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This is ETC Not-for-profit Research Foundation (Est.1989) Provides Research work and Professional services Focus area: Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass Service categories: Tailor-made Experiments Advanced Computations In-depth Investigations Customers/Partners: Academia, Public agencies & Industry 2
Erik Persson (Piteå Kommun) Gunnar Plym Forshell (Lst. BD) Ann-Britt Edfast (Sveaskog) ETC Board Johan Sterte (Luleå Univ. of Tech.) Sara Sundqvist (Smurfit Kappa) Magnus Berg (Vattenfall ) Managing g Director Magnus Marklund* Marketing Manager Olov Öhrman* (Sen. Researcher) R&D Manager Henrik Wiinikka* (Sen. Researcher) Per Carlsson (Researcher) Fredrik Weiland (Research Eng.) Marcus Gullberg (Research Eng.) ETC STAFF Carola Grönberg (Research Eng.) A-C Johansson (Research Eng.) Roger Molinder (Research Eng.) ETC STAB Admin Coordinator Ulla Jonsson* (Sen. Admin.) Lab Coordinator Henry Hedman (Sen. Dev. Eng.) Esbjörn Pettersson (Research Eng.) Jonas Wennebro (Dev. Eng.) Calle Ylipää (Technician) *P Part tin management tteam 3
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General Capabilities Pre-treatment & feeding Sampling & Diagnostics Process modeling Product analyses Spray characterization Syngas upgrading 5
Biofuel R&D Initiatives at ETC site ETC Combustion Laboratory (Combustion furnaces, pyrolysis oil) LTU Green Fuels (Fuel synthesis plant) ETC Gasification Centre (Pilot gasifiers) 9
Site Infrastructure: PEBG pilot PEBG = Pressurized Entrained flow Biomass Gasification Owner: ETC Op. manager: Henry Hedman, ETC Research and process development activities Solid/liquid biomass => raw syngas 0.5 MWth @ 5 bar Oxygen/steam/CO2 blown Daily operation 11 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Site Infrastructure: POC pilot POC = Pyrolysis Oil Cyclone Owner: ETC Op. manager: Henrik Wiinikka, ETC Research and process development activities Solid biomass => Pyrolysis oil/char 0.2 MWth Nitrogen blown Daily operation 15 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Site Infrastructure: CTR setup CTR = Catalyst Test Rig Owner: LTU-ETC Op. manager: Olov Öhrman, ETC Research activities Syngas => MeOH ~10 ml/h Daily and continuous operation 16 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Site Infrastructure: VAFF VAFF = Vertical Atmospheric Flexi-fuel Furnace Owner: ETC Op. manager: Per Carlsson, ETC Research and process development activities Solid/liquid biomass Two stage combustion chamber 0.2 MWth Air blown Daily operation 17 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Site Infrastructure: HICK HICK = Horizontal Industrialized Combustion Kiln Owner: ETC Site manager: Henry Hedman, ETC Process development activities Solid/liquid feedstock 0.2 MWth Air blown Daily operation 18 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Site Infrastructure: PSTR PSTR = Pressurised Spray Test Rig Owner: ETC Site manager: Magnus Marklund, ETC Research and process development activities Vessel inner diameter: 500 mm Pressures up to15 barg 4 optical access ports Flexible nozzle connection 3 nitrogen streams availbale (40 bar) High speed photography Spray characterisation by PDA 19 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Site Infrastructure: Analysis Owner: ETC Conventional flue gas instruments: THC, NO, NOx, CO, CO2, SO2, O2 GC for analysis of syngas with high concentrations of H2S, polutions in the syngas and bi-products (methanol, DME, ethanol) GC for specification of HC: methan hexan, soluable matters and some sulphur compounds GC-MS for tars Micro-GC with TCD (E.g.: H2, O2, N2, CO, CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, H2S and methylmercaptane) Total sulfur analysis instrument based on UV-Fluorescens Karl Fischer titrator for analysis of water in liquids or gases Particulate matter: DLPI and ELPI 22 BACK TO OVERVIEW
Partner Networks LTU Biosyngas Program NORD-SYNGAS 26
Recent Publications 1(2) Weiland, F. et al. Pressurized oxygen blown entrained-flow gasification of wood powder. Energy & Fuels 27 (2013) 932-941. Wiinikka, H. et al. Emissions of heavy metals during fixed-bed combustion of six biomass fuels. Energy & Fuels 27 (2013) 1073-1080. Nordgren, D. et al. Ash transformations in pulverised fuel co-combustion of straw and woody biomass. Fuel Processing Technology 105 (2013) 52-58. Carlsson, P. et al. High-speed imaging of biomass particles heated with a laser. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (2013) In Press. Öhrman, O. et al. Analysis s of trace components in synthesis s gas generated e by black liquor gasification. Fuel 102 (2012) 173-179. Eriksson, D. et al. Characterization of Scots pine stump-root biomass as feed-stock for gasification. Bioresource Technology 104 (2012) 729-736. Häggström, C. et al. Catalytic methanol synthesis via black liquor gasification. Fuel Processing Technology 94 (2012) 10-15. 27
Recent Publications 2(2) Öhrman, O. et al. Analysis of trace components in synthesis gas generated by black liquor gasification. Fuel 102 (2012) 173-179. Eriksson, D. et al. Characterization of Scots pine stump-root biomass as feed-stock for gasification. Bioresource Technology 104 (2012) 729-736. Häggström, C. et al. Catalytic methanol synthesis via black liquor gasification. Fuel Processing Technology 94 (2012) 10-15. Lycksam, H. et al. High-speed interferometric measurement and visualization of the conversion of a black liquor droplet during laser heating. Optics in Lasers and Engineering 50 (2012) 1654-1661. Wiinikka, H. et al. R. Experimental e investigation of an industrial scale black liquor gasifier. Part 2: Influence of quench operation on product gas composition. Fuel 93 (2012)117-129. Carlsson, P. et al. Computational fluid dynamics simulations of raw gas composition from a black liquor gasifier comparison with experiments. Energy & Fuels 25 (2011) 4122-4128. (See further http://www.etcpitea.se/hem/publikationer/) 28