Central Washington Biomass Energy Workshop Ellensburg, Washington Andrew Haden April 2015 Biomass Technologies Thermal Energy and CHP
Central Washington
Biomass Energy Workshop Ellensburg, Washington
Andrew Haden
April 2015
Biomass Technologies Thermal Energy and CHP
Forestry residuals and “clean green” wood waste:
wood from tree trunks and branches, chipped
Compressed wood, pellets, bricks: untreated wood
with limited bark content, compressed by machine
Mill residuals: a mixture of untreated and treated wood
in form of shavings, chips, sawdust
Construction waste: untreated wood that has been
used in commerce prior to its energetic utilization
Ag fuels: straw, grasses, corn stover, purpose-grown
feedstocks
What is Biomass?
Modified from Viessmann Manufacturing
Biomass Heat and CHP
• Efficient: modern heating and CHP systems
have high conversion efficiency (>85%)
• Clean: modern biomass CHP systems have
very low particulate, NOx and CO emissions
• Economical: cost effective, fuel prices lower
than oil, propane and electricity
• Sustainable: CO2 neutral, regionally
abundant, compliments sustainable forestry
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Efficient Conversion Efficiency as %
25%
Biopower (no heat capture)
50%
Cellulosic Ethanol
85%
Biomass Heat and CHP
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Development of emissions of Austrian Biomass Boilers, measured by the federal agency for agricultural engineering Wieselburg (BLT)
Efficient
Development of emissions of Austrian Biomass Boilers, measured by the federal agency for agricultural engineering Wieselburg (BLT)
Clean
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EPA CertifiedWoodstove
Pellet Stove Modern Pellet Boiler(no flue gas
cleaning)
Gas Furnace Biomass CHP (withflue gas cleaning)
Particulate Emissions (lbs/mmBtu)
10-20x cleaner
than EPA-
certified
woodstoves Very Low
Emissions
Possible
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Economical
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$23.44 $23.37
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Heating oil Electricity Propane Natural gas Woodbriquettes,packaged
Woodpellets,bagged
Woodpellets, bulk
Woodchips, pulpquality @35% MC
Woodchips, hog
fuel @ 35%MC
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Fuel type
Fuel Cost Comparison
Gas is cheap, but
most rural locations
depend on Propane,
Oil and Electricity Rich in biomass
energy
resources!
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Calculated Heat Load (kW/hr) Estimated Wood Boiler Load Coverage
Biomass Boiler Systems
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Image: BIOS Bioenergy (http://www.bios-bioenergy.at)
Residential Heating Upper Austria
System Examples
Residential Heating Cordwood Boiler
Cordwood Boiler
Cogeneration Technologies
• Steam Turbines (>2 MW)
» Backpressure turbine (heat and power 100%
coupled)
» Extraction/Condensing turbine (heat and
power partially decoupled)
• ORC Turbines (65 kW – 5 MW)
» Thermal oil-fired ORC turbine
» Pressurized hot water-fired ORC turbine
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Steam Turbine
Image: Siemens (http://www.energy.siemens.com)
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Our Services
• Design/Build: Biomass energy installations including complete system engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)
• Consulting: Technical expertise in biomass energy systems and project management, including feasibility studies for institutional, commercial and industrial biomass facilities
• Energy Services: Thermal energy supply from investor and community-owned thermal energy generation assets
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Andrew Haden President
Wisewood, Inc.
2409 N. Kerby Ave.
Portland, OR 97227
(503) 608-7366
Thank you!