Biomass Residuals to
Combined Heat and
Power
A BTEC Webinar
February 10, 2015
Webinar Speakers & Outline
• Introduction – Joe Seymour
• Welcome and Overview – Dan Wilson
• Opportunities
for Distributed Heat & Power –
John Fox
• Air Curtain Technology – Brian O’Connor
• Role for Biomass Boilers – Poul Kielsholm
• Q & A Session
Quick notes
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About BTEC
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) is the industry trade association
dedicated to advancing the use of biomass for heat and other thermal energy
applications.
Why was BTEC established?
To advocate for and promote the biomass thermal industry in the national
energy policy debate
To reach out to and educate the public and decision makers on the benefits
and advantages of using biomass for heat and CHP
To develop biomass energy research and analysis that enables sound
investment and policy decisions
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Who We Are
Technology, Fuel, and Geographically Diverse
New Biomass CHP Maps Available
Visit biomassthermal.org/resources/chpMaps after today’s event
Source: ICF International
Biomass, CHP, and District Energy Services
Small and large-scale programs and projects
- Study
- Design
- Financing Consulting / REC Aggregation
- Permitting / Interconnection Agreements
- Project / Construction Management
- Commissioning
- Operations
- Technical and Economic Policy Consulting
Wilson Engineering Services, PC
ww.WilsonEngineeringServices.com
Meadville, PA - Charlotte, NC
Residual Wood Waste and CHP
John Fox
Electratherm
Residual Wood Waste to
Combined Heat and Power
John Fox, CEO, ElectraTherm
www.electratherm.com
February 10, 2015
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Waste Heat to Power
Highlights:
• Founded in 2005
• Patented & Patent-Pending Technology
• 48 Operational Machines
• Headquarters - Reno, Nevada
ElectraTherm Green Machine
• Commercial Release August 2011
• Up to 110 kWe Power Output
• More than 310,000 Hours Run Time
• Greater than 97% Up Time
How An ORC Works
Organic Rankine Cycle
Example on a stationary engine:
Hot Water In
kW Output
Cooler Water Out
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Installed Fleet
and Operating Hours
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50
Availability
48
100%
80%
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60%
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40%
20%
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375,000
350,000
325,000
300,000
275,000
35
250,000
30
225,000
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200,000
175,000
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150,000
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125,000
100,000
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75,000
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50,000
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25,000
Q1:12 Q2:12 Q3:12 Q4:12 Q1:13 Q2:13 Q3:13 Q4:13 Q1:14 Q2:14 Q3:14 Q4:14EQ1:15E
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 Fleet Exceeds 35 Years Run Time
 Greater than 97% Up Time
CONFIDENTIAL
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Applications
Waste Heat Sources:
Stationary or Marine Engines
Oil and Gas Process Heat
Industrial Waste Heat
Down Cycle Condensing
Flare to Power
Natural Gas Cooling
Renewable Heat Sources:
Geothermal/Oil & Gas Wells
Biomass Boilers
Solar Thermal
Project Values
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Fuel free/emission free power
Robust design
Ease of installation, operation
and maintenance
Offset of cooling parasitic loads
Increased site efficiency
Distributed power generation
CHP potential
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Levelized Cost of Electricity Generation
$0.32
Total Levelized Cost of Technologies
per Kilowatt Hour
Stationary
Engines
ET ORC
Units
$0.20
$0.16
No
Combustion
$0.14
$0.12
$0.10
$0.10
$0.10
$0.09
$0.07
$0.07
$0.04
$0.03
Sources: US EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2012; Cadmus Group 2012 Report, ElectraTherm, Caterpillar
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Biomass Application Capabilities
Biomass Waste + Power Solutions
Whole Logs
Pellets?
