NNE5-2001-00517 New Small Scale Innovative Energy Biomass Combustor - NESSIE

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Type of Project	Demonstration
Contract No	NNE5-2001-00517
Total Cost
EC Contribution
Start Date	01-01-2003
Duration	36 months
Scientific Officer	José Riesgo Villanueva

Abstract

The project aims to develop a new robust and reliable biomass-based CHP system for small and medium ranges (< 10 MW rated thermal capacity), which can be operated with both bulk and baled biomass.

The new combustion system should lead to an investment cost reduction of min. 33% compared to conventional grate-fired boilers, due to the simple construction of the boiler without refractory material and mechanical moving parts within the firing zone. A reduction in operation costs can be expected from short start-up time (reduced fuel stock), low stack loss and more complete combustion, even in the case of inhomogenities. Improved demand-side management should lead to a complete new district heating system with fewer losses in the heating grid and a smaller boiler for a maximum of full-load operating hours.

Consortium

The project is being carried out by companies and research institutes from Austria, Germany, Poland and Denmark, as follows:

• Wiener Stadtwerke Beteiligungsmanagement (A)
• Greenpower (A)
• Herz Armatura I Systemy Grewcze (PL)
• DANFOSS (DK)
• TU Wien (A)
• Technologie- und Förderzentrum Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (A)

The project consortium groups experts in energy-supply management, cultivation and biomass quality, combustion technology, manufacturing of boiler components, power-plant construction and operation, and energy supply control software technology. The broad European dimension will contribute to shortening the time to market and to the dissemination of the results.

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Contact

• Gerhard GAMPERL / Wiener Stadtwerke Beteiligungsgesellschaft AUSTRIA