Status on emissions, regulation and technical improvements and
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Status on emissions, regulation and technical improvements and
Seminar on wood combustion and air quality in Aarhus/Denmark, March 15th, 2012 Status on emissions, regulation and technical improvements and future developments for residential wood burning appliances in Germany Hans Hartmann Technology and Support Centre of Renewable Raw Materials (TFZ), Straubing/Germany Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 1 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Technology and Support Centre of Renewable Raw Materials (TFZ) Internet: www.tfz.bayern.de Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 2 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Content 1 Pollutant emissions in Germany (Status and regulations) 2 Primary measures 3 Operational influences (mainly given for stoves) 4 Fuel based influences 5 Seconday measures (filters, catalysts, ESP‘s) 6 Conclusions Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 3 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe PM emission sources in Germany (2005) Emissions from heating in private households 35 30 kt PM10 Emissions 25 20 Wood Coal Heating oil Natural gas Total 15 10 5 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year Hartmann • Turowski P 12 B ha 003 Slide 4 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Types of stoves for log wood Open fireplace Chimney stove Enclosed fireplace Flue gas Flue gas Flue gas Hot air Cover panel Hot air Exhaust hood for hot gas Window Combustion space Combustion air Window Secondary air Primary air Open air supply Combustion air Ambient air (cold) Flue gas Tiled surface Masonry heater Storing mass Tiled stove with convection heating Flue gas Cooking stove Protection bar Ignition gate Cooking plate Tiled surface Cleanout Hot gas tracts Hot air Oven bench Combustion chamber (with grate) Secondary air Primary air Hot gas tracts Heating insert Heating front Tiled surface Baking tube Combustion chamber (without grate) Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 5 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Distribution of stove types in Germany Total number of stoves in Germany: 12,2 Million Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 6 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Emission and efficiency requirements of stoves German requirements for type tests (according to emission directive “1. BImSchV“ from 2010) All emissions are given at 13 % O2-concentration). Step 1: erected after 22.03.2010 Step 2: erected after 31.12.2014 erected after 22.3.2010 CO [g/m³] Dust [g/m³] CO [g/m³] Dust [g/m³] Room heaters (flat furnace) 2.0 0.075 1.25 0.04 minimum efficiency [%] 73 Room heaters (filling furnace) 2.5 0.075 1.25 0.04 70 Heat storage stoves 2.0 0.075 1.25 0.04 75 Closed fireplaces 2.0 0.075 1.25 0.04 75 Tiled stoves (flat furnace) 2.0 0.075 1.25 0.04 80 Tiled stoves (filling furnace) 2.5 0.075 1.25 0.04 80 Cooking stoves 3.0 0.075 1.50 0.04 70 Central heating&cooking stoves 3.5 0.075 1.50 0.04 75 Pellet stoves without water jacket 0.40 0.05 0.25 0.03 85 Pellet stoves with water jacket 0.40 0.03 0.25 0.02 90 Stove type Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 7 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe CO emission limits for stoves (Europe 2010) 14 g/m³12 (13 % O2) CO emission limit 10 Austria Germany Sweden 8 Ireland 6 4 2 0 Hartmann • Turowski P 12 B ha 003 Slide 8 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Minimum efficiency requirements for stoves (Europe 2010) 100 % 90 Austria Germany Sweden 80 mimimum effiency 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Hartmann • Turowski P 12 B ha 003 Slide 9 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe German emission limits for small scale biomass boilers Nominal heat power Regulation Oxigen concentr. Vol.% O2 Emissions limits (new installations) since 22.03.2010 from 01.01.2015** CO g/Nm³ Dust mg/Nm³ CO g/Nm³ Dust mg/Nm³ Wood logs and wood chips ≥ 4 ≤ 500 kW 1.BImSchV 13 1.0 100 0.4 20 > 500 kW < 1 MW 1.BImSchV 13 0.5 100 0.4 20 ≥ 4 ≤ 500 kW 1.BImSchV 13 0.8 60 0.4 20 > 500 kW < 1 MW 1.BImSchV 13 0.5 60 0.4 20 13 1.0 100 0.4 20 Wood pellets Straw oder similar materials* ≥ 4 < 100 kW 1.BImSchV * additional requirements for type testing: Dioxins und Furanes 0.1 ng/m³; NOx 0.6 g/m³ (from 01.01.2015: 0.5 g/m³); CO 0.25 g/m³ ** for log wood boilers: from 01.01.2017 Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 10 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Long term trend of CO emissions from wood boilers Type tests of hand- und automatically charged wood