converter, such as a fuel cell, gas turbine, stand alone boiler system and/or coupled with steam turbine, a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, an internal combustion engine, etc., depending on the effluent temperature characteristics of the secondary energy converter.
  • a secondary energy converter such as a fuel cell, gas turbine, stand alone boiler system and/or coupled with steam turbine, a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, an internal combustion engine, etc.
  • a portion of the syngas used to heat the gasification reactor can be diverted to a combustor before the bulk syngas is sent to the secondary energy converter.
  • the effluent may be combusted, if necessary, and used to heat the gasification zone of the reactor.
  • One feature of the present invention is to produce a very low tar synthesis gas to minimize or eliminate the cost of scrubbing and disposing tars downstream of the gasifier. Another feature of the invention is to produce a higher-energy content-synthesis gas without the use of pure oxygen. Another feature of the invention is to allow the practical use of a higher moisture carbonaceous fuel than conventional gasifiers. Another feature of the invention is to reduce or eliminate bridging of the moving packed bed within the reactor. [28]
  • a gasification system of the present invention provides numerous benefits and advantages. For example, a lower oxidant/fuel ratio will be needed to gasify the fuel. Syngas produced using the present invention will have a higher heating value compared to syngas produced using conventional gasification reactors utilizing the same oxidant and fuel types.
  • Syngas produced using the present invention will also have lower tar levels compared syngas produced using conventional gasification reactors utilizing the same oxidant and fuel types.
  • the operating range of a gasifier of the present invention will extend to higher moisture level fuels compared to conventional gasification reactors. Bridging within a gasifier of the present invention is reduced or eliminated because of the constant reduction in particle size of the bed material within the gasification zone of the gasifier.
  • the present invention in one example, relates to a system and method for the generation of very low-tar, high-energy synthesis gas from a large variety of carbonaceous feedstock, including those with higher moisture levels than conventional gasifiers.
  • An exemplary system includes a gasification reactor wherein a portion of the energy of the output syngas of the reactor is used to heat the gasification zone of the reactor via an annular space surrounding the gasification zone of the gasifier, to maintain a temperature condition above approximately 800 0 C.
  • the maintenance of a long, quasi- uniform high-temperature gasification zone reduces the amount of input air or oxygen, reduces bridging within the gasifier (which reduces operating costs), cracks pyrolysis oils, increases the conversion of char, minimizes heat losses from the bed, and converts moisture within the packed bed into a gasification medium. This results in a very low tar synthesis gas with less nitrogen dilution and higher energy content than conventional gasifiers.
  • the performance advantages of the invention are best shown in comparing the theoretical gas compositions of conventional gasifiers and a gasifier which is maintained at an isothermal temperature condition, as described in the description.
  • the gas composition for an isothermal gasifier and a conventional gasifier is modeled by calculating the equilibrium compositions at constant temperature and constant enthalpy conditions, respectively.
  • the required heat for a conventional gasifier is obtained by oxidation of fuel in situ, within the reactor.
  • the heat required for an isothermal gasifier can be obtained by oxidizing a portion of the syngas from the gasifier, utilizing waste heat from the system, or a combination thereof.
  • the carbonaceous fuel will be modeled after wood, also denoted as biomass.
  • a gasification system of the present invention can run on a wide variety of carbonaceous feedstock, such as coal, lignite, pet coke, agricultural residues, and other carbonaceous waste.
  • FIGS. IA and IB are plots showing the effect of equivalence ratio (ER) on the adiabatic flame temperature (FIG. IA) and char conversion (FIG. IB) for wood with moisture contents ranging from 0% to 50%.
  • FIG. IA shows the adiabatic flame temperature (AFT) of a downdraft gasifier as a function of equivalence ratio (ER), defined as the ratio of actual air-to-fuel ratio to stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio, and biomass moisture content.
  • AFT adiabatic flame temperature
  • ER equivalence ratio
  • the plot shown in FIG. IB depicts the effect of ER on the equilibrium char content for the wood-air reaction at various wood moisture levels.
  • These plots also show the regime of operation for a typical gasifier (Regime I) and the low ER operating regimes (Regimes II and III).
  • the AFT rises very slowly from 639° to 754 0 C with increasing ER from 0 to 0.25, beyond which it rises much faster with increasing ER. This break in the curve corresponds to the point at which char or carbon gets completely converted.
  • An ER of 0.25 is the theoretical point at which a conventional air- blown gasifier is expected to produce the best results in terms of achieving a steady- state gas composition close to equilibrium.
  • Most conventional downdraft gasifiers are operated at an ER in the range of 0.30-0.37 (Regime I), a value higher than the optimum value, to drive the reaction rates.
