Biomass Power Generation
Organic processing plants such as flour mills typically produce 10 tonnes per week of organic waste, which is disposed of on landfills. By using this waste as a fuel in a specifically designed burner, the CESAR system can be used to recover the heat energy and convert it into electricity for use at the plant, or to feed into the national grid, providing several economic and environmental benefits.
CPT has undertaken a study where waste organic matter from a flour mill could be used as fuel in a specially designed furnace. The heat stream from this furnace can then be used by the CESAR unit to generate electricity, as well as hot water from the condensing circuit. This provides the advantage of power and heat to be utilized at the mill, and significantly less waste product, which is currently disposed of by truck to landfill. The by-product from the furnace is ash, which can be used to produce construction building blocks.
This will be a simple and highly cost effective system with potential be applied at any mill or other organic process plants worldwide. There is also potential for domestic applications, using wood pellets as fuel, as an enhancement to the heating units currently available.
Biomass Schematic
