Conference: Challenges of Biomass Combustion

The main focus of the conference is set on operational experiences and large scale biomass power plants. Projects for large scale conversion as well as new built units will be presented.

The high temperature chlorine corrosion mechanisms, related damage symptoms and countermeasures will be explained. Finally a compre­hensive overview over fire and explosion prevention in practice will be given.

Topics

• Large scale biomass power plants, conversion and operational experiences
• High temperature chlorine corrosion and operational experiences with countermeasures
• Fire and explosion prevention in practice
• Utilization of Biomass Ash

Wednesday - November 13th, 2013

• 10:30 - 11:00 Welcome
  Swen Kaast, Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG (Berlin, Germany)

• 11:00 - 11:30 VGB activities in the field of biomass
  Erland Christensen, VGB PowerTech e.V. (Essen, Germany)

Large Scale Biomass Projects

• 11:30 - 11:50 Conversion of Ironbridge power plant
  Andy Carling, E.ON Climate & Renewables (Coventry, United Kingdom)

• 11:50 - 12:10 Polaniec Green Unit
  Jarek Duda, GDF Suez Energia Polska S.A. (Katowice, Poland)

• 12:10 - 12:30 Discussion
• 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break

• 13:30 - 13:50 Fynsvaerket straw fired CHP unit
  Niels Kirkegaard, Vattenfall A/S (Fredericia, Denmark)

• 13:50 - 14:10 Biomass in RWE Essent: Over ten years of development and experience
  Dr. Wim Willeboer, RWE Essent Productie B.V. (Geertruidenberg, The Netherlands)

• 14:10 - 14:30 Operational experience with a 15 MWth biomass burner - investigation of combustion and emission performance
  Patrick Moenkert, Alstom Boiler Deutschland GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany)

• 14:30 - 15:00 Discussion
• 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

• 15:30 - 16:00 Utilisation of biomass ash - an European overview
  Rea Oikkonen, Pohjolan Voima Oy (Helsinki, Finland)

• 16:00 - 16:30 The biomass technology roadmap of the RHCplatform: Priorities for high efficient large-scale CHP units
  Dr. Panagiotis Grammelis, Center for Research & Technology Hellas CERTH/ Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute CPERI (Athens, Greece)

• 16:30 Get-together

Thursday - November 14th, 2013

High Temperature Chlorine Corrosion and Counter Measures

• 09:00 - 09:20 High temperature chlorine corrosion and its damage mechanism
  Christian Ullrich, Peter Körner, VGB Materials Laboratory (Essen, Germany)

• 09:20 - 09:40 Operational experiences from the ChlorOut concept
  Dr. Magnus Berg, ChlorOut AB (Stockholm, Sweden)

• 09:40 - 10:00 Discussion
• 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break

• 10:30 - 10:50 Additives as method for preventing fouling - results of large scale tests
  Henryk Kubiczek, EDF Polska S.A. (Krakow, Poland)

• 10:50 - 11:10 Operational experiences with coal fly ash injection
  Bo Sanders, Dong Energy Thermal Power (Fredericia, Denmark)

• 11:10 - 11:30 Discussion

Fire and Explosion Prevention

• 11:30 - 12:00 VGB - Standard: Fire and explosion prevention in biomass fired power plants
  Sebastian Zimmerling, VGB PowerTech e.V. (Essen, Germany)

• 12:00 - 12:45 Lunch break

• 12:45 - 13:05 Biomass: Fire and explosions - prevention measurements
  Jan van den Auweele, Laborelec (Linkebeek, Belgium)

• 13:05 - 13:25 Fire and explosion protection in milling systems of coal power plants with biomass co-firing
  Manfred Ersing., EDF Polska S.A. (Krakow, Poland)

• 13:25 - 13:45 Discussion

• 13:45 - 14:05 Fire and explosion protection at Boehringer Ingelheim power plant
  Lothar Wollner, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany)

• 14:05 - 14:25 Fire fighting in silos
  Henry Persson, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden (Boras, Sweden)

• 14:25 - 14:45 Discussion

VGB PowerTech e.V.
Akalya Theivendran
Postfach 10 39 32
D-45143 Essen
Tel.: +49 (201) 8128-230
Fax: +49 (201) 8128-6-230
E-Mail: akalya.theivendran@vgb.org