boilers (data source: BLT Wieselburg, Austria) 20000 18000 mg/Nm³ @13 % O2 16000 CO emission 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Year Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 11 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Origin of boilers in Germany by country Random sample of funding cases of market incentive program for small scale biomass boilers (4 - 100 kW): n = 358 Czech Rep. 2% n.a. 1% Others 2% Italy 11% Austria 55% Germany 29% Hartmann • Reisinger P 12 B ha 003 Slide 12 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Type testing results for wood boilers (1996 to 2006) CO 15 to <50 kW Total dust 50 to <100 kW Max 80 mg/Nm³ Min (at 13% O 2 ) mg/Nm³ 700 number of tests 600 400 300 241 200 166 91 100 0 15 to <50 kW 50 to <100 kW Max 60 500 Dust emission Carbon monoxide emission (at 13% O 2) Min 40 27 25 22 21 24 18 20 95 79 32 62 39 65 15 37 10 number of tests 0 58 39 65 15 37 10 Reference: TFZ (Handbook on Small Scale Biomass Use 2007) Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 13 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Emission factors for wood furnaces (below 50 kW) (estimations 2008) Central heating boilers Room heaters 300 Total particle emission (mg/MJ) 250 old (1984) 250 new (2007) 200 170 150 150 100 90 100 50 34 45 21 11 0 Chimney stoves Heat storing Pellet stoves stoves Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 14 Wood log boilers Wood chip Pellet boilers boilers Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Wood stoves and boilers practise oriented test at TFZ Pellet boiler, 25 kW KWB Easyfire USP 25 Wood chip boiler, 50 kW HDG Compact 50 Log wood boiler, 30 kW Fröling FHG Turbo 3000 Tiled stove inset, 10 kW, Brunner HKD 5.1 Chimey stove, 7 kW Wodtke Moon Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 15 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Type testing versus practice tests 100 TFZ -results (practice related tests) „Type testing resuls mg/Nm 3 Total dust emissions (13 % O2) 72 58 60 40 38 34 26 20 20 24 26 15 9 0 Pellet boiler Wood chip boiler Log wood boiler Tiled stove insert Chimney stove TFZ measurements: 10 to 12 replications at nominal power, dry fuels Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 16 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Rules for efficient primary furnace improvements sufficient combustion volume (residence time) for agglomeration processes sufficiently high temperatures (secondary combustion chamber) good mixing with combustion air (turbulence, teriary air) low lambda total: = 1.3 to 1.7 in fire bed: = 0.2 to 0.4 pronounced air staging („fixed-bed“ gasifier stage) deposition areas of low gas velocity (for coarse particles) Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 17 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Features of modern chimney stoves correctly dimensioned combustion chamber with chamotte walls (allowing high temperatures and high gas residence time) round shaped edges and corners in combustion chamber (to reduce dead zones) deflecting parts for increased turbulences and mixing of pyrolysis gases with oxygen separate primary- and secondary air inlets single crank mechanism for primary/ secondary air distribution preferably small windows (or none) preferably high and slim compared to wide furnace body geometry preferably long vertical pipe to chimney (for higher heat radiation into the room) Photos: Wodtke Hartmann • Reisinger P 12 B ha 003 Slide 18 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Combustion principles for wood logs Hand charged natural draft furnace CO2 CO % 16 g/m³ 16 312 12 312 12 28 8 28 8 14 4 4 14 Fuel charging 0 0 40 0 20 40 80 Fuel charging 120 160 Operation time 80 120 160 Operation time 2 concentration COCO 2 concentration 20 Hand charged furnace with fan charged furnace with fan Downdraft combustion % Hand 16 % 16 (with fan) 200 min 240 0 200 min 240 CO2 CO CO2 CO 2,5 10 2,5 10 8g/m³ 8g/m³ 1,5 6 12 12 1,5 6 8 1,0 4 1,0 4 8 0,5 2 4 0,5 2 Fuel charging 4 Fuel charging Downdraft combustion 0 0 0 40 40 20 20 Hartmann Slide 19 % 16 % on n P 12 B ha 003 520 g/m³ 16 CO concentration CO concentration 20 % 16 concentration COCO concentration without grate Hand charged natural draft furnace Updraft combustion CO2 CO 16 80 80 120 160 120 160 Operation time 200 min 240 0 200 min 240 Operation time 1,0 CO2 CO Automatically charged furnace with fan CO 2 Technologie- und Förderzentrum Automatically charged furnace with fan CO im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe 1,0 g/m³ 0,8 g/m³ 0,8 n with grate 520 20 CO 2 concentration CO 2 concentration Updraft combustion Downdraft combustion in natural draft stoves? Xeoos „Twinfire“ by Specht GmbH, Germany Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 20 „Walltherm“ Wood gasifier stove by Wallnöfer H.F., Italy Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe CFD based combustion design - Example for pellet boiler Particle and flue gas temperatures Source: Obernberger, BIOS Bioenergiesysteme, Austria Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 21 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Useful components for inceased stove performance Bleed air flap at chimney bottom (in the basement) → to avoid excessive draught in critical stages of combustion Temperature display for stoves → to avoid too high temperatures (by reduced charging) Micro-electronic control units → retrofit units or integrated air control flaps (for stoves with central air insert sockets) Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 22 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Ignition: „Top-down ignition method“ (recommended) 4 firewood pieces of 3x3x20 cm and ignition agent (waxed wood wool rolls) wood sticks crosswise and ignition agent below “ignition module“ on top of wood logs Source: Swiss brochure “Richtig Anfeuern“ Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 23 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Experimental setup for chimney stove trials at TFZ Buderus blueline No.12, 8 kW Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 24 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Log size influence - Stove 2: Fuels used 5x5x25 cm 6x6x25 cm 7x7x25 cm 8x8x25 cm 9x9x21 cm • beech wood without bark • fuel load: always about 2.5 kg • uniform moisture content: 15.5 % Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 25 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Log size influence - Stove 2 : CO and total dust emissions 6,000 5 5,026 CO OGC lambda 4- 3,954 4,000 3,680 3,244 3,177 3 3,000 2 lambda 400 undiluted diluted 2,000 925 1,000 955 658 901 1 483 0 0 n=3 5x5x25 n=3 6x6x25 n=3 7x7x25 n=3 8x8x25 n=3 9x9x21 mg/Nm³ 300 (13 % O2) Particle emission Gaseous emission mg/Nm³ 5,000 (13 % O2) 225 211 194 200 178 123 60 100 73 65 n=3 8x8x25 n=3 9x9x21 65 34 0 n=3 5x5x25 n=3 6x6x25 n=3 7x7x25 Chimney stove Buderus blueline 8 kW Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 26 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Loaded fuel mass influence - Stove 2: Fuels used 0.45 kg 0.92 kg 1.26 kg 1.75 kg 2.30 kg • beech wood without bark • log size with 5x5x25 cm with increasing number of logs • moisture content of about 14 % Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 27 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Loaded fuel mass influence: CO and total dust emissions 6,000 5 CO OGC lambda 4,390 4- 4,002 3 2,626 3,000 2,758 2,532 2 2,000 738 869 1,000 371 503 1 425 0 0 n=3 5x5 0.45 kg n=3 5x5 0.92 kg n=3 5x5 1.26 kg n=3 5x5 1.75 kg n=3 5x5 2.30 kg 400 mg/Nm³ (13 % O2) Particle emission 4,000 lambda Gaseous emission mg/Nm³ (135,000 % O 2) undiluted diluted 312 300 200 211 190 150 135 86 106 97 100 66 60 0 n=3 5x5 0.45 kg n=3 5x5 0.92 kg n=3 5x5 1.26 kg n=3 5x5 1.75 kg Chimney stove Buderus blueline 8 kW Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 28 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe n=3 5x5 2.30 kg Fuel moisture influence - Stove 1: Dust emission 1144 800 mg/Nm3 Total dust emission (13 % O2) Fuel used: beech logs (25 cm) Undiluted flue gas Diluted flue gas 600 500 400 300 200 126 100 0 58 68 12 % 41 69 20 % 30 % Moisture content in fuel Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 29 Chimney stove Wodtke “Moon“ (7 kW, updraft) Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Increase of PM emission by flue gas dilution • • • • • • Data from 6 different furnace plant types (stoves/boilers) In total 317 data sets Filter material treated at 120°C Full stream dilution Dilution ratio at 4.2 1,800 plant 1 (n=118) Sampling at 43.5°C mg/Nm³ 1,600 plant 2 (n=36) plant 3 (n=51) plant 4 (n=30) plant 5 (n=40) plant 6 (n=42) (13 % O2) Increase of PM-emission 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 0 Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 30 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 OGC 5,000 mg/Nm³ 6,000 7,000 (13 % O2) Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Fuel moisture influence - Stove 2: CO and total dust emissions Chimney stove Buderus blueline 8 kW standard test fuel used : 7x7 cm beech wood 700 8000 CO mg/Nm³ OGC (13 % O2) (13 % O2) 6000 Particle emission Gaseous emission undiluted flue gas diluted flue gas mg/Nm³ 600 4000 500 400 300 200 2000 100 0 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 % 40 Moisture content in