  • a typical downdraft gasifier operating in Regime I will oxidize sufficient fuel to provide the necessary exothermic heat profile to drive the endothermic gasification reactions, primarily the Boudouard reaction and the water-gas reactions (the reaction kinetics and mechanisms for carbon/char gasification are well documented in the literature). These reactions control the operating temperature limits of the gasification reactor.
  • the first reaction rapidly establishes equilibrium at temperatures above 1100 0 C, while the second reaction becomes significant at temperatures from 1000° to HOO 0 C.
  • the reaction kinetics of both the Boudouard reaction and water-gas reactions decrease substantially. This limits both the wood moisture content and the operating ER in achieving self-sustained gasification.
  • the minimum ER is 0.30.
  • the minimum ER to reach the lower operating temperature range increases to 0.37.
  • the gasifier temperature is maintained above 800 0 C by external heating, as provided in the invention, the kinetic limitations of operating at lower ER and higher biomass moisture content can be eliminated.
  • carbon is completely converted if the gasifier is operated at a reactor bed temperature of 800 0 C or higher.
  • the gasifier can be operated with no air input if the reactor bed temperature is maintained above 800 0 C for biomass moisture greater than 30%.
  • the reactor should be able to operate at an ER as low as 0.05, which, for all practical purposes, can be considered leakage air with the biomass feed.
  • FIGS. 3 A and 3B compare the dry gas heating value at different ERs and biomass moisture contents from 0% to 50% for conventional gasifiers (modeled by constant enthalpy conditions (FIG. 3A) and an isothermal gasifier (FIG. 3B). Both cases show the heating value of the synthesis gas increasing as the ER decreases. But substantial char is left unconverted at ERs less than 0.20 in the case of the plot shown in FIG. 3A. This means that a conventional gasifier sacrifices reactor efficiency for gas heating value.
  • FIG. 3B shows complete carbon conversion at 1000 0 C for biomass moisture greater than 30% at all ERs. For lower moisture levels, an ER in Regime II appropriate to the given moisture content will provide complete carbon conversion.
  • FIG. 4 shows the effect of moisture on the gasification efficiency at different ERs when the reactor is operated at an isothermal temperature of 1000 0 C.
  • gasification efficiency or cold-gas efficiency is used (defined as the ratio of output chemical energy of the producer gas (higher heating value) to the input chemical energy content of the feed).
  • the addition of heat to the gasifier is not summed with the input chemical energy of the biomass.
  • the introduction of external heat for the reduction reactions increases the gasification efficiency from 95% for bone-dry wood to 119% for "green" wood.
  • a conventional reactor achieves a maximum cold-gas efficiency of approximately 60%-80% for bone-dry wood.
  • bone-dry wood provides the lowest reactor efficiency at 95%. Additional moisture increases reactor efficiency up to a biomass moisture of 50%.
  • Efficiency greater than 100% is an indication of thermal energy (heat) being transferred to the chemical energy of the producer gas through the endo thermic gasification reactions. This would partially or fully offset the system efficiency penalty of diverting a portion of the syngas from the gasifier to heat the gasification zone of the gasifier.
  • the reactor reaches maximum cold-gas efficiency between 20% and 30% biomass moisture content. This is the minimum biomass moisture needed to completely reduce the char and pyrolysis gases in the absence of air. Excess biomass moisture above this point does not contribute to increasing the producer gas heating value, since there is no carbon left to convert. It is simply vaporized and exits the gasifier at the same temperature of the producer gases. While the additional moisture does not contribute to the cold-gas heating value of the producer gas, it does recycle some additional heat by the process of vaporization and the specific heat needed to raise the water vapor to temperature. Excess water vapor may also have a beneficial effect in stabilizing the overall system temperature profile and further reducing tar and particulate levels in the gasifier.
  • a gasification system of the present invention desires adequate heat transfer through the reactor walls to maintain the isothermal temperature condition throughout the gasifier. If poor heat-transfer characteristics occur in the reactor or if the thermal energy in the annular space around the gasifier is insufficient to maintain the isothermal boundary conditions above 800 0 C, additional primary air can be added (increased ER) to increase the interstitial temperatures within the char bed. This will produce a heating value penalty in the producer gas output.
  • FIGS. 5-10 are process flow diagrams of various examples of gasification systems of the present invention. Other examples and combinations of gasification systems are also possible within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating one example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • the synthesis gas is combusted before a secondary converter and used to heat the gasification zone of the reactor above 800 0 C.
  • FIG. 5 shows a gasification system 10, including a gasification reactor 12 containing a packed bed 14. A gasification zone is formed within the reactor.
  • the reactor 12 is surrounded by an insulated wall 16, that forms an annular space 18 around the gasification zone.
  • the reactor 12 and wall 16 are shown in cross-section, to better illustrate the annular space 18 formed between the reactor 12 and the wall 16.
