Gasifier continued

A survey of commercial thermal gasification in the United States shows that few gasifiers have been installed since 1984 (115). Most units in use are retrofitted to small boilers, dryers, and kilns. The majority of existing units operate at 0.14 to 1.0 t/h of wood wastes on updraft moving grates. The results of this survey are summarized in Table 36. Assuming all 35 of these units are operated continuously, extremely unlikely, the maximum amount of LHV gas that can be produced is about 0.003 to 0.006 EJ/yr (222—445 td /d). 

In summary, these second-generation gasifiers offer promise for the future in terms of increased efficiency as weU as for use of other feedstocks, such as biomass. The older, first-generation gasifiers, however, continue to be used. 

Table 3.1 (continued) Summary of characteristics of biomass gasifiers... 

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