Improving the sustainability of bioenergy production with a Robot for Biomass Quality Management

Informazioni relative al progetto

ROBIOT

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 782319

DOI

10.3030/782319

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 3 Luglio 2017

Data di avvio 1 Agosto 2017

Data di completamento 31 Gennaio 2018

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

PROMETEC TOOLS OY
Finland

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ROBIOT (Improving the sustainability of bioenergy production with a Robot for Biomass Quality Management)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2017-08-01 al 2018-01-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

Biomass is a heterogeneous feedstock. The varying biomass feedstock quality causes 5-10% of extra operating costs at a typical power plant. Due to the following shortcomings, conventional quality measurement practices are not able to solve this issue:

• Manual sampling is the major source of error in the quality data
• Quality data is not available from each incoming feedstock load
• Quality data is not available in real time

Prometec’s Q-Robot, a fully automated sampler for solid biofuels, makes feedstock quality management at biomass power plants, biorefineries and pulp mills efficient and intelligent.

The aim of this SME1 project was to develop a sustainable plan for scaling up the business. The feasibility study included creating a thorough understanding of the market and customer needs, scouting for partners and business development based on the market analysis.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

The main tasks and outcomes were a) a comprehensive market analysis (market potential, target customers, potential partners, local sampling and quality management practices, competitors) in selected countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas, b) identification and contacts with possible piloting partners in Sweden, c) identification of sales channels and formulation of a sales strategy, and d) creation of a market entry strategy for the identified primary target markets.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

This innovation addresses and solves a major challenge that still limits the optimal and efficient use of biomass for energy and other bioeconomy applications: It eliminates the error caused by conventional sampling procedures and provides reliable information of each biomass delivery before it is unloaded from the truck. Moreover, since it makes load-specific information available also to the feedstock supplier, Prometec’s solution enables a completely new level of intelligent biomass quality management across the whole supply chain. This benefits the end user (plant), feedstock supplier as well as the consumer and the society at large by improving the resource and cost efficiency (and therefore also the sustainability) of biomass supply and use. Furthermore, it improves work safety at biomass plants and enables transparency throughout the biomass supply chain.

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