Demonstration plant for pressurized gasification of biomass feedstocks

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5111527

Trenka, A R ^[1]; Kinoshita, C M; Takahashi, P K; Phillips, V D ^[2]; Caldwell, C ^[3]; Kwok, R ^[4]; Onischak, M; Babu, S P ^[5]

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1. Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, Honolulu, HI (United States)
2. Hawaii Natural Energy Inst., Honolulu, HI (United States)
3. Parsons (Ralph M.) Co., Pasadena, CA (United States)
4. Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co., HI (United States)
5. Institute of Gas Technology

A project to design, construct, and operate a pressurized biomass gasification plant in Hawaii will begin in 1991. Negotiations are underway with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) which is co-funding the project with the state of Hawaii and industry. The gasifier is a scale-up of the pressurized fluidized-bed RENUGAS process developed by the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT). The project team consists of Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawaii, Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company (HC S), The Ralph M. Parsons Company, and IGT. The gasifier will be designed for 70 tons per day of sugarcane fiber (bagasse) and will be located at the Paia factory of HC S on the island of Maui. In addition to bagasse, other feedstocks such as wood, biomass wastes, and refuse-derived-fuel may be evaluated. The demonstration plant will ultimately supply part of the process energy needs for the sugar factory. The operation and testing phase will provide process information for both air- and oxygen-blown gasification, and at both low and high pressures. The process will be evaluated for both fuel gas and synthesis gas production, and for electrical power production with advanced power generation schemes. 6 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5111527
• Report Number(s): CONF-910339-3; ON: TI92002505
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
090900* -- Biomass Fuels-- Processing-- (1990-)
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
BAGASSE
BIOMASS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLUIDIZED BED REFUSE GASIFICATION
FLUIDIZED BEDS
GAS GENERATORS
GASIFICATION
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC WASTES
PROCESSING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLID WASTES
SUGAR INDUSTRY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WOOD WASTES