Wood Chips/Chunks
Poultry Manure
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Biomass Balance of Plant
Example on a biomass boiler:
Hot Water In
Cooler Water Out
Up to 110kW
Output
Heat between 77131°F
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Two Biomass Sites in Italy
Demonstration site using wood chips
Site: Modena, Italy
Boiler: Agras Energia
Gross Power Output: 32kW
Thermal Heat Input: 450kWt
Hot Water Input Range: 181°F
Commercial site using wood chips
Site: Badia Prataglia, Italy
Gross Power Output: 35kW
Boiler: Agras Energia
Thermal Heat Input: 500kWt
Hot Water Input Range: 212°F
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Biomass Commercial Site in Italy
Lumber Mill
Wood Chips +
Wood Waste
ELECTRICITY
HOT WATER
ORC Condensing
Biomass boiler
ORC
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Biomass Site in Oregon
Commercial site using wood waste - 2 Green Machines
Site: Wallowa, Oregon
Biomass Boiler
Gross Power Output: 70kW
Thermal Heat Input: Up to 500kWh
Hot Water Input: 220°F
“The Green Machine was easy to incorporate into our system and the installation
and commissioning process went smoothly,” said Matt King, Renewable Energy
Program Coordinator, Wallowa Resources Community Solutions, Inc.
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Biomass Site in Oregon
To Kiln
Hot Water
Hot Water
Wood Waste
ELECTRICITY
ORC Condensing
Biomass boiler
ORC (2x)
The Wallowa site processes waste wood product and produces firewood, poles, and wood chips. The wood chip
boiler runs the wood kiln, and 2 Green Machines. The electricity is used to offset plant loads and feed into the grid
when the plant is idle after hours.
*Future plans are in place to recover the cooling heat from the Green Machine as part of drying process as well.
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Benefits of ORC + Biomass
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Useful elimination of wood waste stream
Eliminate transportation/tipping fees for disposal (and methane generation)
Onsite power generation – offsetting retail cost of power
ORC provides constant thermal demand – drying process may not
Condensing side of ORC can provide useful thermal (77F-131F)
Simple and robust operation
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Available Models
Green Machine 4200
Up to 35kW
Low Cost Packaged Solution
Green Machine 4400
Up to 65kW
ElectraTherm’s Standard ORC Model
Green Machine 6500
Up to 110kW
Largest Output Model
Thank You
Please type in any questions you
have and I will answer them at the
end of the webinar
www.electratherm.com
[email protected]
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Air Curtain Technology
Brian O’Connor
PG FireBox
AIR CURTAIN TECHNOLOGY
and
BIOMASS WASTE to ENERGY
An Environmentally Friendly Solution for Vegetative Waste
What About The Waste
Vegetative waste in the USA is a problem
More than 65 Million tons of vegetative waste goes to landfills each year
That doesn’t include wildfire prevention and forest management debris
All recycling methods combined consume less than 26%
Invest in methods of waste disposal and energy recovery
If the waste can be recycled, that should be our first choice
But we also need low cost, environmentally sound methods of handling
large amounts of waste, preferably with energy recovery capabilities
What About The Waste
Air Curtain Machines
Primary Use
“Waste disposal” eliminating clean wood and vegetative waste
Why Use Air Curtain Machines
So we don’t fill up valuable landfill space
Often there is no market for wood waste
Some vegetative waste is not suitable for recycling
Sometimes it is too expensive to transport the waste
Air Curtain Burner
Primary Purpose
Controlling Particulate Matter – Smoke – Black Carbon
Proven Technology
Well tested technology in the US and other countries
Air Burners, Inc. is a proud CRADA partner with the USEPA
Air Curtain Burner
Pollution Control Device
Like a Scrubber, Air Curtain machines do not burn anything, they just control the emissions from something burning
Principles of Operation
Air Curtain Technology
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1. High velocity curtain (4) traps particles under the curtain
2. Particles under curtain (5) are reburned
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Air Curtain Burner
Actual Comparison Testing To Open Burning
Open Burning
Air Curtain Burning
Environment Canada
Air Curtain Burner
Particulate Matter release for 20 tons of wood waste
Air Curtain Burners
20 tons of wood waste
burning for 1 hour
Environment Canada
Open Burning
20 tons of wood waste
burning for 48 hours
PGFireBox
Biomass Waste Solution
®
Modular System
FireBox Module
Power Module
Model PGFireBox Modular Design
•Self contained, two portable skids
•Electrical Generation 110kW
Model PG200 Modular Design
•Transport on standard trucks
•Fits in ocean containers
•Arrives fully assembled
FireBox Module
Power Module
Model PG200 Modular Design
•Skid bases only needs level ground
•Local water cooling or optional air blast cooling
Heat
capture
Power
Module
FireBox
Module
Local cooling
water connection
Control
room access
PGFireBox
FireBox Module
Model PG200 Modular Design
•Waste disposal rate 8 tons/hour
•Electrical Generation 110kWe
Power Module
What are the advantages of this system?
