Feedstock can be in the form of municipal and industrial waste, biomass, plastics and other combustible materials.  As the feedstock is placed into the gasifier, it is indirectly heated in an oxygen free environment using the system’s own produced syngas to maintain a reactor temperature of approximately 800C.  The patented gasifier includes three cascading internal reactors, scrubbers, and a tar/oil cracker, which eliminates some of the maintenance issues connected with other pyrolysis designs. 

Sustaining the gasification reaction in the combustion chamber consumes approx. 18-22% of the syngas created, enabling a strongly positive mass energy balance, and nearly 80% of the syngas output to be used by the gas powered generator.

Sustaining gasification in an oxygen free environment changes the output syngas chemistry and reduces significant amounts of toxins produced associated with using other pyrolysis designs.  The KUG technology has eliminated most of those toxins through its design.  The syngas produced can be fed directly into several commercially available gas-powered electricity generators, with almost no additional modification of the generator required, and maintaining the original manufacturers warranty on the generator. 

Biproducts from the process include other commercial revenue streams from carbon black, coke, charcoal, and char.  The output bi-product and volume will vary depending on the feedstock utilized, i.e. biomass produces different bi-products than tyre/plastics waste. 

The carbon balance and energy outputs of the technology are more strongly positive contributors, compared to other pyrolysis techniques, creating a breakthrough in waste to energy (WTE) technologies and their value to society – supporting a low carbon future.