  • FIG. 5 also shows a syngas cleaning subsystem 20, a combustor 22, a secondary energy converter 24, and a pre-heater 26 (described below).
  • carbonaceous fuel is fed (30) to the gasification reactor 12 (e.g., an externally heated high-temperature heterogeneous gasification reactor).
  • the carbonaceous fuel is pyrolized into gases and char.
  • the pyrolysis gases then react with the char at high temperatures to convert the char and pyrolysis gases to a synthesis gas consisting primarily of CO 2 , H 2 , CO, CH 4 , and water.
  • oxygen or water may be added to the reactor 12 along with the carbonaceous feed (30).
  • Unconverted char and ash exits the gasification reactor (34).
  • the synthesis gas exits (36) the gasification reactor 12 with much lower tar content than conventional gasifiers.
  • the synthesis gas is cleaned by the syngas cleaning subsystem 20, and a portion thereof is diverted (38) to a combustor 22.
  • the combustor 22 combusts the portion of synthesis gas with air or oxygen (40).
  • the air or oxygen (41) can be preheated by the preheater 26 to reduce the amount of synthesis gas that is diverted to the combustor 22.
  • the heated air or oxygen (43) that is not used by the combustor 22 may be used to provide additional oxidant.
  • the exhaust (42) from the combustor 22 is then circulated through the annular space 18 surrounding the gasification zone of the reactor 12 to externally heat the gasification zone to a temperature above 800 0 C.
  • the combustor exhaust gases are kept separated from the pyrolysis and char. The exhaust gases will decrease in temperature through a combination of both heat losses to the surroundings and the endothermic reactions occurring in the gasifier prior to exiting the gasification reactor.
  • the exhaust gases exiting (44) the gasifier can then be used to preheat the air, oxygen or water being fed to the gasification reactor 12 or combustor 22 or, if desired, used for process heat elsewhere, or exhausted to atmosphere.
  • the portion of syngas (46) from the reactor 12 not used by the combustor 22 to heat the gasification zone is sent to a secondary energy converter 24.
  • the secondary energy converter 24 can be any desired device, for example, a fuel cell, an internal combustion engine, a gas turbine, a Stirling engine, etc.
  • the process flow diagram of FIG. 6 illustrates another example of a process flow diagram of the present invention.
  • the effluent temperature from the secondary energy converter 24 is greater than 800 0 C and is used to heat the gasification zone of the gasification reactor 12 above 800 0 C, rather than using the combustor 22.
  • FIG. 6 shows a gasification system 10, including a gasification reactor 12, as described above.
  • FIG. 6 also shows a syngas cleaning subsystem 20, a secondary energy converter 24, and a pre-heater 26.
  • the gasification reactor 12 is sent to a secondary converter 24 after the gas is cleaned (46).
  • the exhaust (42) of the secondary energy converter 24 is greater than 800 0 C, and is used directly to maintain the temperature of the gasification zone of the gasification reactor 12 above 800 0 C.
  • An example of secondary converters that could produce an exhaust temperature greater than 800 0 C are combustors, high- temperature fuel cells, Stirling engines, etc.
  • the process flow diagram of FIG. 7 illustrates another example of a process flow diagram of the present invention.
  • the exhaust (47) of the secondary converter 24 has sufficient chemical energy within it to raise its temperature above 800 0 C upon combusting to heat the gasification zone of the gasification reactor above 800 0 C.
  • FIG. 7 shows a gasification system 10, including a gasification reactor 12, as described above.
  • FIG. 7 also shows a syngas cleaning subsystem 20, a syngas cleaning subsystem 20, a combuster 22, a secondary energy converter 24, and a pre-heater 26.
  • all of the synthesis gas exiting (36) the gasification reactor 12 is sent (46) to a secondary energy converter 24, after being cleaned by the syngas cleaning subsystem 20.
  • the exhaust (47) of the secondary converter 24 has sufficient chemical energy to raise the gasification zone of the gasification reactor above 800 0 C.
  • the exhaust of the secondary energy converter 24 is sent to the combustor 22 and combusted with air or oxygen (40) before being sent (42) to the gasification reactor 12 to heat the gasification zone.
  • Examples of secondary energy converters that may have sufficient chemical energy within their exhaust to raise the temperature of the gasification zone of the gasification reactor above 800 0 C include fuel cells, combustors operated below stoichiometric conditions, Fischer-Tropsch reactors, etc.
  • the process flow diagram of FIG. 8 illustrates another example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • the effluent temperature of the secondary energy converter is below 800 0 C and does not have sufficient chemical energy within it to heat the gasification zone of the gasification reactor above 800 0 C.
  • FIG. 8 shows a gasification system 10, including a gasification reactor 12, as described above.
