Paper details

Title:

Successful Field Testing of an Inverted Brayton Cycle Turbine with Lean Waste Gas

Author(s):

Schmid, M.R., Voegeli, M., Sattler, M.A.

Document(s):

Abstract:

Land fill sites emit enormous amounts of GHG. Most of these gases are neither burnable nor usable for power production with conventional technology. Waste heat from industrial processes as well as from flaring systems is often unused due to economic reasons and the complexity of conventional thermodynamic systems. For both, Aactor !GT, an inverted brayton cycle microturbine might be a solution to the economically efficient access to these energy potentials. Between 2006 and now, landfill flaring systems basing on FLOX® technology, being capable to burn any lean gas between biogas and 5% CH4/95%CO2 [1] have been tested successfully on landfill sites. Since 2007, a inverted brayton cycle turbine is being developed to use the heat generated from such flaring systems or other sources above 450°C. In December 2011, first grid feeding service has been demonstrated. Testing and optimization is ongoing.

Keywords:

CO₂ capture, combustion, organic waste, power generation, biochar, landfill gas

Topic:

R&D on Processes for Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels from Biomass

Subtopic:

Production and supply of biomethane

Event:

20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

3DV.1.6

Pages:

1612 - 1614

ISBN:

978-88-89407-54-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/20thEUBCE2012-3DV.1.6

Price:

FREE