Receiving and Storage
Operated by the Hydraulic unit and with Dual 75 hp motors. Name and What it Does.
What is the Truck Dump? Tips truck back to unload Biomass.
418 ft long and operated by a 20 hp motor. Name and what it does.
What is the Reclaim Belt? Moves wood from underlie reclaimer to top of the hog tower.
33 Ft long and operated by a 10 hp motor. Name and what it does.
What is the Underpile Reclaimer. Moves biomass from storage pile to Reclaim belt.
Sub process where the Biomass feed is unloaded from trucks and transferred to the storage Pile.
What is Receiving and Storage Sub Process?
Converts biomass into raw syngas. Name and Unit #
What is Gasification? 200 Unit.
44000 CFM vessel with 100hp motor to apply vacuum pressure. Name and What it does.
What is the Dust Collector? collects small pieces of biomass from hopper and receiving belt.
Operated by Dual 400hp motors. Name and Operation.
What are the Hogs? Shreds biomass to nominal 1/2" minus for proper gasification.
400 cubic feet vessels with spike rolls operated by a 7.5 hp motor. Name and what it does.
What are the Surge bins? Decompresses biomass to feed the Hogs.
Sub Process where the feed is shredded and sent to Gasification.
What is the Shredding Sub Process?
Separates the hydrocarbon liquids from Product Upgrading into the Naphtha, Jet Blend and Diesel product streams. Name and Unit #.
What is the Distilling Process. 520 Unit.
18 ft long X 1 ft wide operated by a 2 hp motor. name and what it does.
What is the Dust Return Screw Conveyor? Returns smaller pieces of biomass to the receiving belt.
460 Feet long and operated by a 30 hp motor. Name and What is Does.
What is the Transfer Belt? Moves Shredded Biomass from Discharge screw to Wood feed bin.
3800 Cubic Feet Vessel. Name and What it does.
What is the Wood Feed Bin. Stores Shredded biomass to be used in Gasification.
Primary inputs and outputs.
Primary in: Biomass feed from trucks.
Primary out: Biomass Feed to gasification.
Increases the syngas pressure and removes sulfur compounds to the conditions required for the downstream FT Synthesis Process. Name and Unit #
What is the Syngas Compressing Process? 320 Unit.
275 feet long and operated by a 40hp motor. Name and what it does.
What is the Radial stacker belt conveyor? Takes biomass from the Receiving belt and discharges it to the storage pile.
31 ft long and operated by a 30hp motor. Name and What it does
What is the Wood Feed Bin discharge Screw. Transfers wood from feed bin to Gasification Process.
Ensures no Metal particulates reside in the feed. How many? Location?
What are Magnetic separators?/Metal Detector. 2. One on reclaim belt, one on Transfer belt.
Why is Feed Handling and Storage Important to the BTL Process?
Handles the Unloading, Storage, and Shredding of Biomass that is used in the Gasification process.
Removes contaminants (solids and water) and converts the liquid hydrocarbon streams from FT Synthesis into a liquid blend of the final product constituents. Name and Unit #
What is the Product Upgrading Process? 510 Unit.
4500 Cubic feet vessel equipped with spike rolls and operated by a 30 hp motor. Name And Operation.
What is the Truck Dump Receiving Hopper? Decompresses biomass and transfers it to the Receiving belt.
Diverts biomass feed into one of the two surge bins
What is the Two way gate?
Wood Size and Composition Before and After it goes through the Hogs.
Before: Up to 40% moisture, 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" X 3"
After: Up to 40% moisture, Nominal 1/2" Minus
Double!
Converts syngas into hydrocarbon liquids that are processed into jet fuel, diesel and naphtha in subsequent downstream processes. Name and Unit #s
What is FT synthesis Train 1 and 2 and Train 3. 410 and 420 Unit.
Refines raw syngas from the Syngas Compressing Process into 99% pure hydrogen, The other components that are adsorbed from the syngas (CO, CO2 , O2 , CH4 , and H2 O) are sent as Tail Gas to the fuel header. Name and Unit #.
What is the Pressure Swing Adsorption Process? 600 Unit.