Success & Visions for Bioenergy: Thermal processing of biomass for bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts

CD-ROM  n/a  ISBN 9781872691282      £40.00

This CD-ROM contains invited presentations, posters and the results from workshop discussions, as well as almost 30 additional papers submitted by speakers and participants.

Presentations: Invited experts from across the bioenergy and biomass field give an overview of state of the art and their vision for the future of the bioenergy industry.

Case studies: Case studies by industry leaders provide an overview of the latest achievements in demonstration and commercial plants.

Visions Invited experts from across the bioenergy and biomass field give an overview of their vision for the future of the bioenergy industry.

Workshop Reports: Workshop reports discuss how to accelerate both the rate of implementation and the success of bioenergy processes. Each workshop was chaired by an authority in the relevant area supported by a rapporteur who present the findings of the workshop. These workshop reports form a key component in the proceedings.

Papers: Additional papers covering topics within the scope of the workshop, some of which have corresponding posters, are included on this CD-ROM.

Posters: Posters, some of which have corresponding papers, were submitted by participants and were available for discussion and viewing throughout the meeting.

State of the Art: Invited experts from across the bioenergy and biomass field give an overview of state of the art of the bioenergy industry.

• Policy and drivers / Biomass availability & prospects, Tomas Kĺberger, Tall Oil & IIIEE State of the Art Review on Environmental Aspects of Bioenergy and Biofuels, Gerfried Jungmeier, Joanneum Research, Austria
• Biomass Combustion and Co-firing, Sjaak van Loo, Procede Biomass BV
• Gasification - State of the Art, Hermann Hofbauer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Pyrolysis - State of the Art, Tony Bridgwater, Bio-Energy Research Group, Aston University, UK

Case studies by industry leaders provide an overview of the latest achievements in demonstration and commercial plants.

• Success and Visions for Bioenergy: Biomass Co-firing, Ben Goh, E.ON UK Power Technology, UK
• Success and Visions for Bioenergy: Dedicated Combustion, Juha Poikola, Pohjolan Voima Oy, Finland
• Results of Steam Gasification at the Biomass CHP Güssing, Reinhard Koch, Biomassekraftwerk Güssing GmbH Co KG Christian Aichernig, Repotec GmbH and Reinhard Rauch, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
• The Evolution of Energy: Biomass to BioOil, Jan Barynin, Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation, USA

Invited experts from across the bioenergy and biomass field give an overview of their vision for the future of the bioenergy industry.

• Visions for Biomass Production, Nicola Yates, Ian Shield, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Ecoheatcool: RES / CHP / DHC Facts and figures for EU-32, Florian Leber, AGFW eV (Ecoheatcool), Germany
• Vision for Biofuels, Bob Saunders, BP Biofuels, UK
• Visions for Biorefineries, Nilay Shah, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

The workshop reports discuss how to accelerate both the rate of implementation and the success of bioenergy processes. Each workshop was chaired by an authority in the relevant area supported by a rapporteur who present the findings of the workshop. These workshop reports form a key component in the proceedings. Titles of the workshops are:

• Biomass Combustion: Particles and Aerosols
• Success and Visions for Biomass Gasification
• Pyrolysis
• Biofuels for Transport
• Biomass Pretreatment and Preparation
• Biorefinery
• Biomass Co-firing
• Non-technical Barriers

Additional papers covering topics within the scope of the workshop, some of which have corresponding posters, are included on this CD-ROM.

Biomass Combustion and Co-firing

• Co-Combustion of Biofuels and Coal De-COx Processes, P. Kolat, D. Juchelková, B. Cech, P. Milcák VSB - Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Gasification - Quo Vadis?, H. Hofbauer, S. Fürnsinn, Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Austria
• Ignition and Co-Ignition of Coal and Solid Biofuels, Karol Król, Grzegorz Hrycaj, Piotr Plaza, Wieslaw Rybak, Energy Engineering and Technology Division, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
• Predicting Ash Deposit Formation during Co-Firing of Coal with Biomass, P. Plaza, J. Hercog, G. Hrycaj, K. Król, W. Rybak Energy Engineering and Technology Division, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

Gasification

• Drying of Biomass - Influence of Fuel Water Content on the Dual Fluidised Bed Steam Gasification Process, C. Jünger, A. Kreuzeder, G. Soukup, C. Pfeifer, H. Hofbauer Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Austria
• Gasification of Corn Silage in Supercritical Water on the Pilot-Plant Scale, N. Boukis, U. Galla, H. Müller, E. Dinjus, Institute for Technical Chemistry, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany
• Tar Formation in a Dual Fluidized Bed Biomass Steam Gasification Demonstration Plant: Quantification and Influencing Parameters, H. Hüttler, R. Rauch, H. Hofbauer, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Vienna, Austria
• A Biomass Gasifier with Two Inter-Connected Bubbling Fluidized Beds: Design and Testing, N. Jand, P.U. Foscolo, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of L€Aquila, Italy, S. Rapagnŕ, Dept. of Food Science, University of Teramo, Italy , G. Braccio, Trisaia Research Centre, ENEA, Italy
• Biomass Engineering Ltd: Commercialisation of a Downdraft Gasification Technology: Project Examples, J. Campion, Biomass Engineering Ltd, UK , C. Peacocke, Conversion And Resource Evaluation Ltd, UK

