Gasification of Wood in the Circulating Fluidized Bed Methanol Production Route

Summary

By the gasification of wood in a circulating fluidized bed reactor a process is introduced exhibiting some advantages which derive from the special characteristics of the reaction system. Among other items the main features are high temperature with great constancy throughout the whole reactor allowing a tar free gas to be expected along with a long reactor lining lifetime and an easy scale-up which already had been demonstrated in an other application of the process principle.

In addition to the gasification the methanol synthesis can be demonstrated on-line in laboratory facilities (special service).

Taking into account the above and using the proposed test programme a set of data can be produced serving as a basis

• to establish performance data and

• economic evaluations,

for a commerical plant. Based on these results as well as on data about the biomass available investment decisions can be made with a high degree of confidence.