31 July
2017
PowerHouse Energy Group
plc
(“PowerHouse” or “the
Company”)
Successful
Production of Syngas
PowerHouse Energy Group Plc (AIM: PHE), the company focused on
ultra high temperature gasification waste-to-hydrogen,
waste-to-energy, and the creator of Distributed Modular
Gasification© (DMG) systems, is pleased to announce that
the Company recorded a maximum peak flow rate of over 50
m3 per hour of synthesis gas (“syngas”) having
successfully completed the rebuilding and enhancement of the
Company’s G3-UHt gasification reactor at the Thornton Science
Park. This is the second successful phase in the operation of
the G3-UHt unit in the UK and the first at the Thornton Science
Park.
Since the re-siting of the unit at Thornton in early May, the
technical team have been working on integrating the G3-UHt system
into the Energy Centre facility at Thornton, as well as aligning
the system and the utilities to take best advantage of the research
facilities available. Through this period a number of improvements
and modifications to the G3-UHt system have been made, ahead of the
scaling up necessary for commercial deployment. These have
included the enhancement of the gas systems, refurbishment of the
feed and steam generation systems, the complete redesign and
introduction of programmable safety and control systems designed in
line with UK Health, Safety, & Environment (“HSE”)
legislation.
This latest commissioning, the positive engagement of senior
planning and permitting personnel from the local Council, and the
completion of a rigorous third party review to allow insurance
cover to be put in place now positions the G3-UHt to begin
full-scale, and on-going, operation, testing, and demonstration at
the Thornton site.
Following an extensive pre-commissioning programme, the 24 hour
commission testing this weekend used tyre crumb as the input
feedstock and produced a robust stream of syngas which was safely
flared to the atmosphere. Subsequent testing will allow for a
thorough analysis of the syngas produced, however, in-line,
real-time analysis indicated that the quality of the gas produced
met the Company’s initial quality objectives and there was full
combustion of the syngas at the flare. The system was taken
through cool-down and the team undertook post-operational review
.
The demonstration unit at Thornton is critical to the next stage
of modelling and process design. The conceptual design for
the commercial modules will continue to be augmented by the
operational input from the G3-UHt demonstrator. It is
expected that the next few months should bring a number of industry
players to Thornton, as well as potential commercial partners and
interested shareholders. It is intended that the Company will
host one or more demonstration visits for investors at the Thornton
Science Park in September and full details will be announced in due
course.
Pursuant to the announcement of 5 June
2017 the successful re-commissioning and operation of the
G3-UHt at Thornton has released the first £100,000 tranche of a
potential £500,000 from a UK partner dedicated to the planning and
permitting of the Company’s first commercial sites.
David Ryan, Powerhouse
Executive Director of Programme Development said: “The
PowerHouse team were superbly supported by our design consultants
Engsolve, the service company, Roseberry and IDM. All have
worked extremely hard and to a tight timescale to achieve this
milestone. We were aided and supported at each stage by the
staff of the University of Chester and by the support staff at the
Thornton Energy Centre. The sight and sound of gas production
at the flare was a great manifestation of all the hard work.
“This extended operation at high temperature was an excellent
result and we look forward to the planned commercialisation
programme with enthusiasm.”
Commenting, Keith Allaun,
Executive Chairman of PowerHouse, said: “This is a hugely
important milestone for the Company and one that our long-standing
shareholders have been waiting for. With the successful
initiation of our programme at Thornton, we can now begin to
aggressively pursue our commercial agenda. The ability to
regularly operate, demonstrate, and test the G3-UHt at Thornton
allows us to begin the 25 tonne per day design engineering.
The active engagement of the University of Chester faculty, the
Ph.D program we’re co-sponsoring in ultra-high temperature
gasification, coupled with our talented engineering team and
programme leadership ensures that PowerHouse will lead the market
in the deployment of distributed waste-to-hydrogen and
waste-to-energy solutions. Distributed Modular
Gasification© has only begun to make its mark and
disrupt the industry. The opportunities ahead of us appear
unlimited.”
For more information, contact:
PowerHouse Energy Group
plc
Keith Allaun, Executive Chairman |
Tel: +44 (0) 203 368 6399 |
WH Ireland Limited (Nominated
Adviser)
James Joyce / James Bavister |
Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666 |
Turner Pope Investments Ltd
(Joint Broker)
Ben Turner / James Pope |
Tel: +44 (0) 203 621 4120 |
Smaller Company Capital Limited
(Joint Broker)
Jeremy Woodgate |
Tel: +44 (0) 203 651 2910 |
IFC Advisory (Financial PR &
IR)
Tim Metcalfe / Miles Nolan |
Tel: +44 (0) 203 053 8671 |
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About PowerHouse Energy
PowerHouse is the holding company of the G3-UHt Ultra High
Temperature Gasification Waste-to-Energy system, and the creator of
Distributed Modular Gasification©.
The Company is focused on technologies to enable energy recovery
from municipal waste streams that would otherwise be directed to
landfills and incinerators; or from renewable and alternative fuels
such as biomass, tyres, and plastics to create syngas for power
generation, high-quality hydrogen, or potentially reformed into
liquid fuels for transportation. Distributed Modular Gasification©
allows for easy, economical, deployment and scaling of an
environmentally sound solution to the growing challenges of waste
elimination, electricity demand, and distributed hydrogen
production. Distributed Modular Gasification and DMG are copyrights
of Powerhouse Energy Group plc.
PowerHouse is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM Market.
The Company is incorporated in the United
Kingdom.
For more information see www.powerhouseenenergy.net.
PowerHouse may also be followed on Vox Markets at
www.voxmarkets.co.uk/company/PHE.