Case Study
Replacing Natural Gas For Industry
Summary: Aries Clean Energy’s patented downdraft gasi cation systems were rst deployed for Boral Brick in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee to o set natural gas costs that were topping $10/decatherm. Problem: Natural gas prices skyrocketed in the mid-2000s. Aries downdraft gasi cation systems were deployed to convert waste into a syngas to o set the high natural gas costs of Boral Brick Manufacturing. Approach: Twelve of the Aries Clean Energy ACE DDSF-1000 (an 8- ton/day) gasi ers were installed between 2007 and 2009 and Replacing Natural Gas For Industrysuccessfully red large-scale brick kiln operations with the following speci cations: Input materials: Locally sourced wood diverted from land lls Process: Computer controlled pneumatic and mechanical systems assured consistent feedstock d