Isn’t a gasifier a cleverly disguised incineratior?

No, they are quite different, with very different environmental impacts. While both gasification and incineration are thermal processes, the similarity ends there. Incinerators operate at relatively low temperatures in an oxygen-rich environment that allows feedstocks to burn.

This burning produces a great deal of CO2, SOx, NOx, and acid gases such as HCl and HF. This burning also produces hazardous ash, both as a solid that collects at the bottom of the incinerator and as particulates in the flue gas produced during the incineration process. This ash must be collected and disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill.

Gasifiers, on the other hand, operate at 3,000°F to 4,000°F, using a thermo-chemical conversion process that does not include enough O2 for the feedstock to burn. This thermo-chemical process causes the feedstock to break down on the molecular level, converting feedstocks into a liquid metal, a slag, and a very clean and high-quality syngas. All of these products are ... more.

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