Process for the gasification of wet biomass
AssigneeGensos Holding B.V.
InventorsJohn Harinck, Klaas Gerrit Smit
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Abstract
A process for the gasification of wet biomass comprises feeding the wet biomass at a temperature of at most 370 C. and a pressure of at least 22.1 MPa (absolute) to a reactor. The reactor comprises a bed of solid particles suspended in a fluid. The temperature of the feed is increased in the presence of the bed of suspended solid particles to a temperature of at least 375° C., forming supercritical water and converting in the presence of the supercritical water at least a portion of the organic materials present in the wet biomass into fluid gasification product.
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A process for the gasification of wet biomass, which process comprises
- feeding the wet biomass at a temperature of at most 370° C. and a pressure of at least 22.1 MPa (absolute) to a reactor comprising a bed of solid particles suspended in a fluid,
- increasing the temperature of the feed in the presence of the bed of suspended solid particles to a temperature of at least 375° C., forming supercritical water, and
- converting in the presence of the supercritical water at least a portion of the organic materials present in the wet biomass into fluid gasification product.
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