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Martti Aho Research director, Renewable energy programmes, University of Jyvaskyla

Stirling-aided heat and power (10 kW) production from wood pellets and planning a miniature ESP for small scale combustion. Martti Aho Research director, Renewable energy programmes, University of Jyvaskyla Evaluation of the Energy Research In Finland 1999 - 2005,

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Martti Aho Research director, Renewable energy programmes, University of Jyvaskyla

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  1. Stirling-aided heat and power (10 kW) production from wood pellets and planning a miniature ESP for small scale combustion Martti Aho Research director, Renewable energy programmes, University of Jyvaskyla Evaluation of the Energy Research In Finland 1999 - 2005, 31.05.2006 in University of Jyväskylä

  2. Goal of research • Demonstration of electricity production from wood pellets in 10 kWe size in minimum of 15% efficiency (from fuel energy) without operational problems

  3. Stirling-aided power production:State of art • Routine from natural gas: Electricity can be produced with efficiency of about 25%. • Power production from solid biomass is in research stage because of ash related problems • Experiments in very small scale (1 kWe) has been conducted in the U.S. • Experiments in 37-75 MWe scale have been conducted by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Austrian research centres. No commercial products yet.

  4. Concept under development Traditional pellet boiler Water

  5. Example of CFD calculations: Fuel power 60 kW High landa (a) and fuel gas recirculation (b) with equal mass flow of flue gas λ=1,47, circ. 46% m= 48 g/s λ=2,03, circ. 0% m= 48 g/s (λ=1,47, circ. 0%, m= 33 g/s) sec+tert 345 oC sec+tert 558 oC Tf=1245 Tf=1173 Tf= 1224 oC Clever air jet direction a b1 b2

  6. Comb. air preheating & flue gas recirculation Stirling-engine 9-10 kWe Pellet burner Vertical Furnace, fuel power 80 kW max Economisers Extract about 60 kW)

  7. Co-operation • Technical Research centre of Finland • Helsinki University of Technology • Finnish industry (four companies) • International co-operation planned in a submitted EU proposal (ERA-NET)

  8. Development of miniature electrostatic precipitator (ESP) for small scale combustion • Goal • To develop a miniature ESP for small scale combustion (< 200 kW thermal) capable to reduce particulate concentration in the flue gas by 80% • State of art: • High need in the markets • No commercial devices available • Prototype development in Austria, Norway and Switzerland since 2003 • Our version differs from those prototypes

  9. Examples of results obtained so farParticle charging principle (TUT) Scheme of the collector (JYU)

  10. Co-operation • Technical Research centre of Finland (VTT) • Tampere University of Technology (TUT) • Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) • Finnish industry (three companies) • A proposal has been submitted to extend this research (EU level)

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