Overview

Gasification is a process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as coal, petroleum, biofuel, or biomass, into carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reacting (but not combusting) the raw material at very high temperatures with a controlled amount of oxygen and/or steam. The resulting gas mixture is called synthesis gas or syngas and is itself a fuel, which can be used to produce heat and electricity.

Syngas may be burned directly in internal combustion engines or turbines, used to produce methanol and hydrogen, or converted via the Fischer-Tropsch process into synthetic fuel.

Gasification can also begin with materials that are not otherwise useful fuels in their original state, such as biomass or organic waste. In addition, the process refines out corrosive elements such as chloride, sulfur, potassium etc, allowing clean gas production from fuels that might otherwise be contaminated.

FutureNrg utilises different gasification technology depending on the waste or feedstock characteristics :-