Integrated whole bale feed plasma pyrolysis gasification of lignocellulosic feed stock
AssigneePhoenix Solutions, Inc.
InventorsGary Hanus, Marlin Springer, John Williams
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Abstract
A method for gasifying a wide variety of biomass into hydrogen and carbon monoxide (syngas) using plasma torch technology. Generally, biomass is converted into syngas by feeding biomass into a reaction chamber, directing the beam of a plasma torch across the face of the biomass in the chamber, and extracting hydrogen and carbon monoxide rich gas from the reaction chamber. The extracted gas can then be used as a gaseous fuel substitute for natural gas or as a feedstock for conversion to synthetic liquid fuels.
Claims12
A method for converting biomass into synthetic fuel gas comprising:
- feeding biomass into a reaction chamber;
- directing the flame of a plasma torch across a face of said biomass in said reaction chamber;
- and
- extracting hydrogen and carbon monoxide rich gas from said reaction chamber.
A gasification system comprising:
- a reaction chamber;
- an inlet coupled to said reaction chamber;
- means adapted to feed a biomass material into said reaction chamber through said inlet;
- a plasma torch configured to scan its flame across a face of the biomass material within said reaction chamber for producing a synthetic fuel gas;
- and
- an outlet from the reaction chamber through which said synthetic fuel gas exits the reaction chamber.
A method for converting biomass into gaseous synthetic fuel comprising:
- feeding biomass into a reaction chamber;
- supplying at least one of oxygen, air and steam to said reaction chamber;
- directing the flame of a plasma torch across a surface of said biomass in a continuous pattern;
- and
- extracting hydrogen and carbon monoxide rich gas from said reaction chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.