Biomass Low cost Advanced Zero Emission small-to-medium scale integrated gasifier-fuel cell combined heat and power plant

Project Information

BLAZE

Grant agreement ID: 815284

DOI 10.3030/815284

Project closed

EC signature date 27 February 2019

Start date 1 March 2019

End date 31 May 2023

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 4 255 615,00

EU contribution € 4 255 615,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI - TELEMATICA
Italy

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

Communication and Dissemination plan

D8.3Communication and Dissemination plan (intermediate M12, M24) – [EUBIA - M51]: this deliverable relates to task 8.2. Success if the plan will describe the target audience, key messages and tools to communicate and disseminate the project’s activities and results

Market Analysis Report

D8.4Market Analysis Report (intermediate M09) – [EUBIA – M51]: this deliverable relates to task 8.1. Success if the report will include the main market drivers for small scale CHP, competing technologies and SWOT analysis

Project website

D8.1 Project website – [EUBIA – M7]: thid deliverable relates to Sub-Task 8.2.2. Success if a the report will clear describe the structure of the project’s website.

Final publication Small and medium size biomass CHP -A booklet in print and electronic version

D8.8 Final publication Small and medium size biomass CHP - EUBIA –A booklet in print and electronic version - M48. This deliverable refers to task 8.2. Success if a booklet in print and electronic version with contributions describing the technology, the project’s results and the business related aspects will distributed during the final project conference.

Multi-Stakeholder Platform

D8.7Multi-Stakeholder Platform – EUBIA M12 (The document will be updated at M24 and M51): this deliverable relates to task 8.2. Success if the report will include the structure of the MSP, the participants, the activities performed and the outcomes of the 2 stakeholders’ workshops.

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Bio-syngas composition and contaminants that affect SOFC and related gasifier parameters and bed materials to reduce SOFC hazardous effects

D2.2 Bio-syngas composition and contaminants that affect SOFC operation, and related gasifier parameters and bed materials to reduce SOFC hazardous effects. It refers to Task 2.2. Identify the operating conditions in terms of S/B, ER, olivine/dolomite ratios and amounts of sorbents to be added in order to obtain at the exit of the gasifier the produced gas with the best characteristics, i.e. the highest CGE and carbon conversion (90%), as well as the lowest contents of tar (a few grams/Nm3dry) and inorganic contaminant vapours (tens of ppm) connected to the use of in-bed additives.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Assembled CHP system

D5.4 Assembled CHP system [HYG – M34]Link to Task 5.6 and 5.7. All components are manufactured and integrated. The system is successfully tested for its operability.

Documents, reports (5)

System models considering component operating windows and plant CHP operating scenarios

D4.1 refers to Task 4.1 and aims to identify operating windows (off-design characteristics and key practical constraints) for gasifier, gas conditioning units, thermally driven gas recirculation device and SOFC stack and so operating schemes for different working loads (e.g. buildings, farm/glasshouses, timber//distilling/food industries). The indicators of success are the identification of at least 2 operating windows for at least 2 different working loads.

Techno-economic optimisation for optimal conceptual CHP plant design with heat exchangers and BoP

D4.4 refers to task 4.5. Success if report will include at least 3 system layouts including energy optimisation and process parameters through sensitivity analysis.

SOFC CHP operation at the integrated pilot plant

D6.2 SOFC CHP operation at the integrated pilot plant refers to Task 6.2 System operation algorithms based on selected production strategy and to Task 6.3: Pilot plant SOFC tests with real syngas. The indicators of succes is first the definition of a system operation algorithm that will allow to operate the plant improving their performance (e.g. 20% of more cogeneration efficiency or more annual equivalent operating hours or more demand satisfied) respect to the absence of the operation algorithm; secondly the reaching via the real tests of the plant performance (e.g. cold start-up and hot stand-by time less than 12 hours and 20 min rispectively, 1:3 power modulation, elettrical efficiency up to 50% and overall up to 90%)

Data Management Plan

Due Dates: M6, M51The plan describes the data generated during the course of the project, how they are managed, described, analysed, and stored and what strategies are planned at the end of the project to share and preserve these data. Task 1.5

Report summarising the short stack tests

D3.4 refers to Task 3.4. This report aims to describe the results of short stack tests made in task 3.4. Success if report will include at least 2 (of 4 built by task 3.1) short stack complete analisys with identification of safety levels of at least 2 organic and 2 inorganic most representative contaminants and ingoing and outgoing gases andtemperatures and stability of stack components.

