MILENA-OLGA

technology at industrial scale

Malm
May 23
rd
2014
Robin Zwart



Presentation contents
Royal Dahlman
The MILENA gasifier:
- Principle of indirect gasification
- Process description of MILENA
- Need for additional product gas treatment
Product gas treatment and conditioning:
- 1
st
loop of OLGA tar removal technology
- 2
nd
loop of OLGA tar removal technology
- Additional gas cleaning
- Additional gas conditioning
The MILENA-OLGA technology at industrial scale
- The 4 MW
th
Bio-SNG plant in Alkmaar, NL
- The 7 MW
e
Bio-IGCC plant in Grimsby, UK



Royal Dahlman
Established in 1886
Private owned, 100% Dutch
Technology company, engineering,
project management, production,
commissioning, start-up and training.
Delivering the oil & gas and
power market worldwide
License Holder of both
MILENA and OLGA technology
FCC slurry oil filtration package on transport


Royal Dahlman
OLGA gas cleaning at the ECN laboratory


Royal Dahlman

Cooperation with the
Energy research Centre Netherlands
Largest Dutch energy research centre
Highly regarded for its expertise on
gasification, gas cleaning and
catalytic conversion to gaseous and liquid fuels
Patent holder of MILENA and OLGA technology
Working with Royal Dahlman since 2001 on
biomass and waste gasification

Principle of gasification
(1)
+
combustion:
fuel + air (l > 1) flue gas + heat
pyrolysis:
fuel + heat gas + char
gasification:
fuel + air (l~0.3) gas
25%
75%
Principle of gasification
(2)

fuel
gas
air
gasifier

fuel
gas
air
flue gas
fuel
energy
pyrolysis combustion
Combined combustion & pyrolysis
fuel + air (~0.3) gas
Separate pyrolysis
fuel + heat gas + char
Separate combustion
fuel + air ( > 1) flue gas + heat

Direct gasification

Indirect gasification
Process description of MILENA


MILENA an indirect gasifier
Both reactors in one refractory lined reactor vessel
100% carbon to gas ratio
o Resulting in carbon free ash, less waste,
cleaner waste & safer waste
o Resulting in a higher cold gas efficiency
(5 to 15% higher on LHV basis)
Separate flue gas exhaust, no or minimized nitrogen
dilution of the product gas
o Compared to air blown gasification a 3 to 4
times higher heating value.
o Compared to oxygen/steam blown gasification a
much higher efficiency (no ASU parasitic), while
still having 60% more heating value
o Very suitable for gas turbines



MILENA gas composition dependencies
Activity of the bed material
Choice of fluidisation medium
as well as applied seal gas
Applied feedstock
S/N/Cl content feedstock
Activity of the bed material
MILENA gas composition consequences
ATEX classification
Fouling
Sulphur removal and CH
4
/BTX
Water scrubbing and HCN
ATEX classification
Product gas treatment and conditioning
Tar and dust removal
NH
3
and HCl removal
DeNO
x
and DeSO
x


IGCC configuration:
Tar and dust removal
NH
3
and HCl removal
HCN and COS conversion
H
2
S removal
C
x
H
y
pre-reforming


SNG configuration:

SNG configuration:
1
st
loop OLGA tar removal

Target:



Heavy tar and dust removal
Cooling gas to 60-80C
No water condensation

Performance:



Tar dew point 60-80C
99.99% dust removal
Tar available for recycling
Oil quality maintained

Demonstrated:



Lab and pilot at ECN
Demo in France/Portugal
2
nd
loop OLGA tar removal

Target:



Light tar removal incl. fenol
Tar dew point 10C
No water condensation

Performance:



Tar dew point < 0C
99.9% tar removal for OLGA
Tar available for recycling
Minimal oil losses

Demonstrated:



Lab and pilot at ECN
Demo in France/Portugal
Additional gas cleaning

Target:



Removal of NH
3
and HCl
Removal of all sulphur
No losses of CH
4

Performance:



COS and thiophenes to H
2
S
(at higher P and lower T)
Unsaturated C
x
H
y
converted
(CH
4
maintained in gas)

Demonstrated:



Lab at ECN
Demo to be build
SNG synthesis

Target:



Full conversion of CO & H
2
Maximisation of CH
4
yield
No losses of CH
4

Performance:



Conventional technology
both for SNG synthesis
as well as amine scrubber
for CO
2
removal

Demonstrated:



Lab at ECN
Demo to be build
Final upgrading

Target:



Removal of water

Odourization
L gas quality


Performance:



Conventional technology
both for water removal
as well as odourization

Optimization:

H gas quality by dedicated
hydrogenation of benzene
and unsaturated hydrocarb.
Biomass to SNG
On small as well as large scales
by far the most efficient process
to SNG based on gasification







SNG configuration:

MILENA-OLGA-Methanation
Bio-SNG plant Alkmaar (NL)
Bio-SNG plant Alkmaar (NL)
Biomass to POWER
On commercially attractive scales
by far the most efficient process
to power based on gasification







IGCC configuration:

MILENA-OLGA-IGCC
Bio-IGCC plant Grimsby (UK)
Contest:
25% net efficiency from waste
ETI contribution:
13M
Bio-IGCC plant Grimsby (UK)
Bio-IGCC plant Grimsby (UK)
Status as of now:
Public hearing on Feb. 14
th
/15
th
Environmental permit duly made
Planning permit granted
Awaiting final decission by the ETI

Plant statistics:
RDF, SRF and wood locally sourced

MILENA-OLGA technology
Caterpillar Solar Taurus-60 turbine
7 MW
e
net power output

Thank You!


Robin Zwart
r.zwart@dahlman.nl
www.olgatechnology.com