The reformer is up and running! After many months of construction and preparation, the time had finally come:
Our test facility in Speyer has started its first hot trial operation - with reformer, steam, biomass and synthesis gas.
🟢 First result:
The bhyo. The reformer was started up, the system ran stably and we produced synthesis gas for the first time - including an impressive flame pattern in the flare. 🔥
The measured hydrogen content was 30-40 % - a solid starting point for further optimization... but all the controls still need to be optimized and the system heated thoroughly.
What happened?
👉 Pre-commissioning of all media and safety systems completed
👉 Night shift operation with nitrogen & steam to determine the pressure difference curves
👉 Heating up to > 800 °C - step by step
👉 First biomass feed (wood pellets) via safety-oriented airlocks
👉 Burner ignited - synthesis gas produced, analyzed and flared
👉 Online gas analysis with our partners from DBFZ & TH-Bingen
👉 Safety coordination, risk assessment & area overlaps finalized
👉 Analysis container set up - ready for the operational campaigns
🛠️ Parallel was documented as always:
✅ Arrival & departure description
✅ Checklists for IBN & decommissioning
✅ Operating instructions & hazard analyses
Of course, not everything went smoothly - but that was never the aim.
Because: We test. We Learn. We improve.
❤️Danke to the entire team - and to our partners in the BioH2 project (BMWK-funded) for the support! 🙏
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be green. be bhyo. 🌱🌳🌎