fuel Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 31 45 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Moisture content in fuel Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe 40 % 45 Combustion of briquettes - Procedure spruce without bark round with hole round without hole spruce with bark cubiform beech without bark eightedge with hole beech with bark bark cubiform bark sixedge • ignition performed with spruce wood without bark for briquette trials • fuel load was always about 1.6 kg per batch Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 32 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe brown coal Combustion of briquettes – Gaseous emissions 12,000 8 CO OGC lambda Wood logs Wood/bark briquettes 8,360 8,206 6-- 8,000 6,687 5,234 6,000 4 3,620 4,000 3,238 2,000 327 1,787 2,257 1,551 1,475 868 238 352 104 2,214 1,641 205 2 1,815 598 1,121 161 0 0 n=3 spruce without bark n=3 spruce with bark n=3 beech without bark n=3 beech with bark n=3 round with hole n=3 round without hole n=6 cubiform n=3 eightedge with hole n=3 bark cubiform n=3 bark sixedge n=2 brown coal Chimney stove Buderus blueline 8 kW Hartmann • Schön P 12 B ha 003 Slide 33 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe lambda Gaseous emission mg/Nm³ 10,000 (13 % O2) PM emission from automatically charged boilers as a function of aerosol forming elements in fuel 1.000 Guntamatic-Feuerung Guntamatic-boiler y = 0,19x0,73 R² = 0,86 Heizomat-Feuerung Heizomat-boiler 100 y = 0,24 x0,73 R2 = 0,51 Miscanthus PM Emission mg/Nm³ (13 % O2) Agroflammboiler y = 0,12x0,71 R² = 0,88 10 100 1.000 10.000 mg/kg (dry) 100.000 Total of K-, Na-, S- and Cl-content in fuel Hartmann • Turowski P 12 B ha 003 Slide 34 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Overview on particle separator types for residential applications Principle Advantage Disadvantage Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) low pressure drop, low cost problems with organic particles Filtering devices very good separation effect (e.g. baghouse filters) high pressure drop, high technical efforts Cyclone separators low cost low effect on fine particles Scrubbers flue gas condensation is possible high technical efforts medium separation effect Flue gas condensation additional heat gain low separation effect Catalyst effect on gases, lower OC load on particles only indirect separation effect Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 35 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Catalyst for stoves: ChimCat (Dr. Pley Environmental GmbH) Catalyst module catalyst type: activated ceramic granulate modules integrated or retrofit units mainly for reduction of CO- and carbohydrates only minor effects on particle reduction is expected Catalyst insert (retrofit unit) Functioning principle Images: Dr. Pley Environmental Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 36 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Sintered-Ceramic filter for stoves: Foam ceramic by Hark GmbH filter type: foam ceramic as full flow barrier filter in combustion chamber outlet manual cleaning by operator (washing, blowing, etc.) thermal regeneration in furnace Hark stove with filter before chimney outlet Foam ceramic inset (barrier filter) Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 37 Photos by Hark GmbH Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Flue gas treatment: Electrostatic precipitators (ESP) Chimney-top ESP ESP for flue gas tube integration (living rooms) ESP for central heating boilers ESP-chimney systems Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 38 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Exampel of chimney top ESP: Ruff-Kat GmbH, Holzkirchen Type: Ruff-Kat Chimney mounted Voltage 14-22 kV aktive cleaning (vibration) Length: ca. 1 m above chimney top Status: field tests and market introduction Photos: Ruff-Kat Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 39 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Boiler attached ESP (1): Spanner SFF (by Fa. Spanner Re²) Types: Spanner SFF 20 / SFF50 / SFF100 Mounted beside a boiler Voltage: 15 kV Mechanical removal of deposits (vibration) With purge air cleaning of electrodes Pressure drop: 40 pa Status: Field tests 4 depositing pipes with electrode casing purge air cylinder raw gas electrode clean gas pipe -cleaning (vibration) absorber pipes purge air cylinder particle container Photos: TFZ Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 40 Werkbild : Spanner Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Efficiency of ESP by Spanner Re²: Test results from TFZ raw gas 93 91 92 94 86 120 total particle emission 85 85 88 85 81 78 (13 % O2) 100 90 85 82 mg/Nm3 precipitation