Bio Fuel Power
Alternative Fuel Methods - Bio Fuel
HPI is pleased to offer a commercial scale OGTS2500 Bio Fuel industrial gas turbine package, capable of running on Bio-Oil. This organic fuel is produced from the pyrolysis of local organic waste products, such as wood waste or agrian waste.
Political pressures driven by international concerns for the environment are forcing governments to seek new advanced technologies to reduce global CO2 emissions caused by the combustion of fossil fuels. The use of bio mass as a fuel for power generation results in no net CO2 distribution since the CO2 released during combustion is recovered during the re-growth of the bio mass.
Industries and communities in the agricultural or forestry sectors often produce significant amounts of bio mass waste which is often burned in an uncontrolled manner without any heat recovery. Application of this waste bio mass for the production of the electricity can convert this waste liability into an asset providing both power and steam on site.
The cost of electrical power for remote or small communities is often high due to the low volume and long distances associated with the transmission of electricity or shipment of fuel. Often, these communities have an agricultural based economy thus providing a significant source of bio mass. By using either waste bio mass or rotational crops, these communities can produce fuel independently and produce power to supplement or expand their local power requirements.
Bio Fuel Production Technology
The complex structures of the bio mass feed stocks are broken into useful fuel or chemical "building blocks" by intense thermal action achieved by very rapid heating and a short (fraction of a second) processing time. This process results in the division of the large molecules and their reformation. Rapid cooling then preserves the initial decomposition products and yields a liquid fuel product. The process is flexible in that the bio fuel properties can be tailored through variation of the processing parameters.
The pyrolysis process is applicable to many types of feed stocks:
- Wood and wood residues
- Sugar cane residuals (e.g. bagasse and cane trash)
- Straw and grasses
- Rice husks
- Palm, peanut, and coconut shells
- Crude oil
- Heavy oils
- Asphalt and bitumen
- Heavy distillates from petroleum refining
- Tire crumb
- Waste paper and sludge
Gas Turbine Technology
Tailoring process parameters in the fuel production and implementation of engine and auxiliary system design modifications allow for the utilization of this fuel for gas turbine applications.
- Fuel Nozzle and Combustion Liner
- -Design modification to accommodate bio fuel's high viscosity and low heating value
- Hot Section Component Upgrades
- -Development of protective coatings to allow hot section components to survive the aggressive bio fuel combustion environment
- Fuel Post-Processing
- -Development of techniques to optimize bio fuel for use as a gas turbine fuel
- Fuel System
- -Dual fuel system designed to start on diesel fuel and transition to bio fuel
- -System components and materials optimization to handle high viscosity
- -Pre-heat system to improve fuel flow and atomization characteristics
Product
In conjunction with Magellan's Industrial group, the bio fuel is being developed for application to power their OGT2500 2.85MW industrial package.
