F R A U N H O F E R I N S T I T U T E F O R F A C T O R Y O P E R AT I O N A N D A U T O M AT I O N I F F, M A G D E B U R G
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HEAT RECOVERY FROMWASTE, ENERGY EFFICIENTMANUFACTURING
1 Waste and biomass for
feasibility studies.
2 Simulation of a combustor.
feasibility and means of converting your
waste can into energy as well as related
expenditures or revenues.
Our technological expertise in combustion,
thermochemical gasifi cation and waste
pyrolysis enables us to develop the right
system for you and support you during its
commissioning and operation. Our solu-
tions will allow you to cut your energy and
disposal costs, reduce your use of fossil fu-
els and, thus, boost your energy effi ciency
long term.
Does your company produce waste that
has to be disposed of complicatedly or even
at a cost? Our solutions will enable you to
recover heat from your waste and return it
to your manufacturing process as heat or
power.
As your technology partner, we will sup-
port you from the feasibility study and the
economic feasibility study up through the
development and operation of the system
in your company.
From the Feasibility Study to Operation
We will study the technical feasibility of po-
tential conversion systems for your wastes
and determine their cost effectiveness. In
the process, we will draw on our extensive
portfolio of analysis methods, test systems
and simulation tools. Within a few weeks,
you will receive reliable information on the
Fraunhofer Institute for
Factory Operation and
Automation IFF
Prof. Michael Schenk
Sandtorstrasse 22
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
Contact
Process and Plant Engineering
Dr. Matthias Gohla
Phone +49 391 4090-361
Fax +49 391 4090-93-361
www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en/pat
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They will contribute their extensive project
experience and their latest research findings
to turn innovations into your success.
Other R&D Services
In addition to technical and economic fea-
sibility studies of heat recovery from waste,
we provide other services, including:
– Assessments of existing waste recovery
methods and systems with the goal of
optimizing or changing the feedstock,
– Formulated concepts to integrate waste
(heat) recovery in your manufacturing
process,
– Detailed engineering, general planning
and commissioning of a pilot waste
recovery system,
– Assistance when applying for funding
for R&D of waste recovery.
Rely on Our Experience
The Fraunhofer IFF’s Process and Plant
Engineering Business Unit has years of
experience recovering heat from waste. Our
core expertise is fluidized bed combustion
and gasification systems, entrained flow
combustion systems and gas conversion
systems. We have an extensive portfolio
of test equipment with thermal outputs of
5 kW to 1 MW at our disposal for these
technologies.
These technical options are supplemented
by advanced simulation systems and special
software applications.
Rely on our top team of experts in process
engineering, process equipment and plant
engineering, instrumentation and control
engineering and computer simulation.
3 Fluidized bed gasifier in the
laboratory.
4 Using a fuel cell to produce and
treat gas.
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Using Instead of Disposing of Waste
We have studied the feasibility of heat
recovery from numerous wastes from a
wide variety of industries:
Industry and manufacturing
– Organic wastes from auto motive
manufacturing
– Rejects from paper recycling
– GRP waste from rotor blade manu-
facture
– Waste from metal coating
– Distillers dried grains from beer brew-
ing and pomace from wine making
– Sorted animal feed waste
– Sorted mixed construction waste
Energy production
– Digestate from biogas plants
– Dried solubles from bioethanol pro-
duction
Agriculture and forestry
– Straw
– Chaff
– Landscaping material
– Meat and bone meal
– Chicken excrement
Sewage treatment
– Sludge
Do you not see your waste listed? Per-
haps it contains inflammable compo-
nents. We would be glad to check that.
Simply contact us.
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