COMBUSTION OF INDUSTRIAL BIOMASS WASTE FOR PRODUCTION OF HEAT AND POWER TO COVER ENERGY NEEDS IN HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: BM.-00348-95

Project closed

Start date 1 January 1996

End date 30 November 1998

Funded under

• Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Total cost € 1 571 738,00

EU contribution € 628 695,00

Coordinated by

HOUTVEZEL EN ZAAGSELHANDEL DE LANGE BV
Netherlands

Objective

The demonstration of an energy efficient installation for energy recovery from industrial biomass waste (saw dust from fibre board): an advanced system for combustion (water cooled grate to avoid sintering), control (low emissions) and energy conversion (small scale steam turbine). Heat (3.0 MWth) and power (0.4 MWe) are used by horticultural industry for heating and illumination of greenhouses.
The project aims to demonstrate the technical and financial feasibility of useful exploitation of industrial biomass waste streams (currently dumped) with strongly reduced emissions compared to existing technology.
Main technical data are :
- Capacity : 4.0 MWth
- Electricity use : 0.43 MWe
- Steam use : 2.93 MWth
- Gross efficiency : 84%
- Energy conservation : 94,890 GJ/a
2,260 toe/y
13,600 ton CO2/y
The heart of the installation is a biomass to energy furnace and a steam turbine. The combustion system is based on a water cooled grate for fines (sawdust). The superheated steam is fed to a condensing steam turbine.
The capacity is 0.4 MWe and 3.0 MWth during 7150 operating hours per year based on 6450 tons of biomass waste a year (16 MJ/kg Calorific Lower Value). The emission control is by monitoring CxHy and O2 in the flue gas and subsequent control of primary/secondary air and fuel supply. CxHy and CO emissions compare favourably with conventional installations and NOx emissions are relatively low. Particulate emissions will be kept under 25 mg/nm3 (considerably lower than normal) through electrostatic filter. The electricity and heat is used for heating and illumination of greenhouses. Because there will be differences between the heat capacity needed and the capacity produced, heat storage tanks will be installed. In a recent study by TNO-MEP a life cycle analyses is performed for different alternatives of energy production form wood waste. From this study it is concluded that for fibre board (as in the current project) cogeneration is the most preferable option.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › thermodynamic engineering › heat engineering
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › power engineering › electric power generation › combined heat and power
• agricultural sciences › agricultural biotechnology › biomass
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › energy conversion

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Programme(s)

• FP4-NNE-THERMIE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 8.1 - HEAT AND ENERGY FROM DIRECT COMBUSTION

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

DEM - Demonstration contracts

Coordinator

HOUTVEZEL EN ZAAGSELHANDEL DE LANGE BV

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: NOORDERVAART 25 ; 1841 JA STOMPETOREN ; Netherlands
• Total cost: No data