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“Final Project Workshop”

The final project workshop has been organised as a webinar by Wuppertal Institute GmbH and BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH in cooperation with the HiEff-BioPower partners on November 17, 2021: 14:00 – 16:30

The webinar informed about the technical achievements of the exciting new HiEff-BioPower technology, areas of application, relevant impacts, as well as on further steps needed to make this technology ready for the market.

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Title Combining biomass gasification and solid oxid fuel cell for heat and power generation: an early-stage life cycle assessment
Authors Christian Moretti, Blanca Corona, Viola C Rühlin, Thomas Götz, Martin Junginger, Thomas Brunner, Ingwald Obernberger, Li Shen
Journal /Magazine /Paper Energies
Status Published
Publication date June 2020
Volume and number Energies 2020, 13, 2773
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Title Development of a new highly efficient and fuel flexible medium-scale CHP technology based on fixed-bed updraft biomass gasification and a SOFC
Authors Brunner, Thomas; Biedermann, Friedrich; Obernberger, Ingwald; Hirscher, Simon; Milito, Claudio; Leibold, Hans; Sitzmann, Jürgen; Megel, Stefan; Hauth, Martin; de Vos, Yves; Götz, Thomas; Shen, Li
Conference 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2018 in Copenhagen
Status Published
(European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) proceedings, ISBN 978-88-89407-18-9)
Date and place 14.–17. May 2018, Copenhagen
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Title First Stage Environmental Impact Assessment of a New Highly Efficient and Fuel Flexible Medium-Scale Chp Technology Based on Fixed-Bed Updraft Biomass Gasification and A Sofc
Authors Götz, T.; Surat, M.; Kaselofsky, J.; Obernberger, I.; Brunner, T.; Weiss, G.; Corona Bellostas, B.;Moretti, C.
Conference EUBCE 2019
Status Published
(European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) proceedings, ISBN 978-88-89407-19-6)
Date and place 30 May 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
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Title Early-stage LCA of a novel fuel flexible CHP technology based on biomass gasification and a SOFC
Authors Moretti, C., Ruhlin, Viola & Corona, Blanca
Conference CEST 2019 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Status Published (CEST 2019 proceedings)
Date and place 05 September 2019, Rhodes, Greece
Download cest2019.gnest.org/sites/default/files/presentation_file_list/cest2019_00156_oral_paper.pdf
Title Detailed CFD simulations of the fuel bed of an updraft gasifier and comparison to experimental results
Authors M. Blank, C. Benesch, G. Knauss, I. Obernberger
Conference EUBCE 2021
Status Published (Papers of the 29th European Biomass Conference)
Date and place 27 April 2021, Online
Download www.etaflorence.it/proceedings/index.asp

Picture of the optimised testing plant at MAWERA in Hard (AT) commissioned in spring 2021

Explanations: 1 … gasifier (in the background); 2 … thermal treatment zone; 3 … sorbent dosing system;
4 … high-temperature candle filter; 5 … H2S removal reactor; 6 … heat exchanger; 7 … tar reformer 2; 8 … SOFC system

POX zone, connection duct to the high-temperature candle filter and sorbent dosing system

Explanations: 1 … thermal treatment zone; 2 … product gas duct to the filter; 3 … high-temperature product gas valve; 4 … sorbent/dolomite hopper; 5 … sorbent dosing system; 6 … high-temperature candle filter

GCU-2 components downstream the high-temperature filter

Explanations: 1 … high-temperature filter; 2 … H2S removal reactor; 3 … heat exchanger; 4 … tar reformer

SOFC system

Explanations: 1 … hot box; 2 … stack module; 3 … control cabinet; 4 … side stream product gas suction fan