IEA FBC Implementing Agreement Fluidized Bed Conversion (working period 2020 - 2023)

The aim of the project is to continue to further develop the internationally very well accepted participation of Austria in the information network of the IEA Fluidized Bed Conversion (FBC) Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) to optimize fluidized bed conversion of fuels applied to clean energy production (heat and power). All stakeholders will be included on a national as well as on a global level.

Short Description

The aim of the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) Fluidized Bed Conversion (FBC) is the further development of the fluidized bed technology for a secure and clean energy production (power and heat). Austria has already been participating successfully for many years and was two times operating agent for the TCP. Austria has a lot of activities using fluidized bed technology successfully in the area of operation, manufacturing as well as research.

The IEA TCP is an excellent platform to stimulate co-operation and information exchange between all stakeholders and not only on a national level but also on an international and global level.

The IEA TCP FBC is not further divided into tasks but is one major task with different main topics which are as follows: The further development of the fluidized bed technology for the reduction of pollutants, the utilization of renewable and fossil fuels, the further scale-up of very large fluidized bed boilers, the development and optimization of fluidized bed units in the range of 100MWth, the fuel flexibility, agglomeration and fouling, ash utilization, availability and boiler life time.

In addition, the fluidized bed technology may be used for oxyfuel combustion, chemical looping combustion, gasification as well as CO2 sequestration (zero emission) and as active heat storage unit.
The current period builds on the previous 'IEA FBC period 2017 - 2020'. The following activities have been excellently developed and expanded:

update and further development of the IEA-FBC database,
national and international information distribution and networking activities,
edition of annual reports of the FBC TCP with national and IEA-FBC activities,
participation in the Technical Sessions and Executive Committee Meetings FBC,
organisation of workshops and tours to fluidized bed units.

This project is fully in line with Austrian technology policy and makes a significant contribution to its implementation.

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Participants

Austria, Canada, China (Operating Agent), Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America

Contact Address

Project leader

Ao.Univ.Prof.Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz Winter
Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Verfahrenstechnik, Umwelttechnik u. Techn. Biowissenschaften
Getreidemarkt 9/166
1060 Wien
E-Mail: franz.winter@tuwien.ac.at

Project team members

Dr. Mark Berchtold
E-Mail: mark.berchtold@tuwien.ac.at

Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Kuca
E-Mail: daniel.kuca@tuwien.ac.at

Noah Steinacher
E-Mail: noah.steinacher@tuwien.ac.at