Gasification Process

Clean Process

Unlike other, more "traditional" biomass-fueled ethanol facilities, which are much smaller in size and operate on the basis of anaerobic digestion, Panda Ethanol's biomass facilities will be the first to utilize gasification technology which employs a bubbling fluidized-bed gasifier.

In this process, the cattle manure is introduced into a bubbling sand bed which is maintained at a relatively low temperature. As the heat accelerates the decomposition of the manure, the organic material releases a synthetic gas which rises to the top of the fluid bed combustor and is then burned off.

The result is a clean, odor-free conversion of the cattle manure to produce the steam necessary to process corn into ethanol.