Biomass Gasification for District Heating
Energy Procedia 2017
Vladimirs Kirsanovs, Dagnija Blumberga, Katrīna Kārkliņa, Ivars Veidenbergs, Claudio Rochas, Edgars Vīgants, Ģirts Vīgants

Latvia is required to increase the share of energy produced from renewable sources. This study is focused on the potential of biomass gasification in the production of energy for the purposes of district heating. This study describes an innovative technology for syngas production from wood chips. The sensible heat of the produced syngas was used to dry wood chips. Gasification plant was tested at various capacities with and without air flow separation at the primary and secondary flows. Syngas composition, temperature in the gasifier, syngas temperatures, char heating value and several other parameters are measured and analyzed. The energy balance of the gasification process is calculated and presented. Results show that air separation causes growth in the efficiency of the gasification process.


Keywords
biomass gasification; district heating; wood chips; primary and secondary air
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2017.04.057
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187661021732180X

Kirsanovs, V., Blumberga, D., Kārkliņa, K., Veidenbergs, I., Rochas, C., Vīgants, E., Vīgants, Ģ. Biomass Gasification for District Heating. Energy Procedia, 2017, Vol. 113, pp.217-223. ISSN 1876-6102. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.04.057

Publication language
English (en)
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