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Minnova Announces Biomass Gasification Tests Achieve >50% H2 Recovered to Syngas. Global Expansion as a Cleantech Company Well Underway
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 24, 2022) - Minnova Corp. (TSXV: MCI) (OTC Pink: ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Minnova Announces Biomass Gasification Tests Achieve >50% H2 Recovered to Syngas. Global Expansion as a Cleantech Company Well UnderwayToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 24, 2022) - Minnova Corp. (TSXV: MCI) (OTC Pink: AGRDF) (\"Minnova\" or the \"Company\") an evolving cleantech and gold mine development company is pleased to announce positive biomass gasification test results and other business development opportunities:Positive gasification test results for corn stover from Romania and Pineapple waste from Costa Rica.>50% H2 content in syngas achieved.Opportunities identified to further increase H2 content of syngas. Discussions with major equipment manufacturers (power generation) for direct syngas to power generation initiated.Gasification technology selected to participate in the Canadian Technology Accelerator program to address Southeast Asia's climate target of net-zero carbon emissionsPositive Biomass Gasification Test ResultsTest work was conducted at the University of Teramo, Italy, Department of Biosciences and Agri-Food and Environmental Technologies under the supervision of Prof. Ing. Sergio Rapagnà. Corn and pineapple waste samples were dried and pelletized in a commercial pellet plant to approximate future industrial scale operations (see Figure 1).Pelletized samples were fed into the DUMA designed fluidized bed reactor and gasified under controlled conditions. The resulting syngas flow rates and H2 content exceeded expectations (minimum target of 50% H2) for both corn and pineapple samples. See Table 1 for a summary of test results. Concentration of tar in the syngas for both samples were in line with test results of comparable biomasses. Observations during testing suggests an opportunity exists to further improve the quality (% H2 content) and volume (gas yield Nm3/kg daf) of the resulting syngas by adjusting some of the operating parameters.With positive gasification results in hand we are now in a position to start detailed techno- economic studies on project initiatives in Costa Rica and Romania. In-country work will include soliciting biomass supply agreements, commercial offtake agreements for either green H2, electrical power or byproduct thermal energy, and definitive commercial site selection.Figure 1: Pineapple and corn samples before and after pelletization.To view an enhanced vers...