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Results of the Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis for a Novel Biomass Gasification-Based Power Generation System for the Forest Products Industry:
Phase 1 Pre-Design Evaluation Final Report - November 2003

Bryan, Bruce
Rabovitser, Joseph
Ghose, Sunil
Patel, Jim

Gas Technology Institute

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Table of Contents

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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DISCLAIMER

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ABSTRACT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

iv

LIST OF TABLES

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LIST OF FIGURES

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1.0

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1

 

1.1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.2

PLANT DESIGN 1

1.3

EXPERIMENTAL 1

1.4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 2

1.5

CONCLUSIONS 2

2.0

INTRODUCTION 1
 

2.1

BACKGROUND 1

2.2

PROJECT OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVES 1

2.3

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS 2

3.0

PLANT DESIGN STUDY & ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 3
 

3.1

STUDY BASIS 3
 

3.1.1

Plant Design Basis 3

3.1.2

Site Characteristics 3

3.1.3

Biomass Fuel Characteristics 3

3.1.4

Emissions Standards 4

3.2

PLANT DESCRIPTION 5
 

3.2.1

Overall Plant Description 5

3.2.2

Systems and Components of the Plant 6

3.2.3

Implementation Steps 7

3.3

MAJOR PLANT AREAS 15
 

3.3.1

Biomass Drying System 15

3.3.2

Gasification Plant 17

3.3.3

Boiler Modification and Internal Air Heating 31

3.3.4

External High Temperature High Pressure Air Heater AH-1 46

3.3.5

Power Generation 47

3.3.6

Heat Recovery 54

3.3.7

Balance of Plant 55

3.3.8

Construction Schedule 64

3.4

PLANT OPERATION 65

3.5

PLANT PERFORMANCE 70

 

3.5.1

Feed/Product Summary 70

3.5.2

Efficiencies 71

3.5.3

Emissions Inventory 71

3.6

PLANT LAYOUT 73

3.7

PLANT PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS 74

3.8

CAPITAL COST ESTIMATE 78
 

3.8.1

Cost Estimating Approach and Basis 78

3.8.2

Data Source for the Estimate 79

3.8.3

Estimated Capital Cost 80

3.9

OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COST ESTIMATE 80

3.10

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 83
 

3.10.1

Annual Savings 83

3.10.2

Annual Expenses 84

3.10.3

Payback Period 84

3.10.4

Demonstration vs. Commercial Plant Economics 84

4.0

EXPERIMENTAL 90
 

4.1

INSTITUTE OF PAPER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BARK DRYING VOC STUDY 90

4.2

HIGH-TEMPERATURE HIGH-PRESSURE AIR HEATER MATERIALS TESTING 97

5.0

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 100
 

5.1

FINDINGS FOR THE DERIDDER MILL 100

5.2

APPLICATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO OTHER MILLS 102

6.0

CONCLUSIONS 103

7.0

REFERENCES 105

8.0

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 106

9.0

FIGURES 108
APPENDIX A EQUIPMENT LIST 131
APPENDIX B SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATED Final Report 136