Paper details

Title:

Monitoring Presently Running Small and Medium Scale District Heating Plants and Planning Future Plant Installations on a GIS Offer/Demand Basis: A Study for Tuscany, Italy

Author(s):

Nibbi, L., Fagarazzi, C., Tirinnanzi, A., Cipriani, D., Sacchelli, S., Ciampi, C., Casini, L.

Document(s):

Abstract:

Six biomass district heating plants are presently under monitoring in the Tuscany provinces of Pisa, Lucca and Massa Carrara. Monitoring started in October 2010 and will continue until late spring 2012, thus including two winter seasons. The aim of monitoring is to provide the plant managers with a set of suggestions and instructions in order to improve the overall plant efficiency and to optimise the biomass to energy chain. First monitoring results are here presented. The monitored plant typologies vary from the small plug­in heating central to the double biomass boiler heating central, with a nominal heat power that ranges from 110kW to 850kW; all the plants burn wood chips from short chain. Furthermore, in order to support local authorities in correctly planning investments in the biomass to heat sector, the woody biomass quantities available (offer) and the need of heat (demand) at local level is assessed through GEM (Green Energy Model), a specifically developed GIS based methodology, that has been applied to the areas under investigation; the methodology includes both biomass resources growing models and economic models specifically developed. Matching biomass offer with thermal energy demand allows identifying the most suitable areas where to install new biomass to energy district heating plants.

Keywords:

district heating, economics, efficiency, geographical information system (GIS), monitoring, wood chips

Topic:

Technology Deployment and Industrial Demonstration

Subtopic:

Biomass utilisation in the electricity, heat and CHP sectors

Event:

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

OB9.3

Pages:

2209 - 2216

ISBN-13:

978-88-89407-55-4

ISBN-10:

88-89407-55-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-OB9.3

Price:

FREE