One key feature included is an air preheating system, which in the gasification process, alters the breakdown of tars generated during combustion.

The gasification process was discovered in Belgium in 1609, using wood and coal.

Some pyrolysis processes need an outside heat source which may be supplied by the gasification process, making the combined process self-sustaining.

Vermont has proposed using the gasification process with a highly efficient gas turbine engine, developed by General Electric for use in jets.

FutureGen was to capture carbon dioxide produced during the gasification process and pump it into deep rock formations thousands of feet under ground.

The former coal carbonising equipment was only used when coke (a by-product of the gasification process) was required.

This type of gasification process provides many advantages over alternative gasification technologies:

The gasification process does not rely on chemical decomposition of the cellulose chain (cellulolysis).

They use a water-intensive gasification process to convert coal to chemicals that are critical for a wide range of products.

A big reason for this is because it takes very much energy to do the gasification process on the coal.