Biomass Heat Recovery
Biomass is one of Earth’s most abundant organic sources of energy. Boilers have been used for over a century to dispose of vegetable waste and wood by-products while providing usable thermal for heating and power applications. Boilers are also extensively used alongside anaerobic digestors in the production of biogas – providing heating solutions to the site. However during these processes a substantial amount of energy is lost as waste heat.
By utilizing ElectraTherm’s Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) heat to power system, the heat produced from these boilers can be further utilized to generate emission-free power that can be used to offset grid costs or sold back to utility, provide district heating as a CHP unit, or even eliminate flaring at biogas applications.
Typical Fuel Sources
Typical Applications
// Sawmill residues
// Forestry by-products (hog fuel)
// Wood chips, pellets
// Various wood waste
// Animal waste
// Food waste (husks, shells, etc.)
// Agricultural waste
// Sewage sludge
// Combined heat and power
// District heating
// Sawmills, wood products
// Biomass plants
// Biogas plants
// Agriculture
// Landfills
// Wastewater treatment
Combined Heat and Power
By incorporating a Power+ Generator or Active Cooler into your existing boiler system you can further take advantage of the heat produced to generate power as well as usable thermal.
The benefit boiler applications have is that most of the equipment needed for our system is already in place (i.e. the boiler), which offsets costs and improves your return on investment. Additionally, by simply producing more hot water you are able to maximize the output of the ORC system.
What Our Customers Are Saying
Power+ Generator as a CHP Solution
From generating clean electricity and offsetting grid costs to drying biomass for profit and providing a district heating solution for the complex…
“The addition of the Power+ Generator to the Garden Centre increases overall site efficiency, reduces our use of fossil fuels and their ever increasing costs, ORC technology is critical to maximizing the site’s operations, and ElectraTherm is the most proven, robust ORC technology available.”
– Sam Ainscow, Summerseat & Bradley Ford Garden Centre
Taking Advantage of Wood Waste
Integrated Biomass Resources (IBR) teams up with Wallowa Resources Community Solutions, Inc. (WRCSI) to commission two Power+ Generators at a wood products mill in Oregon…
“The Power+ was easy to incorporate into our system and the installation and commissioning process went smoothly. The added electrical generation capacity allows IBR to offset a greater portion of the electrical demand at the mill, which displaces the retail cost of power.”
– Matt King, WRCSI
Questions?
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