Oxygen Supply for Gasification Processes & Syngas Reforming
Gasification and Syngas
Helping the world transition to cleaner fuels
An important pathway for the production of renewable liquid fuels is the gasification of carbon-containing solids such as biomass or municipal waste. Many of the gasification processes and reforming processes in use today require oxygen.
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What is Gasification?
The gasification process converts the carbon into a synthesis gas (syngas) consisting mainly of a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Syngas is then catalytically or biologically converted into liquid fuels. It is important to note that syngas produced from the gasifier may contain a fraction of hydrocarbons and tars. Oxygen applications help convert this fraction to ensure that fuel yields are maintained and that there are no technical or economic challenges downstream for syngas cooling and clean-up.