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EXCEPTIONAL GASIFICATION RESULTS FOR CORTUS
STOCKHOLM/KÖPING, February 23, 2012 — The Swedish clean-tech company, Cortus, has succeeded for the first time, in a 500 kW gasification plant, to produce synthesis gas from biomass without traces of hydrocarbons.
It has previously not been possible to produce completely pure biogas from biomass without generating impurities of hydrocarbons. This has been a problem for both producers and users of biogas.
”With a synthesis gas, free of hydrocarbons from biomass gasification, new opportunities open to produce bio-based chemicals and fuels in conventional synthesis processes with a much simpler, and therefore cheaper, initial gas-cleaning system,” says Klas Engvall, professor in Chemical Engineering at KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
”Our test results are extremely encouraging. Producing syngas from biomass without any traces of hydrocarbons, even methane, is unique. We have shown that the process can deliver the gas composition that has previously only been seen in theory. This is great news,” says Rolf Ljunggren, CEO of Cortus AB.
Tests have been conducted by gasification of industrial charcoal at 1120 degrees Celsius.
Rolf Ljunggren says that the work in the Swedish city Köping, in close cooperation with Nordkalk, a leading limestone producer, and local partners, has turned out well and with their combined efforts, succeeded in overcoming difficulties and challenges that existed.
”With a continued focus on the process and our ability to meet the challenges, the latest development is very exciting for us,” says Rolf Ljunggren.
Cortus offers environmentally friendly and renewable energy for process and power industries. The company has received international attention for its patented gasification process WoodRoll ®.
Contact
Rolf Ljunggren, CEO and founder of Cortus AB,
Phone +46-(0)70 694 48 98, rolf.ljunggren@cortus.se
About Cortus
Cortus’ mission is to provide cost effective and innovative bio-energy solutions for process, power and transportation industries based on the patented gasification technology WoodRoll ®. For more information please see www.cortus.se
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High temperature combustion in process industries demands high calorific and clean fuels. Cortus is building the future of innovative and sustainable energy supply for the process industries based upon our new biomass gasification technology - WoodRoll ®. We supply clean renewable synthesis gas to energy intensive industries such as glass, pulp and paper, cement, minerals and lime.
WoodRoll is a new gasification technology processing biomass into clean gaseous fuel. This patented gasification process is divided into three steps, namely drying, pyrolysis and gasification. Unique to the WoodRoll is that the produced char is gasified in an indirectly heated reactor: the carbon is gasified with steam and produces synthesis gas. The char and steam are thus not mixed with the exhaust from combustion or nitrogen from the air. This produces a clean synthesis gas which is free from condensable tar residues and nitrogen aggregates.