Pyrolysis

• Transport and Logistic Considerations for Distributed Pyrolysis Plant Network Design, John G Rogers, John G Brammer, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, UK
• Obtaining of 1,6-Anhidrosaccharides upon Fast Pyrolysis of Hardwood, G. Dobele, I. Urbanovich, G. Rossinska, A. Zhurinsh, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvia, E. Samulis, Latvian Join-stock company 'Peat Factory, Struzani', Latvia, V. Kampars, Latvian Technical University, Latvia
• Practical Results from Pytec's Biomass-to-Oil (BtO) Process with Ablative Pyrolyser and Diesel CHP Plant, Dietrich Meier, Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Institute for Wood Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Wood, Germany

Combined Heat and Power

• Energy Centre of the Future € €Polygeneration€ for the Production of Transportation Fuels, Power and Heat from Biomass, S. Fürnsinn, C. Aichernig, R. Rauch, H. Hofbauer, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
• Combined Heat and Power from Biomass, Based on Small Gasification Technology, D. Chiaramonti, G. Riccio, M. Prussi, CREAR c/o Dept. of Energy €S.Stecco€, University of Florence, Italy
• Performance of Combined Heat and Power Production via Fixed-Bed Biomass Gasification at a Scale of 2 MWth - Evaluation and Validation of Measured Data, Jan Kotik, Tobias Pröll, Hermann Hofbauer, Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Austria

Wastewater and Sludge

• Thermal decomposition of sewage sludge and biomass-sludge blends, Grzegorz Hrycaj, Karol Król, Piotr Plaza, Wieslaw Rybak, Energy Engineering and Technology Division, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
• Potential of biomass production in short-rotation-plantations by using wastewater and sludge for irrigation and fertilisation, Jozef Viglasky, Nada Langova, Jozef Suchomel, Jaroslav Skvarenina, Peter Geffert, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovak Republic.

Analysis

• Direct Analysis of Tars in Biomass Gasification Producer Gases with Laser Mass Spectrometry, York Neubauer, Frank Behrendt, Berlin University of Technology, Institute of Energy Engineering, Germany

Catalysis

• Upgrading Shale Oil Heavy Fractions with Biomass via Catalytical Hydroprocessing, H. Luik, L. Luik, L. Tiikma, N. Vink, J. Kozyreva, Department of Oil Shale Research, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Thermochemical Co-Liquefaction of Biomass Wastes and Estonian Oil Shale, L. Luik, H. Luik, M. Bityukov, K. Kruusement, J. Sokolova, H. Tamvelius, Department of Oil Shale Research, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Lanthanum-Cobalt based Perovskites, Sylwia Sieradzka, Carine Chan Thaw, Nicolas Hildenbrand, Claire Courson, Anne-Cécile Roger,LMSPC-ECPM, Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse, UMR CNRS, France

System Analysis and Modelling

• Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of the Steam Biomass Fired Dual Fluidized Bed Gasification System, P. Kaushal, T. Pröll, H. Hofbauer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
• Modelling Wood Pyrolysis in a Fixed Bed: The Representative Particle Approach, Nico Zobel, Birgit Wilmes, Frank Behrendt Institute of Energy Engineering, University of Technology Berlin, Germany, Hugo Atle Jakobsen, Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, Norway
• The Simulation Software IPSEpro€ Successful Application for Bio-Energy System Analysis, S. Fürnsinn and T. Pröll, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• An Advanced Model for the Prediction of Tar Content in the Product Gas from Biomass Steam Gasification, G. Fiorenza, J. Canonaco, S. Galvagno, G. Braccio ENEA, Research Centre of Trisaia, Italy
• Wood Fast Pyrolysis: Experimental Study and Modelling in Thermal Conditions Close to those Encountered in a FICFB Gasification Process J. Le Dirach, B. Hesse, G. Mauviel, J.P. Corriou, M. Ferrer, J. Lédé, CNRS-LSGC-ENSIC, France J.C. Valle Marcos, A. Khalfi R&D EDF Chatou, France

Economics

• Self-sufficiency of biofuels -costs for an organic farm in Sweden using FTD or DME, S. Ahlgren, S. Bernesson, P.-A. Hansson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biometry and Engineering, Sweden A. Baky, Ĺ. Nordberg, O. Norén , Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI), Sweden

This CD-ROM also contains full-colour copies of the posters, some of which have corresponding papers, that were submitted by participants and were available for discussion and viewing throughout the meeting. These cover the following topics

• Gasification
• Pyrolysis
• Combined Heat and Power
• Biorefineries
• Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL)
• Wastewater and Sludge
• Analysis
• Catalysis
• System Analysis and Modelling
• Economics