Publications

• Factsheet on indirect cofiring

  Dec 2009

  Indirect co-firing consists of the combustion of producer gas from biomass/waste gasification in coal-fired furnaces or lime kilns. Gasification can be thus considered a method for biomass pre-processing. For factsheet click here

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• Review of models and tools for slagging and fouling prediction for biomass co-combustion

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• Options for high percentage biomass cofiring in new power plants

  Jun 2009

  The focus of the workshop is to discuss new technologies for co-firing, and share the ideas with the audience. Therefore, a number of presentations have been prepared covering the field of new technologies. For the report click here

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• Inventory report on aerosols from small scale biomass combustion devices

  Jan 2008

  The objectives of the present study is to review available data on emission factors of particulate emissions from biomass combustion and measurement techniques applied to characterise particle emissions from biomass combustion. Priority is given to wood fuels used in residential wood combustion and in district heating plants. To enable a comparison of different data, the […]

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• Health and Safety Aspects of Solid Biomass Storage, Transportation and Feeding

  Nov 2006

  This publication has been compiled as a joint effort by experts active in Tasks 32, 36, 37 and 40 of the IEA Bioenergy Agreement. It focuses on the health and safety issues of the supply chain of solid biofuels with the objective to highlight commonly used mitigation methodologies to promote a better working environment when […]

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• Determination of the Efficiencies of Automatic Biomass Combustion Plants

  Nov 2006

  The main objective of the present investigation is the evaluation and comparison of different methods for the determination of the efficiencies of automatic biomass combustion plants. For this purpose, detailed formulae for the combustion efficiency, the boiler efficiency and the annual plant efficiency are described and methods for direct and indirect determination are identified. Furthermore, […]

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• Biomass impacts on SCR catalyst performance

  Oct 2005

  The work focuses on poisoning of SCR catalysts by fly ash minerals and the effects of SO2 interactions with the catalysts. For the report click here

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• Biomass-coal Co-combustion: Opportunity for Affordable Renewable Energy

  Dec 2004

  This investigation explores the reasons for and technical challenges associated with co-combustion of biomass and coal in boilers designed for coal (mainly pulverized coal) combustion. For the report click here

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• Techno-economic evaluation of selected decentralised CHP applications based on biomass combustion in IEA Partner countries final report

  Mar 2004

  The main objectives of the project were to gain an overview of technological developments and demonstration activities regarding small-scale biomass CHP systems based on biomass combustion and to perform technological and economic evaluations of innovative small-scale biomass CHP technologies. For the report click here

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