The Biosphere Process™ System

The Biosphere Process™ System

The Biosphere Process™ System provides for the conversion of waste materials (which includes municipal solid waste, agricultural or forestry surpluses, industrial or medical waste materials, natural gas (flared), soft coal, shale oil, or traditional fossil fuels) into electricity.

The Biosphere is a three stage gasifier, designed to deliver combustion gas, without separation, via a venturi to a steam boiler / turbine combination. The Biosphere differs from traditional gasifiers in that the system does not separate or purify syngas. Rather, it makes a direct heat transfer which significantly enhances the efficiency of the system compared to other technologies.

The Biosphere Process™ is a gasification system, i.e. low oxygen input, therefore ecologically superior to incinerators.  Incinerators are a primary source of pollutants because they do not control oxygen delivery to the system; they pump out dioxins, COx, SOx, NOx, and other emissions.  However, when a Biosphere is used, these problems are eliminated because the process is a “starved oxygen” gasifier, i.e., controlled oxygen = predictable emissions, ergo no dioxin etc.”

The gasifying of the organic waste in this manner (i.e. in an oxygen deprived environment) prevents combustion, smoke and odor, and then transforms the waste into steam and other gasses, which run a steam turbine to produce electricity.  The remaining solid waste becomes a pulverized powder, which can be sold as by-product for use in the building industry.

The Biosphere Process™ System, when operated on Municipal Solid Waste (“MSW”), takes place in five distinct stages.