Overview

Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasification were developed prior to World War II as a means to generate combustible gases from biomass. The process involves the heating of biomass in the absence of oxygen, to generate combustible gas and carbon char. These gases are readily converted to electricity through a variety of energy production technologies. To date, pyrolysis and gasification remain the most efficient technologies for extracting energy from biomass.

Limitations

Traditional biomass gasification technologies are limited in the types and amount of feedstocks they can efficiently process. Most have only shown economic and technical feasibility on high-density feedstocks such as wood chips. Any viable bioenergy solution must offer flexibility of feedstock and flexibility of products. 

Ecovolve Solution

Ecovolve Energy's small-scale pyrolysis and gasification technology allows for a degree of flexibility unmatched by traditional gasification systems. Our technology is readily optimized to handle a wide variety of feedstocks thanks to our Multi-stage pyrolysis process. 

Inputs

Ecovolve Energy's Multi-Stage pyrolysis process allows for immediate optimization to a variety of input feedstocks, depending on client needs:

Outputs

Ecovolve is aware that demand for various bioenergy products can change rapidly. Most small-scale gasification systems are optimized to produce products in one distinct ratio. Ecovolve's technology allows the client to readily adjust system parameters to generate desired products as needed:

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