The benefits of an AET biomass boiler plant includes:
The unique AET Combustion System
- High combustion efficiency
- Low in-house power consumption
- Low flue gas emissions
- Best Available Technology
High fuel flexibility
- Lower operating costs
High boiler efficiency
- Good business case for you
High availability
- Improved business case for you.
Determining the optimal design for an AET biomass boiler involves many parameters such as optimal operating conditions, fuel, feed water and steam properties and characteristics.
AET can assist you with optimising the plant parameters, not only for the boiler, but also for the complete plant. Our expert staff have many years of experience and extensive knowledge of steam cycles, boiler systems and steam turbines.
An AET biomass boiler can be designed for almost all types of biomass and this high fuel flexibility can give you a low cost basis for your business case.
The design parameters below form the basic platform for our plants:
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Fuel heat input |
25 - 170 MWth |
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Steam boiler |
Water tube boiler with natural circulation |
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Steam pressure |
70 - 142 bar |
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Steam temperature |
Up to 542 °C |
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Steam quality |
According to VGB requirements for turbine operation |
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Furnace design |
Residence time more than 2 seconds above 850 °C |
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Operating time |
At least 8000 hours without shutdown for manual cleaning |
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Boiler efficiency |
91% - 94% depending on fuel moisture |
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Emission values |
Better than European requirements |
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Fuel flexibility |
Fuel moisture content: 10 - 57% |
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Auxiliary burner |
Not necessary |
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In-house power consumption |
<2.0% of fuel heat input |
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Availability |
Better than 98%. |
A 3D illustration of the ENGIE Cofely, SODC cogeneration plant in Orléans, France.
AET Biomass Boilers can burn a wide variety of biomass fuels.
