Descrizione del progetto
Riduzione della corrosione nelle centrali elettriche a biomassa
Anche se il mondo si sposta verso alternative ai combustibili fossili, il numero di caldaie per centrali elettriche che bruciano biomassa sta aumentando. Un grave problema che tuttavia devono affrontare gli impianti a biomassa è la grave corrosione delle caldaie. Il progetto BELENUS, finanziato dall’UE, adotterà un approccio olistico per risolvere questo problema. Metodi di ingegneria delle superfici ottimizzeranno le prestazioni del materiale, nuovi metodi di saldatura per le tubazioni rivestite miglioreranno la qualità dei componenti della caldaia e un monitoraggio della corrosione online aiuterà a valutare le condizioni di corrosione. L’obiettivo finale è quello di migliorare l’efficienza di conversione della biomassa e aumentare la durata dell’impianto di biomassa. In caso di successo, il progetto stima di ridurre il capitale di bioenergia e le spese operative rispettivamente del 5 % e del 60 %.
Obiettivo
The primary objective of BELENUS is to lower bioenergy CAPEX and OPEX by an average of 5 and 60% respectively. This will be addressed by preventing or mitigating corrosion as the main limiting factor through a holistic approach to prevent corrosion in the boiler, in particular in superheater (SH) tubes: a) new surface engineering: biomass corrosion highly resistant coatings on creep resistance materials; b) new strategies of welding and bending for coated tubes improving the quality and efficiency of boiler components; and c) new online corrosion monitoring system specifically designed for biomass CHP plants. In addition, the BELENUS solution will impact on other LCOE parameters by improving efficiency in the conversion (up to 42%), increasing a 5% the operational hours of the plant and plant life time (5 years) and reducing the fuel expenditure of the plant by optimising its use and providing flexibility by allowing the use of different types of biomass. Improved performance for high temperature material systems through the technological breakthroughs, will be evaluated and validated an innovative test protocol. Finally, modelling and lifetime prediction tools will be developed and cost analysis and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) undertaken so the optimum materials and coatings are chosen from the durability, economic and environmental perspectives, maximising the sustainability in economic and environmental terms. BELENUS brings together a multidisciplinary consortium comprising the main stakeholders with leading utilities, steel and tube developers, boiler designer and specialized research institutions from across Europe. This synergy allows a direct transfer of results in TRL5 to be obtained in BELENUS as technical base to go further to higher TRL into commercial biomass electric power plants within less than 5 years.
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- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringelectric energy
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationcombined heat and power
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
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