  • FIG. 8 also shows a syngas cleaning subsystem 20, a syngas cleaning subsystem 20, a combuster 22, a secondary energy converter 24, and a pre-heater 26.
  • a portion of the cleaned synthesis gas is diverted (38) to the combustor 22 and mixed with the exhaust (47) of the secondary energy converter 24, and with air or oxygen (40).
  • the exhaust of the secondary energy converter 24 has sufficient chemical or thermal energy to reduce the amount of synthesis gas diverted to the combustor 22.
  • водородани If the exhaust of the secondary energy converter 24 does not have sufficient oxygen to combust the synthesis gas, then additional air or oxygen is added to completely combust the synthesis gas and exhaust gases.
  • secondary energy converters that could be operated in this embodiment include combustors, fuel cells, Stirling engines, gas turbines, Fischer-Tropsch reactors, etc.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates another example of a process flow diagram of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 depicts a thermally and physically integrated fuel cell-gasification system 10, where a fuel cell is located in the annular heating space 18 around the gasification zone of the gasifier to allow the endothermic gasification reaction of the gasifier to remove excess heat from the exothermic reactions in the fuel cell.
  • FIG. 9 shows a gasification system 10 where a high-temperature tubular fuel cell 50 is physically located in the annular heating zone 18 of the gasifier 12.
  • the operating temperature of the fuel cell 50 is above 800 0 C, and the heat produced by the electrochemical reactions of the fuel cell is transferred directly to the gasification zone of the gasifier.
  • the endothermic gasification reactions act as a heat sink for the exothermic electrochemical reactions of the fuel cell 50.
  • the temperature of the gasification zone and fuel cell reaction zone can be further controlled by the addition of air or oxygen (32) to increase temperature or water to decrease temperature to the gasification reactor 12.
  • the tubular fuel cell 50 has its anode on the inside and the cathode on the outside of fuel cell tubes 52.
  • a fuel cell manifold 54 distributes the cleaned syngas (42) to the inside of the fuel cell tubes 52 of the tubular fuel cell 50.
  • Hot cathode-side air or oxygen (45) circulates through the annular section 18 on the cathode side of the fuel cell 50.
  • the opposite fuel cell configuration where the anode is on the outside of the tube and the cathode on the inside, may also be employed. Both anode and cathode exhaust to a combustor 22 that subsequently preheats the cathode side air.
  • Other fuel cell configurations could also be integrated with the gasification reactor 12.
  • the tubular fuel cell 50 is merely one example.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates another example of a gasification system of the present invention.
  • solid waste is gasified, and syngas is partially or fully oxidized in the combustor such that toxic emissions are decomposed.
  • the hot exhaust leaving the system can be used for heat and electricity generation.
  • a combined gasification reactor 12 and combustor 22 (without syngas cleaning system) is used as a solid waste reduction system.
  • Solid wastes capable of production of toxic emissions in the syngas can be decomposed in the process.
  • the syngas is fully or partially oxidized in the integrated combustor 22.
  • the heat of reaction (42) is utilized in the solid waste conversion process (within the gasification reactor 12) as well as in decomposing the toxic compounds (organics) in the gas phase.
  • the high-temperature exhaust (leaving the gasifier heat- transfer zone) (44) is utilized for heating system reactants (via pre-heater 26) and for production of electricity and process steam (via secondary energy converter 24).
  • the partially oxidized hot syngas will contain a fraction of chemical energy that can be utilized in increasing the gas temperature for the above- stated applications.

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L'invention propose un procédé et un appareil, dans un exemple, qui concernent un système et un procédé pour la génération d'un gaz de synthèse à énergie élevée ayant une teneur très faible en goudron à partir d'une grande variété de produits de départ carbonés, y compris ceux ayant des taux d'humidité supérieurs aux gazéifieurs classiques. Le système comporte un réacteur de gazéification (12), une partie de l'énergie du gaz de synthèse de sortie du réacteur étant utilisée pour chauffer la zone de gazéification du réacteur (12) par l'intermédiaire d'un espace annulaire (18) entourant la zone de gazéification du gazéifieur (12), pour maintenir une condition de température supérieure à 800 °C. Le maintien d'une zone de longue gazéification haute température et quasi uniforme réduit la quantité d'air ou d'oxygène en entrée, réduit le pontage dans le gazéifieur, craque les huiles de pyrolyse, augmente la conversion de résidus de carbonisation, réduit au minimum les pertes de chaleur du lit et convertit l'humidité dans le lit à garnissage (14) en un milieu de gazéification. Cela aboutit à un gaz de synthèse ayant une teneur très faible en goudron avec moins de dilution d'azote et une teneur en énergie supérieure aux gazéifieurs classiques. La réduction du pontage réduit les coûts de fonctionnement.
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