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VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND LTD
Steam gasification and simplified gascleaning for medium-scale biofuelproduction from biomass
COMSYN workshop: April 18th, 2018 - StuttgartSanna Tuomi, Christian Frilund, Esa Kurkela, Pekka Simell,Johanna Kihlman
COMSYN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreementNo 727476.
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Compact Gasification and Synthesis process for Transport Fuels
GASIFICATION &GAS CLEAN-UP
FT SYNTHESIS REFINING
MARKET STUDIES & BUSINESS CASES
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS& CASE STUDIES
FILTRATION
Project duration: 1.5.2017-30.4.2021Budget: 5.1 million €
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OBJECTIVETo develop a new BTL production concept that will reduce biofuel production cost up to 35 % compared toalternative routes (< 0.80 €/l production cost for diesel)
Compact Gasification and Synthesis process for Transport Fuels
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FINAL CONVERSIONRefining of FT products to high quality drop-inliquid transport fuels at existing oil refineries
PRIMARY CONVERSIONDistributed production of FT wax at small-to-medium scale gasification/synthesis units locatedclose to biomass resources (50-150 MW fuel input)
Compact Gasification and Synthesis process for Transport Fuels
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MATURITY
SCALE
Ready forcommercialisation
> 150 MWth
Currently under development> 100 – 150 MWth
Development started in 2016< 50 MWth
Status of biomass gasification for synthesisapplications
PRESSURISED CFBOXYGEN-BLOWN
GASIFICATION
LOW-PRESSURE DUALFLUID-BED STEAM
GASIFICATION
PRESSURISEDFIXED-BED OXYGEN-
BLOWN GASIFICATION
DFB pilotVTT Bioruukki
NSE Demo plantVarkaus, 2009-11
SXB pilotVTT Bioruukki
COMSYN
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COMSYN process configuration
WETBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS
DRYING
OXIDISER
FILTER REFORMER
FLY
ASH
CHAR
COMBUSTION AIR
SULPHURREMOVAL
GUARDBED 1
FLUE GAS
FTSYNTHESIS
FT WAX
SYNTHESIS OFF-GAS
AIR
WATERSCRUBBER
STEAM
1 → 5 bar
SYNGASCOOLING
HEAT
CO2REMOVAL
5 → 30 bar
GASCOMPRESSION
GASCOMPRESSION
OIL REFINERY INDUSTRY / DISTRICT HEATING
HEAT / STEAM
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT
TRANSPORTATION LIQUIDS
GUARDBED 2
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Simplified BTL process based on dualfluidised-bed steam gasification
WETBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS
DRYING
OXIDISER
FILTER REFORMER
FLY
ASH
CHAR
COMBUSTION AIR
SULPHURREMOVAL
GUARDBED 1
FLUE GAS
FTSYNTHESIS
FT WAX
SYNTHESIS OFF-GAS
AIR
WATERSCRUBBER
STEAM
1 → 5 bar
SYNGASCOOLING
HEAT
CO2REMOVAL
5 → 30 bar
GASCOMPRESSION
GASCOMPRESSION
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT
GUARDBED 2
SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT§ No need for an oxygen plant
No oxygen used
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Simplified BTL process based on dualfluidised-bed steam gasification
WETBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS
DRYING
OXIDISER
FILTER REFORMER
FLY
ASH
CHAR
COMBUSTION AIR
SULPHURREMOVAL
GUARDBED 1
FLUE GAS
FTSYNTHESIS
FT WAX
SYNTHESIS OFF-GAS
AIR
WATERSCRUBBER
STEAM
1 → 5 bar
SYNGASCOOLING
HEAT
CO2REMOVAL
5 → 30 bar
GASCOMPRESSION
GASCOMPRESSION
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT
GUARDBED 2
SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT§ No need for an oxygen plant§ Intermediate cooling/reheating steps eliminated
Filter operated atgasifier outlet temp
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Simplified BTL process based on dualfluidised-bed steam gasification
WETBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS
DRYING
OXIDISER
FILTER REFORMER
FLY
ASH
CHAR
COMBUSTION AIR
SULPHURREMOVAL
GUARDBED 1
FLUE GAS
FTSYNTHESIS
FT WAX
SYNTHESIS OFF-GAS
AIR
WATERSCRUBBER
STEAM
1 → 5 bar
SYNGASCOOLING
HEAT
CO2REMOVAL
5 → 30 bar
GASCOMPRESSION
GASCOMPRESSION
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT
GUARDBED 2
SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT§ No need for an oxygen plant§ Intermediate cooling/reheating steps eliminated§ Separate WGS unit eliminated
H2/CO ratio adjusted in the reformer- gasifier steam utilised
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Simplified BTL process based on dualfluidised-bed steam gasification
WETBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS
DRYING
OXIDISER
FILTER REFORMER
FLY
ASH
CHAR
COMBUSTION AIR
SULPHURREMOVAL
GUARDBED 1
FLUE GAS
FTSYNTHESIS
FT WAX
SYNTHESIS OFF-GAS
AIR
WATERSCRUBBER
STEAM
1 → 5 bar
SYNGASCOOLING
HEAT
CO2REMOVAL
5 → 30 bar
GASCOMPRESSION
GASCOMPRESSION
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT
GUARDBED 2
SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT§ No need for an oxygen plant§ Intermediate cooling/reheating steps eliminated§ Separate WGS unit eliminated§ Simplified sulphur removal
A combination of activated carbon +ZnO-based sorbents applied
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Simplified BTL process based on dualfluidised-bed steam gasification
WETBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS
DRYING
OXIDISER
FILTER REFORMER
FLY
ASH
CHAR
COMBUSTION AIR
SULPHURREMOVAL
GUARDBED 1
FLUE GAS
FTSYNTHESIS
FT WAX
SYNTHESIS OFF-GAS
AIR
WATERSCRUBBER
STEAM
1 → 5 bar
SYNGASCOOLING
HEAT
CO2REMOVAL
5 → 30 bar
GASCOMPRESSION
GASCOMPRESSION
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT
GUARDBED 2
SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT§ No need for an oxygen plant§ Intermediate cooling/reheating steps eliminated§ Separate WGS unit eliminated§ Simplified sulphur removal§ No CO2 removal or partial removal by pressure water scrubbing
FT synthesis performance withhigh inert content!
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COMSYN process validated at VTT’s PilotCentre Bioruukki
5 m3/hSLIP-STREAM TO SYNTHESIS
PRE-EXISTING DFB PILOTMOBILE SYNTHESIS UNIT
FILTERDFBGASIFIER
FT WAX TOUNIPETROLREFORMER
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
ULTRACLEANING STEPS FISCHER-TROPSCHSYNTHESIS
*INERATEC’S FT SYNTHESIS REACTOR
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FILTERBIOMASS
FLUEGAS LINE
BED MATERIAL& FUEL
N2
PRODUCT GASLINE
CATALYTICREFORMER
SAMPLINGPOINT 2
SAMPLINGPOINT 3
2
3O2, N2
AIR
BEDMATERIAL
SAMPLINGPOINT 21
STEAM, O2, AIR, N2
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CFBOXIDISER
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5 m3/hSLIP-STREAM
DFB pilot at Bioruukki
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Catalytic reforming
OBJECTIVES1. Development of an oxygen-permeable membrane reactor to enable better control of
reaction temperature in the reformer (hot spots)2. Catalyst development: ALD coating to increase the activity as well as sulphur and coke
tolerance of the catalyst
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Hot gas filtration
OBJECTIVES1. Filtration at high temperature (ca. 800 °C) with simultaneous
decomposition of tars2. Development of catalytically activated filters using ALD technology
§ Filtration based on GKN’s innovative metal filter elements
− Iron-chromium-aluminium alloy
− Corrosion resistant & withstand high temperatures and mechanical loads
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Ultracleaning – COMSYN slipstream
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