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Wood-waste fuelled indirectly-fired gas turbine cogeneration plant for sawmill applications. Phase 2. Site-specific preliminary engineering and financial analysis

Abstract

The use of conventional steam/electricity cogeneration systems is not generally economical at the sawmill scale of operation. This paper describes an evaluation of a wood-waste fueled and, indirectly, gas fired turbine cogeneration plant aimed at developing a cost-effective wood-waste fired power generation and dry kiln heating system for sawmill applications. A preliminary engineering design and financial analysis of the system was prepared for a demonstration site in British Columbia. A number of alternative system configurations were identified and preliminary engineering designs prepared for each. In the first option , wood wastes combusted in a wet cell hot gas generator powered a 600 kW turbine, and produced 7,000 kW for the drying kilns. The second option provided the same electrical and heat output but used a down-fired suspension burner unit fuelled by clean, dried sawdust, together with an integral air heater heat exchanger. The third option represented a commercial-scale configuration with an electrical output of 1,800 kW, and sufficient heat output for the dry kilns. A financial analyis based on a computerized feasibility model was carried out on the last two options. Low electricity rates in British Columbia combined with the small scale of a demonstration project provide an inadequate rate  More>>
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1988
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
CR-87-5C; MICROLOG-90-01356
Reference Number:
CANM-90-005441; EDB-90-093559; ERA-15-034772
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; COGENERATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; WOOD WASTES; WOOD-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CANADA; DEUS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; NORTH AMERICA; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; SOLID WASTES; STEAM GENERATION; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTES; 320304* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization
OSTI ID:
6951863
Research Organizations:
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, ON (Canada). Bioenergy Development Program; Canadian Resourcecon Ltd., Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: CNN: 51SZ.23283-7-6038; ISBN: 0-662-17123-3
Availability:
PC Environment Canada, Departmental Library, Ottawa, ON, CAN K1A 0H3; MF CANMET/TID, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 555 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0G1.
Submitting Site:
CANM
Size:
Pages: (69 p)
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

None. Wood-waste fuelled indirectly-fired gas turbine cogeneration plant for sawmill applications. Phase 2. Site-specific preliminary engineering and financial analysis. Canada: N. p., 1988. Web.
None. Wood-waste fuelled indirectly-fired gas turbine cogeneration plant for sawmill applications. Phase 2. Site-specific preliminary engineering and financial analysis. Canada.
None. 1988. "Wood-waste fuelled indirectly-fired gas turbine cogeneration plant for sawmill applications. Phase 2. Site-specific preliminary engineering and financial analysis." Canada.
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title = {Wood-waste fuelled indirectly-fired gas turbine cogeneration plant for sawmill applications. Phase 2. Site-specific preliminary engineering and financial analysis}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The use of conventional steam/electricity cogeneration systems is not generally economical at the sawmill scale of operation. This paper describes an evaluation of a wood-waste fueled and, indirectly, gas fired turbine cogeneration plant aimed at developing a cost-effective wood-waste fired power generation and dry kiln heating system for sawmill applications. A preliminary engineering design and financial analysis of the system was prepared for a demonstration site in British Columbia. A number of alternative system configurations were identified and preliminary engineering designs prepared for each. In the first option , wood wastes combusted in a wet cell hot gas generator powered a 600 kW turbine, and produced 7,000 kW for the drying kilns. The second option provided the same electrical and heat output but used a down-fired suspension burner unit fuelled by clean, dried sawdust, together with an integral air heater heat exchanger. The third option represented a commercial-scale configuration with an electrical output of 1,800 kW, and sufficient heat output for the dry kilns. A financial analyis based on a computerized feasibility model was carried out on the last two options. Low electricity rates in British Columbia combined with the small scale of a demonstration project provide an inadequate rate of return at the site without substantial outside support. At a commercial scale of operation and with the higher electricity prices that exist outside of British Columbia the financial analysis indicates that the incremental investment in the electric generation portion of the system provides very attractive rates of return for the 3 options. 11 figs., 10 tabs.}
place = {Canada}
year = {1988}
month = {Mar}
}