Title:
Preparations for a 10 MWth Bio-CHP Demonstration Based on the Milena Gasification Technology
Author(s):
van der Meijden, C.M., Bergman, P.C.A., van der Drift, A., Vreugdenhil, B.J.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has developed a biomass gasification technology, called the MILENA technology. The MILENA gasification technology has a high cold gas efficiency and high methane yield, making it very suitable for gas engine application as well as upgrading of the gas into Substitute Natural Gas (SNG). The HVC Group is a modern public service waste company. HVC converts waste streams which cannot be recycled into usable forms of energy. HVC expects an important role for Bio-SNG and medium size Bio-CHP plants in the future. HVC has decided to join ECN with the development, demonstration and implementation of the MILENA technology for CHP and SNG production. HVC and ECN are preparing a 10 MWth MILENA gasifier, operated on demolition wood, in combination with OLGA gas cleaning. The cleaned gas will be used in a gas engine to produce heat and electricity. The 10 MWth CHP demo is considered to be a crucial intermediate step towards commercial Bio-SNG plants. The demonstration therefore serves two goals. After a successful CHP demonstration further scale-up to a 50 MWth SNG demonstration unit is foreseen. After several tests with MILENA (and OLGA) on clean wood fuel, the first tests with the foreseen fuel (demolition wood) were done in 2010 in the MILENA pilot plant. First results show that the behaviour of the realistic sized fuel partners is similar to the previously tested wood pellets. The results are used to do the basic-engineering of the 10 MWth demonstration plant. Start-up of the 10 MWth demonstration plant is scheduled for 2012.
Keywords:
allothermal conversion, combined heat and power generation (CHP), gasification, methane, synthetic natural gas (SNG), bio-syngas
Topic:
Thermochemical conversion - Gasification for power and CHP and polygeneration
Subtopic:
Gas cleaning (session 2)
Event:
18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
OA10.2
Pages:
608 - 613
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-56-1
ISBN-10:
88-89407-56-5
Paper DOI:
10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OA10.2
Price:
FREE
