Pulverized Biomass Fired Boiler Technology

Overview

With the growing interest in global warming, renewable energy sources, which contribute to low carbonization and decarbonization, have been expanding across the globe in recent years. Among renewable energy sources, biomass power generation system can serve as a stable and adjustable power source with a large capacity and can help to reduce CO2 emissions in thermal power plants from the aspect of a carbon neutrality concept.

In response to such situation, Mitsubishi Power has developed high efficiency 100% biomass firing power generation system by applying the biomass pulverization/ combustion/ ash deposition prevention technology, which is based on 112 MW class coal and biomass co-firing power plants experiences in Japan and biomass firing experiences in which our group company Mitsubishi Power Europe GmbH (MHPS-EDE) took part.

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Item Studstrap #3 Drax #1-#3 Avedore #1 Atikokan
Plant location Denmark UK Denmark Canada
Output (MWe) 350 660 250 200
Biomass exclusive firing starting year 2016 2016 2017 2016
Major modification coverage for biomass exclusive firing
  • Mill
  • Burner
  • Burner
  • Mill
  • Burner
  • Mill
  • Burner
Plant operation pattern Winter: biomass
Summer: coal
Biomass in all year round Winter: biomass
Summer: coal
About 1/3 of a year
(peaking power source)
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Studstrap #3
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Avedore #1