DIFFICULT WASTE WOOD HANDLING DEMANDS MET WITH EASE Recovering energy from multiple resources paves the way for a sustainable future; by working closely with biofuel specialist, ICM, Bruks Siwertell helps the company showcase a biorefinery at its best TEXT
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AS COUNTRIES SHIFT from fossil fueldriven economies to renewable ones, there is an increasing focus on the use of waste. Making an energy product from it is one of the most sus-
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tainable power-generation strategies available today. This is exactly what a process called gasification can do. It can turn carbon-
based feedstocks, under high temperature and pressure, into synthesis gas, or syngas. Furthermore, by combining gasification with advanced catalysts that speed up chemical
