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Volume 9 Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
ISSN: 2155-6199 Biofuel Congress 2018 &
Biomass 2018
September 04-06, 2018
JOINT EVENT
September 04-06, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
13 th Global Summit and Expo on Biomass and Bioenergy
&
12 th World Congress on Biofuels and Bioenergy
Biomass Gasification Technologies for Biochar Production and Energy Generation
Ferruccio Pittaluga
University of Genoa, & president, Tecnoforest Ltd. Italy
S tarting from 2012, the innovative SME Tecnoforest Ltd. (formerly an academic spin-off of the University of Genoa)
has addressed its activity towards the testing of existing, and the development of new, small-scale biomass gasification
technologies aimed at assuring electric and thermal self sufficiency to rural enterprises of the agricultural and wood-based
sectors . Tecnoforest researchers took great advantage fromthe parallel activities being carried
out at DIME/SCL, the Combustion Laboratory of the DIME Department, University of Genoa
combustion-lab/). On the other hand the intrinsic limitation of these power plants’ typologies, common to both downdraft
and updraft gasifiers, has become apparent as the main obstacle preventing, in absence of costly abatement provisions, their
continuity of operation: namely, the unavoidable need of progressively heavier maintenance provisions, especially related to the
removal of sticky carbon-rich deposits and soot on the internal surfaces of the various plant components. In order to tackle this
issue, a novel approach has been recently pursued at Tecnoforest, based on the evidence that no tar is produced not only when
woodchips are directly burned, but also when they undergo a delayed combustion (i.e. a gasification) provided the embers
are not ‘stifled’ from an overwhelming amount of feedstock weighing upon them from above. This concept, which implies a
‘floating’ front of the embers (without any physical hearth), has been implemented in three similar types of ‘gasifiers’, all of
sturdy, ‘rural’ technology, two fully operational and already on the market, a third still undergoing development. They are the
following: ‘SynChar’, a thermal converter featuring a cyclic (batch) operative modality, producing biochar of pharmaceutical
quality while a clean syngas flame issues from its top nozzle; ‘SynBurner’, a clean syngas generator, with continuous operation,
suitable to fuel gas burners for air heaters, boilers and furnace applications; ‘SynGen’ a syngas generator suitable to feed dual-
fuel diesel gensets, after proper mixing, for ignition purposes, with small quantities of vegetable oils, even exhausted.
Recent Publications
1. Ballesteros-Plata D, Infantes-Molina A, Rodríguez-Cuadrado M, Rodríguez-Aguado E, Braos-García P, Rodríguez-
Castellón 1. D.Accornero, E.Manzino, F.Pittaluga (2011). Rapid-Growth Forestation Techniques andWoodThermal
Pre-Treatments for Enhanced Energy Generation. Proceed. CEBC, Central European Biomass Conference 2011, Graz,
Austria, Jan. 2011
2. Accornero D, Caruggi M, A. Nilberto, Pittaluga F (2011). Nuovo impianto di produzione elettrica da 800 kW mediante
gassificazione di biomasse. Atti del Convegno ATI, Associazione Termotecnica Italiana, Arcavacata di Rende (CS),
05/09/2011, p. 1-7, ISBN: 9788895267111
Ferruccio Pittaluga, J Bioremediat Biodegrad 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6199-C1-014