MICROTURBINES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN BIO-ENERGY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION . 2

2. DEFINITION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND SMALL SCALE CHP 3

3. DEFINITION OF A MICROTURBINE 6

4. BIOENERGY SPECIFICITIES. 12

4.1. Biomass basics . 12

4.2. Biopower technologies. 13

4.3. Firing gas turbines with biomass derived fuels 15

4.4. Firing micro-gas turbines with biomass derived fuels . 17

5. MAJOR MICROTURBINE MANUFACTURERS 18

5.1. Turbec . 18

5.2. Bowman Power 21

5.3. Other European Manufacturers 24

5.4. Capstone 24

5.5. Ingersoll Rand 26

5.6. Elliot Energy Systems 27

6. CURRENT R&D ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EC PROJECTS 29

6.1. OMES project 30

6.2. CHEP project . 32

6.3. MICRO-TRIGEN. 35

6.4. CAME-GT . 37

6.5. Externally fired biomass-driven gas turbine 39

6.6. Further EU and US R&D activities 40

7. CASE STUDIES. 45

7.1. Turbec T100 running on sewage treatment gas, Kilmington, UK [Burgess, 2003] 45

7.2. Mariestad sewage treatment plant , OMES EC project [Noren 2003]. 48

7.3. US Case studies 49

8. MARKET POTENTIAL OF MICROTURBINES 52

8.1. Market potential of cogeneration . 52

8.2. Market potential of biomass cogeneration . 54

8.3. Drivers & Barriers to biomass cogeneration 57

8.4. Market potential of microturbines 58

8.5. SWOT analysis for biomass driven microturbines 61

9. CONCLUSIONS. 65

10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.67

11. REFERENCES 68

12. ANNEX. 72