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Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals | 2016
2250-h long term operation of a water gas shift pilot plant processing tar-rich product gas from an industrial scale dual fluidized bed biomass steam gasification plant
Kraussler M, Binder M, Hofbauer H. 2250-h long term operation of a water gas shift pilot plant processing tar-rich product gas from an industrial scale dual fluidized bed biomass steam gasification plant. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 27 April 2016;41(15): 6247-6258.
Technical Reports | 2017
2016 Survey of Non-Starch Alcohol and Renewable Hydocarbon Biofuels Producers
Warner E, Bacovsky D, Schwab A. 2016 Survey of Non-Starch Alcohol and Renewable Hydocarbon Biofuels Producers. 2016 Survey of Non-Starch Alcohol and Renewable Hydocarbon Biofuels Producers. February 2017.
Conference contributions | 2015
"Investigations on the catalytic activity of bed material coating regarding the water-gas-shift reaction and the steam reforming of model compounds for lighter and heavier hydrocarbons"
Kuba M, Havlik F, Kirnbauer F, Hofbauer H. Investigations on the catalytic activity of bed material coating regarding the water-gas-shift reaction and the steam reforming of model compounds for lighter and heavier hydrocarbons, 23rd European Biomass Conference 2015, 1st-4th of June 2015, Vienna, Austria. (oral presentation)
Conference contributions | 2014
"BioCAT – Clean air technology for small-scale combustion systems"
Reichert G, Wöhler M, Schwabl M, Schmidl C, Aigenbauer S, Bachmaier H, Figl F, Hartmann H, Haslinger W, Kirchhof J, Stressler H, Sturmlechner R, Turowski P, Voglauer B. BioCAT – Clean air technology for small-scale combustion systems, 4. Central European Biomass Conference 2014, 15th-18th of January 2014, Graz, Austria. (oral presentation)
Other Presentations | 2018
Regelung verfahrens- und energietechnischer Anlagen. Zukünftige Möglichkeiten durch zunehmende Digitalisierung.
Gölles M. Regelung verfahrens- und energietechnischer Anlagen. Zukünftige Möglichkeiten durch zunehmende Digitalisierung. 6. Fachkolloquium, Effiziente und schadstoffarme Verbrennungstechnologien für Biomasse. Präseantion. 10.07.2018.
Conference Papers | 2019
Performance evaluation of an electrostatic precipitator in a small-scale biomass boiler by using different biomass feedstocks
Kelz J, Zemann C, Muschick D, Hofmeister G, Gölles M. & Retschitzegger S. Performance evaluation of an electrostatic precipitator in a small-scale biomass boiler by using different biomass feedstocks. Proceedings 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 27-31 May 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.1932-1938.
In order to evaluate the performance of an electrostatic precipitator (ESP), comprehensive test runs investigating both particulate matter (PM) and gaseous emissions were performed by using softwood pellets as well as alternative biomass feedstocks such as short rotation coppice (poplar) and biomass residues (maize). An ESP was directly integrated in a commercially available small-scale biomass boiler. Based on wet chemical analyses of the fuels, so-called fuel indexes were calculated to deliver primary information on the expected combustion behaviour. The overall aim was to determine appropriate operating conditions, to optimise combustion parameters in order to minimise PM and gaseous emissions as well as to inhibit ash related problems. This was done by an efficient combination of primary (air staging in combination with an innovative control system) and secondary measures (integration of an ESP) and showed an enormous potential for both, a stable plant operation and reduced PM emissions. Thus the findings provide the basis for developing a fuel flexible, low emission and highly efficient biomass boiler in the sector of small-scale combustion systems.
Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals | 2017
Online experiments and modelling with a detailed reaction scheme of single particle biomass pyrolysis.
Anca-Couce A, Sommersacher P, Scharler R. Online experiments and modelling with a detailed reaction scheme of single particle biomass pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. Available online 17 July 2017
Detailed reaction schemes and experimental data for the online release of pyrolysis volatiles are required to gain a more fundamental understanding of biomass pyrolysis, which would in turn allow the process to be controlled in a more precise way and the development of more targeted applications. A detailed online characterisation of pyrolysis products has been conducted in single particle experiments with spruce pellets at different temperatures, obtaining a good closure of the elemental mass balances. The yields and online release of CO, CO2, H2O, CH4, other light hydrocarbons and total organic condensable species, as well as char yield and composition, can be predicted with a reasonable accuracy with the application of a single particle model, coupled with a detailed pyrolysis scheme, and a simple one-step scheme for tar cracking. In order to achieve it, improvements have been conducted in the pyrolysis scheme, mainly concerning the release of light hydrocarbons and char yield and composition. Deviations are still present in the different groups in which organic condensable species can be classified.