TCG technology is not merely one solution among the many, but it is that special solution that provides the best presently available answer to the problems associated with the environmental contamination problems that the presently huge levels of urban waste―the millions of used tires, the almost unmanageable organic industry waste handling and remediation―creates for society. TCG plants emit no harmful or toxic contaminants, the processing units have no chimneys, therefore during the conversion of the carbonaceous materials into energy, the system has no material emissions into the environment.
TCG technology is capable of converting any carbonaceous (organic) materials (such as organic sludge; municipal solid waste; biomass; energetic woods or grass; used tires; distillate, oil refinery, or paper-industry residues; or any mix of these materials) into a synthetic gas whose composition is well-controlled without the uncontrolled emission of gas or liquid materials into the environment. The produced synthetic gas (SynGas) can be used directly in gas motor/generator sets to generate electricity or serve as the feedstock for producing methanol, ethanol, diesel, Jet Fuel, synthetic natural gas etc. The TCG plant can be used for hydrogen production as well.
The output material (product) of the TCG technology is a combustible SynGas that contains hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane ( H2, CO, CO2, and CH4 ) and in miniscule quantity other gases . The produced SynGas is an excellent feedstock material for electricity generation in gas motor/generator sets, and for the Fisher-Tropsh syntheses based processes to produce important liquid fuels such as ethanol, methanol, diesel and Jet Fuel.
