- The ability to turn by-products and out-of-spec materials into revenue streams
- Reducing or eliminating costs now associated with non-product material disposal
- Formulating various grades of Biochar from a variety of fuel sources, with those from animal
manures having especially high value
- Greater potential for sale of by-products in more stable form
- Significant reduction of mass of original material decreases transportation costs
- Control over energy production
- Freedom from escalating energy prices and foreign control
- Destruction of odors as part of the gasification process
- Meeting regulatory requirements with an alternative solution
- Halting the release of non-beneficial nutrients to waterways as a result of runoff from farm
fields and storage piles
- Protection for a community's economy that depends on clean air and water
Coaltec's commercial-scale demonstration and testing facility provides a platform for full-scale test
firing of fuels and discovery of real world conditions and difficulties associated with the chosen fuel.
Each test firing is a multi-day event from which data, including emissions, heat rate, and ash analysis,
are compiled.
Obstacles are often revealed which are not normally indicated at the desktop or laboratory scale;
these can include:
- Fuel feed to the gasifier
- Moisture issues
- Contaminant problems
- Fuel-specific mass volume handling requirements
During testing, the gasifier will consume as much as 100 tons of material, unlike a few pounds an hour
in a laboratory test. The length of test for each fuel or combination of fuels can range from 48 hours to
several days and will determine:
- Optimal throughput and operating parameters to maximize the fuel and produce the most
valuable biochar or in instances when the ash will be landfilled, to provide the greatest reduction
of volume.
- Problems specific to the fuel such as clinkering, etc.
- The effects a sustained operation of the fuel may have on the gasifier.
Conducting test firing at Coaltec’s commercially-sized demonstration unit in Carterville provides the
critical data needed to determine outputs based on the specific fuel, fuels, or combinations of fuels
and to assure correct system design engineering.
To schedule a test firing contact:
John May
Manager, Testing Facility
618-453-7324 EXT. 248
jmay117@verizon.net
Benefits
Advantages of Coaltec's Commercial-Scale Testing Over Bench-Scale or
Laboratory Testing
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Gasification Provides an Array of Benefits
These benefits include:
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