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NREL has published this review, and it is now freely available in the public domain</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A9A89D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK6"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Included in the Report:</span></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#5D5C56'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The examination of critical variables in multiple gasification technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A listing of capital costs for differing technologies. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Example outputs applying Harris Group's <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gasifier Cost Estimating Tool</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Report Highlights:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Biomass Gasification Considerations</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Biomass gasification is critically influenced by Operating Conditions and Feedstock Characteristics. For example, residence time will impact gas quality and reactor height. Feedstock sizing affects the uniformity of both bubbling and circulating fluidized beds. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Estimating the cost for a biomass gasification system can be a daunting task. As part of this review, <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harris Group developed a gasifier cost estimating tool to evaluate costs</span></strong> as a function of operating conditions and feedstock characteristics. The cost estimating tool <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>can be applied to multiple gasification technologies</span></strong>, and several examples of the tool's outputs are included in the report.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK9"><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>About Harris Group Inc.: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Harris Group provides consulting, process expertise, and multidiscipline engineering and design. 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