Lowest environmental impact
Easy placement, not a permanent structure
High throughput compared to other schemes
Can be relocated to accommodate the “waste travel zone”
No supplemental fuels needed
It’s a machine not a building, easier finance and resale
No expensive pre-processing operations like grinding
Current Biomass
Processing
- Expensive
- High Emissions
- Supplemental fuel
- High capital costs
- Permanent structure
PGFireBox
- No processing
- No supplemental fuels
- Movable system
- Lowest emissions
- Easy installation
Air Curtain Burner
Current Use
Power to the grid “net metering” type applications
Future Use
Using wood and vegetative waste as fuel
Power electric vehicles in the forest
Power electric vehicles at your local landfill
Power for other Biomass recycling equipment
More Information
[email protected]
or
www.AirBurners.com
LAST SLIDE
THANK YOU
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Role for Biomass Boilers
Poul Kielsholm
American Bio Boiler
American Bio Boilers
A product of American Eco Boilers
Corporation
Corporation
Byenergy
Poul Kielsholm
Renewable
made easy
www.ameco-boilers.com
US Sales Office: 218-568-6500
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Some Numbers
US
Iceland
(geo thermal)
Denmark
175 lbs ?
N/A
22 ton
% of population served
3%
92 %
61.07 %
% of power production
through CHP
9%
23.6 %
63.2 %
Avg. price pr. GJ
€8.64
€3.14
€27.8
Avg. price pr. MBTU*
$10.43
$3.79
$31.82
Ton CO2 / TJ Heat
District Heating
Heating Oil
Avg. Residential
Heating oil / GAL
$2.798
$5.92
Avg. price pr. MBTU
$20.13
$42.59
•947,817BTU / GJ.
•USD vs. EUR: $1.1447
Source: Euroheat & Power (euroheat.org) & EIA (eia.gov)
Copyright 2015 (c) American Bio Boilers Corp.
CHP: widespread use in Scandinavia
City of Silkeborg:
Population: ~40,000
Power produced via CHP:
458,000 MWh
Heat produced via CHP:
860,000 MWh
CHP:
The most overall energy efficient utilization of fuel resources !
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Benefits of using Wood Biomass
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Generates more local permanent jobs
Keeps more money in your local community
Reduces need for hauling other sources in
Less vulnerability to geo political issues
Makes use of what today is waste
Substantial savings versus heating with LPG
and heating oil
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Town / Neighborhood /
New Development
Community CHP Plant /
COOP/
Utility company
Biomass processing,
separation and addition
of additional wood
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City Wood Waste
(Biomass)
Local Recycling Facility /
City Tree Dump
Local community
(Town, new development, Commercial facility,
School etc.)
Monthly Payment
Heat / Power
COOP /
Utility company
Distribution net
Monthly Payment
Heat / Power
Energy Service
Company
(ESCO)
Fuel
Equipment
Local Fuel supplier
American Bio Boilers
Corp.
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Fuel sources
• Lowest Cost Fuels
– Wood chips (course and uneven sized)
• Preferably < 30% moisture. Does take up to 40%
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Corn cobs
Sawdust
Corn stocks
Bean stubble
• More expensive
– Wood pellets
– Corn / small grain
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Example of fuel
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20Ft
TurnKey
FullFlex
Schoolinstallation
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Community Scale
Heating Installation
Question and Answer Session
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BTEC Executive Director
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