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Biomass cofiring: the technology, the experience, the combustion consequences

Abstract

Biomass fuels considered for cofiring include wood waste, short rotation woody crops, short rotation herbaceous crops (e.g., switchgrass), alfalfa stems, various types of manure, landfill gas and wastewater treatment gas. Of these, the solid biofuels such as sawdust, urban wood waste and switchgrass have received the most attention. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) along with others developed a concerted effort to commercialize direct combustion cofiring of biomass with coal. The USDOE joined the program with a cooperative agreement between the Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC) - now the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and EPRI; this agreement was extensively supported by the energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) element of USDOE. European cofiring programs also have been extensive and include gasification-based cofiring in Lahti, Finland and straw cofiring in Denmark. Three general techniques comprise the cofiring technology family: blending the biomass and coal in the fuel handling system and feeding that blend to the boiler; preparing the biomass fuel separately from coal, and injecting it into the boiler without impacting the conventional coal delivery system; and gasifying the biomass with subsequent combustion of the producer gas in either a boiler or a combined cycle combustion turbine (CCCT) generating plant.  More>>
Authors:
Tillman, D A [1] 
  1. Foster Wheeler Development Corp, Clinton, NJ (USA)
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2000
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-01:046182; CLA-00:060666
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Biomass and Bioenergy; Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: PBD: 2000
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS; COCOMBUSTION; PULVERIZED FUELS; COAL; WOOD WASTES; MATERIALS HANDLING; BOILERS; COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS; USA; US ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
OSTI ID:
20159057
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0961-9534; BMSBEO; TRN: 000600666
Submitting Site:
CLA
Size:
page(s) 365-384
Announcement Date:
Jun 05, 2001

Citation Formats

Tillman, D A. Biomass cofiring: the technology, the experience, the combustion consequences. United Kingdom: N. p., 2000. Web. doi:10.1016/S0961-9534(00)00049-0.
Tillman, D A. Biomass cofiring: the technology, the experience, the combustion consequences. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0961-9534(00)00049-0
Tillman, D A. 2000. "Biomass cofiring: the technology, the experience, the combustion consequences." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0961-9534(00)00049-0.
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title = {Biomass cofiring: the technology, the experience, the combustion consequences}
author = {Tillman, D A}
abstractNote = {Biomass fuels considered for cofiring include wood waste, short rotation woody crops, short rotation herbaceous crops (e.g., switchgrass), alfalfa stems, various types of manure, landfill gas and wastewater treatment gas. Of these, the solid biofuels such as sawdust, urban wood waste and switchgrass have received the most attention. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) along with others developed a concerted effort to commercialize direct combustion cofiring of biomass with coal. The USDOE joined the program with a cooperative agreement between the Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC) - now the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and EPRI; this agreement was extensively supported by the energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) element of USDOE. European cofiring programs also have been extensive and include gasification-based cofiring in Lahti, Finland and straw cofiring in Denmark. Three general techniques comprise the cofiring technology family: blending the biomass and coal in the fuel handling system and feeding that blend to the boiler; preparing the biomass fuel separately from coal, and injecting it into the boiler without impacting the conventional coal delivery system; and gasifying the biomass with subsequent combustion of the producer gas in either a boiler or a combined cycle combustion turbine (CCCT) generating plant. Commercialization has proceeded on the direct combustion approaches to cofiring, beginning with engineering and economic studies, parametric testing and the construction of demonstration projects. The direct combustion cofiring techniques are now ready for commercial deployment. This paper reviews the key projects, and details some of the influences of cofiring on the combustion process.}
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journal type = {AC}
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