Publications

Conference proceedings (6)

Comparison of integrated fuel processing options for biogas-fed solid-oxide fuel cell plants

Author(s): Shuai Ma; Shuai Ma; Gabriele Loreti; Ligang Wang; Ligang Wang; Andrea Luigi Facci; Stefano Ubertini; Changqing Dong; François Maréchal; Jan Van herle
Published in: E3S Web of Conferences, Issue 238, 2021, Page(s) 1-6, ISSN 2267-1242
Publisher: Oamg
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202123804002

Influence of Large Relative Tip Clearances for a Micro Radial Fan and Design Guidelines for Increased Efficiency

Author(s): Patrick Wagner, Jan Van Herle, Lili Gu, Jürg Schiffmann
Published in: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Issue GT2020-15994, 2020, ISBN 978-0-7918-8419-5
Publisher: ASME
DOI: 10.1115/gt2020-15994

Mid Term Results of the H2020-LC-SC3-RES-11 BLAZE Project: Biomass Low Cost Advanced Zero Emission Small-To-Medium Scale Integrated Gasifier Fuel Cell Combined Heat and Power Plant

Author(s): Bocci, E., Del Zotto, L., Di Carlo, A., Barisano, D., Pumiglia, D., Aydin, B., Poggiaroni, G., Ouweltjes, J.P., Mirabelli, I., Pérez-Fortes, M., Van Herle, J.
Published in: 29th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Issue 2CO.9.2, 2021, Page(s) 472 - 479, ISBN 978-88-89407-21-9
Publisher: EUBCE
DOI: 10.5071/29theubce2021-2co.9.2

Gasification Tests at a Bench Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed Plant for Syngas Production: Evaluation of Primary Methods for Gas Cleaning and Conditioning

Author(s): Barisano, D., Nanna, F., Villone, A., Catizzone, E., Bocci, E.
Published in: 29th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Issue 2AV.4.5, 2021, Page(s) 526 - 529, ISBN 978-88-89407-21-9
Publisher: EUBCE
DOI: 10.5071/29theubce2021-2av.4.5

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of a 34 Watt Radial-Inflow Steam Turbine with Partial-Admission

Author(s): Patrick Wagner, Jan Van Herle, Jürg Schiffmann
Published in: J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, Issue 143, 2020, ISSN 1528-8919
Publisher: ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.4049483

Towards the Implementation of the BLAZE Technology for CHP Applications: Preliminary Gasification Tests at a Bench Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed

Author(s): Barisano, D., Nanna, F., Villone, A., Catizzone, E., Freda, C., Cosentino, F., Carbone, D., Di Benedetto, F., Bocci, E.
Published in: 28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Issue 2BO.2.2, 2020, Page(s) 285 - 287, ISSN 2282-5819
Publisher: EUBCE
DOI: 10.5071/28theubce2020-2bo.2.2

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Triple-Mode Grid-Balancing Plants via Biomass Gasification and Reversible Solid-Oxide Cell Stack: Economic Feasibility Evaluation via Plant Capital-Cost Target

Author(s): Yumeng Zhang; Yumeng Zhang; Ningling Wang; Chengzhou Li; Chengzhou Li; Mar Pérez-Fortes; Liqiang Duan; Jan Van herle; François Maréchal; Tzu-En Lin; Ligang Wang; Ligang Wang; Ligang Wang; Yongping Yang
Published in: Frontiers in Energy Research, Issue 9, 2021, Page(s) 1-13, ISSN 2296-598X
Publisher: Lausanne: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.659154

Evaluation of sorbents for high temperature removal of tars, hydrogen sulphide, hydrogen chloride and ammonia from biomass-derived syngas by using Aspen Plus

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio, Enrico Bocci, Jan Pieter Ouweltjes, Luca Del Zotto, Danilo Monarca
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 45/11, 2020, Page(s) 6651-6662, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.12.142

Experimental Procedures & First Results of an Innovative Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Test Rig: Parametric Analysis and Stability Test

Author(s): Luca Del Zotto; Andrea Monforti Ferrario; Arda Hatunoglu; Alessandro Dell'Era; Stephen McPhail; Enrico Bocci
Published in: Energies, Issue 14/8, 2021, Page(s) 2038, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14082038

Biomass as a Renewable Source to Produce Synthesis Gas by Catalytic Gasification Process

Author(s): Alessandro A. Papa, Andrea Di Carlo, Sergio Rapagnà
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Issue 92, 2022, Page(s) 295-300, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC-The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering
DOI: 10.3303/cet2292050

Performance evaluation of an innovative 100 kWth dual bubbling fluidized bed gasifier through two years of experimental tests: Results of the BLAZE project

