1. Full portfolio of biomass boilers based on variety of fuels
Finnish-Polish energy seminar Warsaw, September 17, 2010
Jouni Kinni
Roman Szerszeń

2. Fuel flexibility requires expertise
Opportunity fuels, multi-fuel capability and co-firing are the key success factors in the future energy production.
Combustion solutions required by the energy market are becoming more challenging.
”Versatility in fuels is wisdom!”
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

3. Metso fluidized bed boiler experience
- Over 170 Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) boilers - Over 70 Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boilers
and boiler conversions since since1980
- Capacity max 300 MWth Capacity max 550 MWth
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

4. Metso Bio-energy Solution Example: Dalkia Facture biomass power plant
Turbine plant,
balance of plant equipment
and civil works by others
metsoDNA automation
system
Metso BFB boiler
and flue gas cleaning
Metso
wood fuel handling
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

5. Biomass solutions for various needs
Small -Modularized
5-10 MWe
Combustion technology: Biograte or Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB)
Medium -
MWe
Combustion technology: Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB)
Large -
MWe
Combustion technology: Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

6. Market logic Modularized 5-10 MWe biomass power plants
Fuel logistic from neighborhood
BioGrate
< 50 km
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

7. Modular power plant reference in Czech Republic: LESS & Timber, Čáslav
Biopower 5 CEX power plant at a sawmill about 100 km east of Prague
Net electrical power output MWe to national grid
Thermal output up to 10 MWth for drying in the sawmill
Electrical output in condensing mode 5.5 MWe
Fuels: Bark and wood chips
Scope: Complete power plant w/o civil and foundation works
Start-up: October 2009
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

8. Market logic Medium size 20 - 100 MWe biomass power plants
Fuel logistic by trucks and trains
BFB km
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

9. Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

10. Market logic Direction towards 100-300 MWe biomass power plants
Fuel logistic by ships
CFB
>10 000km
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

11. Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler
Fuel flexibility
From high heating value and high ash fuels to high moisture fuels
From 100% wood fuel to 100% coal and any mixture of these
Agro fuels in co-combustion with wood fuels or coal
Wide size range
Thermal capacity up to 800 MWth
Loop seal superheater possibility
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

12. World’s largest biomass-fired power plant
Alholmens Kraft, Finland
Metso’s Circulating Fluidized Bed boiler and automation system
Fuels: wood-based biomass and peat (possibility to use coal)
Capacity of the power plant in combined heat and power production
electricity 240 MWe
process steam 100 MWth
district heat 60 MWth
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

13. Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler
Stora Enso Poland S.A. Ostroleka Poland
Steam 164 MWth 62 kg/s 114 bar 520 °C
Fuels Biomass, paper and fiber rejects, sludge, coal
Start-up 2010
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

14. Next generation technologies
Gasification
Pyrolysis oil
LignoBoost
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010

15. Lahti Energia: Waste gasification technology demonstration 160 MW(fuel)3. 2. 5. 4. 1.
Gas boiler
Gasifier
Fuel handling
Gasifier
Gas cooling
Gas filter
Gas boiler and flue gas cleaning
Start up April 2012
(commercial operation)
Old coal
boiler
Waste fuel handling
Finnish-Polish energy seminar, September 17, 2010