What's New
- > SynGest Cornucopia is Transformative
- > Biomass Keynote - Till, Baby, Till
- > SynGest CEO's Clean Energy 2.0
- > SynGest Adds Dr. Brown to Advisory
- > SynGest Selects Stern Brothers
- > E2 Video for Copenhagen
- > SynGest Earns BiofuelsDigest Top 100
- > SynGest Blog
- > AOPA Article
- > Closing the Farm Fertilizer Loop
- > Weitz To Build First BioAmmonia Plant
- > Des Moines Register Article
- > McClatchy Newspapers Article
- > Brownfield Ag News Online Interview
- > BIOMASS Magazine Article
- > Rural Radio Network Interview
- > SynGest Food Security Alert
- > Food Security Alert White Paper
- > www.greentechmedia.com Article
- > KCCI, Des Moines Article
Our Technology
The heart of the SynGest process involves a pressurized oxygen-blown biomass gasifier designed for operation in an expanding bed fluidized mode. The HarvestGas™ system converts the biomass into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and is optimized to minimize the formation of methane. After the gas stream is cleaned, the carbon monoxide is “shifted” to maximize hydrogen. The hydrogen is purified and catalytically reacted with nitrogen to make ammonia. The plant includes an air separation system to provide oxygen for the gasifier and pure nitrogen for ammonia synthesis. Waste heat is recovered, thereby minimizing the need for external energy supplies. Two major patents are pending.
SynGest Process
HarvestGas “Wheel of Fortune” Applications
In addition to anhydrous ammonia, the same oxy-gasification process that produces the syngas can be coupled with a variety of downstream processes to produce any of several different fuel products.
Mini BioRefinery Complex
Corn is made of four key components: starch, oil, protein and biomass. With the addition of newly developed technologies, it is now possible to retrofit corn ethanol plants to produce better fuels, while simultaneously extracting food grade corn oil and valuable protein to feed a wide variety of animals. Combined with the SynGest gasification technology we can maximize the production of food and fuel from every acre.
