Pilot Plant
Wildfire Energy has built a pilot plant of the MIHG process with an instantaneous feedstock capacity of 1 tpd. The pilot plant has the following features:
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Oxidant supply system
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MIHG reactor
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Gas clean up including electrostatic precipitator (ESP), gas blower, gas cooler and adsorbent bed
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Real time measurement, monitoring and control systems
Wildfire Energy has used the pilot plant to test the performance of a wide range of potential feedstocks, optimise our reactor design and validate our operational procedures.
The pilot plant has proven the MIHG concept and achieved the following:
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Consistent syngas quality and flow rate from the moving injection concept
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Design gas heating value and flow rate
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Successful gasification over more than 90 separate runs on a diverse range of feedstocks
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Production of syngas suitable for use in gas engines or hydrogen production
In 2023 Wildfire Energy upgraded the pilot plant with the following features:
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New 2nd Generation MIHG Reactor
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Gas engine to produce electricity
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Syngas compression and pressure swing adsorption unit to produce purified hydrogen
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Fully automated process control
The upgraded pilot plant is a replica of the commercial MIHG plant design at pilot scale.
