Biogasifiers

Gasification is a process that thermally decomposes biomass into its natural gaseous state of hydrogen and carbon utilizing a controlled amount of oxygen. Using carefully calibrated conditions, long-chain molecules are broken down into large quantities of heat and a high energy content combustible gas known as syngas - a combination of carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Syngas may be burned cleanly in reciprocating engines, or direct fired in heat exchangers and boilers to produce heat or steam, displacing more expensive fuels, with very low emissions. Syngas can often be combusted at a higher temperature than the original fuel resulting in greater thermal efficiencies.

Gasification is a low cost method of handling waste materials that would otherwise be a problem to dispose of, such as agricultural biomass or organic waste. The high-temperature combustion also refines out corrosive ash elements such as chloride and potassium, allowing relatively clean gas production from otherwise problematic fuels and eliminating almost all of the environmental pollution associated with biomass burn.

 Ultra Green Waste Management has a range of cost effective gasifiers from 25 KW electrical output to 2.2 MW of electrical output. Ultra Green is developing a mobile packaged gasifier that will be available in 2010 and in addition a 5MW electrical output gasifier. When natural organic materials and biomass are converted to energy, Ultra Green's gasifiers are a lower cost alternative to more expensive systems that are designed to convert MSW, commercial and industrial waste. These units are a particularly cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of dealing with agricultural waste.