Author(s): Alessandro Antonio Papa, Alessandra Tacconi, Elisa Savuto, Erwin Ciro, Arda Hatunoglu, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Luca Del Zotto, Bora Aydin, Enrico Bocci, Andrea Di Carlo
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 48, 2023, Page(s) 27170-27181, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.439

Development of a Chemical Quasi-Equilibrium Model of Biomass Waste Gasification in a Fluidized-Bed Reactor by Using Aspen Plus

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio, Enrico Bocci, Danilo Monarca
Published in: Energies, Issue 13/1, 2020, Page(s) 53, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en13010053

Main issues of the impact of tar, H2S, HCl and alkali metal from biomass-gasification derived syngas on the SOFC anode and the related gas cleaning technologies for feeding a SOFC system: A review

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio; Luca Del Zotto; J. P. Ouweltjes; Enrico Bocci
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 47/1, 2021, Page(s) 517-539, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.023

Laboratory-scale Study of Nickel-catalyst Pellets Performance for Tar Steam Reforming Obtained from Biomass Gasification

Author(s): Tacconi, Alessandra; Savuto, Elisa; DI GIULIANO, Andrea; DI CARLO, Andrea
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 92 (2022), Issue 92, 2022, Page(s) 655-660, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC - The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering
DOI: 10.3303/cet2292110

Laboratory-scale Study of Nickel-catalyst Pellets Performance for Tar Steam Reforming Obtained from Biomass Gasification

Author(s): Tacconi, Alessandra; Savuto, Elisa; DI GIULIANO, Andrea; DI CARLO, Andrea
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Issue 92, 2022, Page(s) 655-660, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC - The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering
DOI: 10.3303/cet2292110

Deactivation Model Study of High Temperature H2S Wet-Desulfurization by Using ZnO

Author(s): Arda Hatunoglu; Alessandro Dell’Era; Luca Del Zotto; Andrea Di Carlo; Erwin Ciro; Enrico Bocci
Published in: Energies, Issue 14/23, 2021, Page(s) 8019, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14238019

Biomass Steam Gasification: A Comparison of Syngas Composition between a 1-D MATLAB Kinetic Model and a 0-D Aspen Plus Quasi-Equilibrium Model

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio; Andrea Monforti Ferrario; Andrea Di Carlo; Luca Del Zotto; Danilo Monarca; Enrico Bocci
Published in: Computation, Issue 8/4, 2020, Page(s) 86, ISSN 2079-3197
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/computation8040086

Kinetic Characterization of Tar Reforming on Commercial Ni-Catalyst Pellets Used for In Situ Syngas Cleaning in Biomass Gasification: Experiments and Simulations under Process Conditions

Author(s): Andrea Di Giuliano, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Andrea Di Carlo, Andrew Steele, Katia Gallucci
Published in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Issue 60/18, 2020, Page(s) 6421–6434, ISSN 1520-5045
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c05131

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of the Wet Desulfurization Reaction of ZnO Sorbents at High Temperatures

Author(s): Erwin Ciro; Alessandro Dell’Era; Arda Hatunoglu; Enrico Bocci; Luca Del Zotto
Published in: Energies; Volume 16; Issue 2; Pages: 792, Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) 20, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en16020792

Biomass Steam Gasification, High-Temperature Gas Cleaning, and SOFC Model: A Parametric Analysis

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio; Danilo Monarca; Mauro Villarini; Andrea Di Carlo; Luca Del Zotto; Enrico Bocci
Published in: Energies, Issue 13/22, 2020, Page(s) 5936, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en13225936

Triple-mode grid-balancing plants via biomass gasification and reversible solid-oxide cell stack: Concept and thermodynamic performance

Author(s): Wang, Ligang; Zhang, Yumeng; Li, Chengzhou; Pérez-Fortes, Mar; Lin, Tzu-En; Maréchal, François; Van herle, Jan; Yang, Yongping
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 4, 2020, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115987

Techno-Economic Optimization of an Integrated Biomass Waste Gasifier–Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Plant

Author(s): Mar Pérez-Fortes; Victoria He; Arata Nakajo; Jürg Schiffmann; François Maréchal; Jan Van herle
Published in: Frontiers in Energy Research, Vol 9 (2021), Issue 1, 2021, Page(s) 20, ISSN 2296-598X
Publisher: Lausanne: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.665585

Synergic Effects of Bed Materials and Catalytic Filter Candle for the Conversion of Tar during Biomass Steam Gasification

Author(s): Alessandro Antonio Papa; Elisa Savuto; Andrea Di Carlo; Alessandra Tacconi; Sergio Rapagnà
Published in: Energies, Issue 16,2, 2023, Page(s) 595, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en16020595