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This paper discusses the performance characteristics of a 280 kWth fluidized bed gasifier fueled with bagasse pellets. The gasifier was designed by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and built by TERMOQUIP Energia Alternativa Ltda, based in Campinas, Brazil. Preliminary tests were performed in 1996 to determine the reactor performance as part of the gasification pilot plant test programme...