Not exact matches
The OLGA rinses and scrubs carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide molecules in order to produce
syngas and this innovation
makes the conversion from waste to energy efficient and accessible.
The next step is to get them operating on
syngas [
made from coal],» explained John Huggins, vice president of generation development at Mississippi Power.
«All of the
syngas goes into heat or energy production,» Synfuels chemist Ed Peterson says, and the company cuts down on cost by using such by - products to
make energy and employing components built with cheaper steel alloyed with carbon as well as easy to maintain low pressures.
That system, called an IGCC (for «integrated gasification combined cycle»),
makes burning
syngas more efficient than burning coal directly.
Gasification converts all of it into
syngas, which can then be used to
make a wide variety of chemicals, including methanol, ethanol, or diesel.
Mississippi Power expects to start
making syngas at Kemper in June, and to connect to the grid by the end of the year.
Scientists with the SOLAR - JET Project have demonstrated the first - ever entire process to
make kerosene, the jet fuel used by commercial airlines, using a high - temperature thermal solar reactor to create
syngas.
CO is far more toxic to handle than natural gas and
syngas generators, while they can be
made portable, are big and messy as they produce copious amounts of wood ash.