FastOx^® gasification technology

Turning waste
into value.

FastOx^® gasification is designed to convert a wide range of waste streams into clean, energy-dense syngas, without burning and without leaving hazardous ash behind. From there: electricity, hydrogen, fuels and chemicals.

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2004Founded in Davis, California

1,500 hDemonstration operation at Fort Hunter Liggett

81%Cold gas efficiency achieved on refuse-derived fuel

TRL 7Technology readiness after 13 test campaigns

Why gasification

Waste is a resource we have been burying.

Landfills are one of the largest sources of methane. Incineration leaves behind hazardous ash and can produce dioxins and furans. FastOx gasification takes a different route: steam and oxygen break waste down at the molecular level into an energy-dense syngas, while inorganics melt into a glass-like, non-leaching stone.

The result is a modular platform that can be configured for the product a project needs, from baseload electricity to hydrogen, renewable natural gas, methanol or sustainable aviation fuel.

How FastOx gasification works

The process

Four steps from waste to product.

Step 1

Preparation

Waste is sized for the feed system and blended where needed to maintain suitable operating conditions.

Step 2

Gasification

Organic components react with steam and oxygen at more than 2,200 °C to generate a high-quality syngas. Inorganics melt into vitrified stone and metal.

Step 3

Refining

The cooled syngas is cleaned to the exact specification required by the selected end-product equipment.

Step 4

Production

Cleaned syngas is transformed into a valuable, customer-selected product using commercially proven conversion technology.

Potential outputs

One syngas. Many products.

Syngas is composed primarily of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. It is a building block that can be transformed into a wide range of end products.

Electricity

Around-the-clock baseload power, including for data centers.

Hydrogen

For zero-emission transport, rail and flexible-dispatch power generation.

Renewable natural gas

Transportation- or pipeline-quality methane to offset fossil-based natural gas.

Methanol

A building block for chemicals and marine fuels.

Renewable liquid fuel

Waste-derived syngas as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel pathways.

Nitrogen fertilizer

Waste-derived hydrogen and CO₂ as a feedstock for ammonia and urea synthesis.

Vitrified stone

Inorganics leave as inert, non-leaching stone, not hazardous ash.

New · distribution model

Bring FastOx gasification technology to your territory.

Through the TechPipe™ platform, qualified participants can compete for exclusive territorial distribution rights for FastOx gasification technology. One potential territory. One successful bidder. An opportunity to compete, subject to definitive agreements.

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The FastOx gasification demonstration facility at Fort Hunter Liggett in operation

Projects

Demonstrated with the U.S. Army. Now scaling to 100 MTPD.

Our demonstration facility at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett operated from 2018 to 2023, converting municipal solid waste that had been processed into refuse-derived fuel into particulate- and tar-free syngas. A second-generation gasifier that combines the gasifier and polisher into a single vessel has been fabricated and delivered for installation.

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