TCG Global LLC (TCG) designs, builds, sells, owns, and operates gasification plants capable of converting any carbon-containing feedstock such as biomass, coal, petroleum coke, or municipal solid waste into synthesis gas (Syngas), consisting primarily of hydrogen (H) and carbon monoxide (CO). The Syngas produced by this gasification process is a clean, dry, flexible fuel which can be (1) burned to create heat and electricity, (2) passed through any of several different catalysts to produce fluids such as alcohols and transportation fuels, including clean burning diesel, or (3) used to supply pure hydrogen gas for multiple applications.

TCG is led by Mr. Marcus Wiley, a registered professional engineer with 40 years of experience in mine engineering and management. He is also the co-owner of multiple bore-hole mining and gasification process patents, including all patent-protected technology utilized by TCG.

The TCG gasification process integrates several individual technologies to convert carbon-containing feedstock to Syngas. The patents and pending patents underlying the gasification technology are owned by Thermo Technologies, LLC and licensed to Thermo Conversions, LLC, with which TCG Global has an agreement to develop, own, and operate gasification plants. TCG's technology relies on seven individual U.S. patents totaling over 800 claims, and it is also protected by a South Africa patent covering the identical technologies and set of claims.

Gasification of coal was used in England and in the United States to produce "town gas" to light the city streets over a hundred years ago. The German war effort was fueled by coal gasification during World War II. Currently over 40% of South African motor fuel is derived from coal gasification, as well as 100% of their aviation fuel. Major suppliers of gasification technology include Sasol Lurgi, GE, Conoco-Phillips, and Shell with dozens of large, expensive plants operating worldwide. In the U.S. a large gasification plant is producing synthetic natural gas in North Dakota, and two integrated combined cycle (IGCC) demonstration plants are generating electricity - one in Florida and the other in Indiana. Eastman Chemical's coal gasification plant located in Tennessee once produced all Kodak film for the photography industry. It has operated successfully for over 25 years and continues to produce methanol, plastics, and other products for the chemical industry.

Gasification is accomplished with heat, pressure, and the injection of ionized water. The basic chemical reaction used in gasification is C + H2O = CO + H2. This process begins in a heated, oxygen-starved environment (known as the pyrolysis chamber), which drives off moisture and volatile gases contained in the feedstock. Pyrolysis produces carbon char and ash that moves into a separate, externally heated gasification reactor, which converts the solid carbon molecule into a gaseous state. Next, in TCG's process we inject ionized water in a process known as steam reformation to create a water shift reaction to produce Syngas. The hot Syngas is water quenched and cleansed of its impurities in a proprietary, ionized water treatment system, thus delivering a clean, dry Syngas with no liquid discharge from the plant operation.

It is important to note that the TCG process is not a typical gasification process, which requires the injection of oxygen for the reaction: 2C + O2 + H2O = CO + H2 + CO2, nor is it heated by internal feedstock combustion which is represented by C + O2 = CO2. Conventional gasification plants produce high amounts of carbon dioxide in their internal combustion processes. The externally heated TCG process actually reduces CO2 through the following reaction: CO2 + C = 2CO and does not produce harmful combustion by-products.