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Tuesday 18 October
2011
Workshop:
National workshop on local developments
in small scale biomass combustion
organised by TEAGASC and IEA Bioenergy Task 32
‘The Green Isle Hotel’, Clondlalkin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The current market for biomass fired stoves and boilers in Ireland is in its infancy stages, with obsolete technology still being used, and a large growth perspective for modern combustion technologies driven by the increasing prices for fossil fuels and national sustainability requirements. Recently, a number of fatalities occurred due to inappropriate installations.
This workshop highlighted the current challenges in Ireland in implementing appropriate combustion technologies and system installations and how these can be addressed by the workshop participants (equipment suppliers, policy makers and others). The presentations contain new information about the status of the technologies used, upcoming EU legislation on product requirements and the relevance of health and safety related issues.
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Presentation |
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13:00
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Introduction and welcome,
Jaap Koppejan
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13:15
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Market developments in small scale biomass
combustion in Ireland
Pearse Buckley, Sustainable Energy Ireland
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13:45
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EcoDesign and other EU regulations,
Eric Smit, Interfocos BV, Netherlands and
convenor of CEN TC/295 WG5 |
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14:15
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State of the art-small scale biomass combustion
in boilers,
Ingwald Obernberger, BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME
GmbH, BE2020+ GmbH, Graz, Austria
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14:45
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State of the art-small scale biomass combustion
in stoves
Hans Hartmann, TFZ, Straubing
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15:15
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Coffee/tea break
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15:45
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Health issues in biomass combustion
Thomas Nussbaumer, Verenum, Switzerland
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16:15
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Safety aspects in small scale biomass combustion
Jaap Koppejan, Procede, Netherlands
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16:45
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Discussion: The way forward
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17:15
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Closing
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Co-organised with SEAI and Teagasc
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