This year’s model!
While it’s hard to ignore the stylish trio sporting Standard Gas-branded safety workwear, the item attracting their attention is the scale model of the pyrolysis and gas cracking unit of our SG100 plant, which we’re currently in the process of commissioning.
“The accuracy of this miniature model of System 200 is amazing,” says Site Manager, Kevin Normington. “A big surprise was discovering that the retort, in which the SG100 processes feedstock into clean gas and carbon char, could be opened to reveal its inner workings.”
Commissioning Engineering Manager, Russell Ford, concurs: “3D printing is transforming our ability to accurately replicate a wide range of complex objects and constructions. Although the actual System 200 is relatively small, it can be hard to get your head around what it looks like when you’re just walking round it. But this model makes it possible to see the unit in its totality.”
Meanwhile, the commissioning process is continuing at pace. Furnace lining is almost complete, and the final burners will soon be installed.
Picture caption: Admiring the System 200 scale model are (left to right) Dan Normington, Plant Operator, Kevin Normington, Site Manager, and Russell Ford, Commissioning Engineering Manager.
TRANSITION TO NET ZERO WITH OUR CARBON-REMOVING TECHNOLOGY
Carbon Negative Energy: Each year, a single SG100 plant can generate up to 40,000 MW hours of carbon-negative power, enough for around 10,000 homes, offices or commercial properties, as well as for the transportation sector and wider industry.
Carbon Reduction: It will remove up to 25,000 tonnes of CO2e – equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of 5,000 cars. With electrolysis, a plant processing biogenic waste will generate over 650 tonnes of green hydrogen. And the SG100 closes the waste management loop, offering a better low carbon alternative to landfill and incineration.
Carbon Capture: TheSG100 technology also generates ‘biochar’ and ‘carbon char’, a black, granular, dust-like co- product that can be sequestered in valuable agricultural, environmental, and industrial applications.