The Sotacarbo gasification pilot platform: Plant overview, recent experimental results and potential future integrations

Finally, the very high efficiency of sulfur compounds removal through a zinc oxide-based hot gas desulphurization process suggested to evaluate the possibility to integrate the plant with a fuel cell system for a high efficiency combined heat and power (CHP) generation. The main results of this theoretical assessment, reached through a properly developed simulation model, are also reported in this work.