efficiency 80 % 109 93 90 60 62 60 40 39 33 30 25 36 32 26 46 36 24 16 2 4 5 7 3 9 5 5 5 6 28 30 19 18 4 4 3 0 20 precipitation efficiency 150 clean gas 2 0 birch beech spruce spruce (large logs) spruce (unsplit) Measurements using Fröling log wood boiler (FHG 3000 Turbo) with ESP by Spanner Re² (Neufahrn, Germany) Hartmann • Rossmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 41 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Boiler attached ESP (2): Carola – Separator (by KIT, Karlsruhe) Type: CAROLA (Develpment: Karlsruhe Institut of Technology) Mounted beside a boiler Mechanical removal of deposits (rot. brush, 1 min/h) Pressure drop: 10 pa Voltage 16-18 kV Tested with up to 30 kW Status: field tests Images: KIT Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 42 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Boiler attached ESP (3): AL-Top (by Schräder, Kamen) Type: AL-Top, ESP with infill of wetted metal shavings as absobing surface Mounted beside a boiler Status: field tests clean gas spray nozzle injection metal shavings infill (absorbing surface) high voltage electrode raw gas drain outlet Images: Schräder Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 43 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Creation of a test standard for PM precipitators elaborated by VDI and DIN (German Standards Institute) Test standard DIN 33999 Title: Emission reduction – Small and medium furnaces – Methods for the determination of the capacity of secondary retrofit dust precipitation units expected year of issue: 2013 (German title: Emissionsminderung — Kleine und mittlere Feuerungsanlagen (1. BImSchV) — Prüfverfahren zur Ermittlung der Abscheidewirkung von nachrüstbaren und nachgeschalteten Einrichtungen zur Staubminderung) Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 44 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Condensing biomass boilers: function and energy flow Fluegas Spray water (flushing) Circulation water Fuel energy input 85 103 100 (by lower calorific value) Circulation water 15 Condensate, dust Boiler losses: Flue gas 13 Boiler surface 2 Hartmann • Roßmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 45 Useful heating energy 18 9 Heat recovery: Condensation 9 Flue gas cooling 9 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Effect of flue gas condensation with wood combustion Overal boiler efficiency 50 120 + 18 % 104 45 100 Dust emission Efficiency 80 60 40 -30 % 35 30 30 25 20 15 10 20 5 0 0 without SHE Hartmann • Roßmann P 12 B ha 003 43 40 86 Secondary heat exchanger (SHE) PM reduction Slide 46 with SHE without SHE with SHE Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Boiler evaluation by load cycle tests Measured efficiency (15 kW pellet boiler) Load variation scenarios 100 % 30 20 Transitional period (work day, cloudy) 15 10 5 240 480 720 960 Time (minutes) Hartmann • Roßmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 47 1200 1440 74.9 70 60 50 Type testing 40 Winter day (Sunday, sunny) 30 20 0 0 84.1 80 Type testing Winter day (Sunday, sunny) Boiler efficiency Heating power kW 25 95.6 Transitional period (work day, cloudy) 10 0 Reference days Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Developed standard load cycle test for the determination of annual efficiency and emission factors Source: Guideline by Bioenergy 2020+ and TFZ Roßmann, Hartmann Heckmann, Schwarz P 12 B ha 003 Slide 48 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Development of fuel prices in Germany (inkl. VAT) 100 Heating oil, light ct/l 90 HEL 87 Cent/l 3000 l Consumer fuel price (ct per litre heating oil equivalent) X 80 Wood logs (hard, dry), 70 60 50 33 cm, split, max. 10 km delivery 88 €/sm³ Wood pellets 5 t loose, 50 km delivery 244 €/t 40 95 €/t 30 20 10 Wood chips (MC 35%) max. 20 km delivery 0 Hartmann • Reisinger P 12 B ha 003 Slide 49 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Summary and conclusions • biomass combustion has significantly improved during the last years (this applies mainly for boilers) • sufficient knowledge for further primary measures is available (optimum lambda, air controll, CFD) • operator‘s influence is still large for stoves (instructions efforts required!) • solutions for non-wood fuel applications are few in Germany (high legal barriers) • fuel standardisation provides chances for further improvements • secondary measures are on the edge of becoming broadly availabe for small scale applicances. Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 50 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Thanks for listening! www.tfz.bayern.de Hartmann P 12 B ha 003 Slide 51 Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe