According to Lurgi, the pilot plant will demonstrate the viability of the three-stage bioliq process. The company is entering the second stage, after the first stage of the pilot plant completed in 2007 was successful. In the second stage, the bioliqSynCrude generated from straw in the first step is processed to become synthesis gas. Lurgi will engineer, construct, supply equipment, install and commission the project, said the company.
Commissioning of the gasifier is planned for autumn 2011. This unit is substantially sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection under the program for renewable biological resources.
Francois Darchis, senior vice president in charge of R&D, advanced technologies and engineering and construction at the Air Liquide Group, said: “We are proud that the bioliq project by Lurgi in Germany is being continued. Where energy and environmental issues take on greater importance every day, Air Liquide intends to play an active role in alternative energy services.”
Air Liquide is the is engaged in industrial and medical gases. The Group offers services based on technologies and produces air gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and other gases including hydrogen.
