Task 32: Biomass Combustion
Publications
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Options for increased use of ash from biomass combustion and co-firing
Dec 2018This report provides an overview on present practices in ash management from biomass (co)combustion, based on country reports for experiences in seven member countries of Task 32, namely Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. Other members in IEA bioenergy task 32 that contributed were South Africa and the United Kingdom. The report […]
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Advanced Test Methods for Firewood Stoves
Oct 2018This report by Gabriel Reichert and Christoph Schmidl compares a number of different test methods that are used around the world for determining the emission factors from woodstoves, and discusses how well these different methods are able to mimic the emission during typical use of the wood stoves in practise. In different scientific studies test protocols which […]
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Status of PM emission measurement methods and new developments
Sep 2018Background Particulate matter emissions (PME) from biomass combustion have always been in the focus of air pollution control. Due to their small size (mostly below 1 µm aerodynamic diameter) they can easily pass through the nose and throat into the lungs. Additionally, many such PM-enriched flue gases also carry organic gaseous carbon species (OGC) which act […]
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Documents for the T32 meeting in Copenhagen
May 2018See here for all meeting documents: https://task32.ieabioenergy.com/ieaevent/task-meeting-copenhagen/
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Aerosols from Biomass Combustion – Technical report (Thomas Nussbaumer, 2017)
Jul 2017Aerosols from Biomass Combustion – Technical report (Thomas Nussbaumer, 2017) This report by Thomas Nussbaumer (VERENUM, Switzerland) provides an overview of recent R&D on the particle emissions and related health aspects of biomass combustion. The use of biomass for heat and power production is supported in many IEA countries since biomass as a renewable fuel […]
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The status of large scale biomass firing – The milling and combustion of biomass materials in large pulverised coal boilers
Mar 2016This IEA Bioenergy Task 32 report provides an overview of the current status of biomass cofiring. The report shows that the firing and co-firing of biomass as a replacement for coal in large pulverised coal boilers can be a very attractive option for the utilisation of biomass materials for power production, and for the delivery […]
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Techno-economic evaluation of selected decentralised CHP applications based on biomass combustion with steam turbine and ORC processes
Dec 2015This report provides an evaluation of the techno-economic performance of three types of biomass combustion based CHP systems, varying from 130 kWe to 5,7 MWe. The report describes three case studies that represent the most relevant small-scale CHP technologies based on biomass combustion relevant for the market at present. It points out the differences between […]
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Status overview of torrefaction technologies – A review of the commercialisation status of biomass torrefaction
Nov 2015This IEA Bioenergy Task 32 publication provides an update of the status of commercialisation of biomass torrefaction. It contains both a review of recent research efforts and an overview of the progress made in commercialisation of the technology. For the publication click here
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Advanced characterisation methods for solid biomass fuels
Jun 2015This study has been performed in order to gain an overview about advanced biomass fuel characterisation techniques currently applied, to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods, their specific fields of application as well as to assess the suitability of the different methods for the investigation of new biomass fuels. For the report […]
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