Preliminary Program
April 28-May 3, 1996
Snowbird Resort & Conference Center
Snowbird, Utah
Phone: 1-801-742-2222; Fax: 1-801-742-3204
Conference Chair
N.S. Harding
Reaction Engineering International
801-364-6925; fax: 801-364-6977
Conference Co-Chairs:
David A. Tillman
Foster Wheeler Environmental
916-921-2525; fax: 916-921-5124
&
Klaus R.G. Hein
University of Stuttgart
49-711-685-3488; fax: 49-711-685-3491
Engineering Foundation Conferences
345 E. 47th Street New York, NY 10017
212-705-7836; Fax: 212-705-7441; E-mail: engfnd@aol.com
Sunday, April 28, 1996 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Opening Reception
Monday, April 29, 1996
7:00 am - 8:15 am Breakfast Buffet
8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcome and Introduction
N.S. Harding, Chair
Reaction Engineering International
SESSION 1: Biomass Fuel Properties
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 am - 9:30 am Overview - DOE
9:30 am - 10:00 am Laboratory Measurements of Biomass/Coal
Co-firing Products
D.C. Dayton
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Combustion Properties of Biomass Fuels
B. M. Jenkins
University of California at Davis;
L.L. Baxter - Sandia National Laboratory;
T.R. Miles and T.R. Miles, Jr.
Thomas R. Miles Consulting Design Engineers
11:00 am - 11:30 am Ash Characteristic of Red Canary Grass
B-J. Skrifvars and M. Hupa
Abo Akademi University;
M. Hemming
University of Helsinki
11:30 am - 12:00 noon A Study of Inorganic Constituents in Biomass and
Ashes: Analysis by Computer Controlled SEM
H.S. Sorensen and K. Laursen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
12:00 noon - 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Ad hoc discussions/free time
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
SESSION 2: Biomass Resources and Preparation
Session Chair: TBA
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Power Generation Opportunities for Emerging
Waste Conversion Technologies
C.M. Anderson, R.O. Ness, Jr., M.L. Swanson, and M.D.Mann
Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of
North Dakota
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Alert of the Forest Over-Exploitation in Rwanda
C. Museruka
National University of Rwanda
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Fundamental Aspects of Combustion of Biomass
Pyrolysis Oils
C.R. Shaddix and S.P. Huey
Sandia National Laboratory
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Hour
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Tuesday, April 30, 1996
7:00 am - 8:15 pm Breakfast Buffet
SESSION 3: Biomass Deposition - Part I
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 am - 9:30 am Ash Deposit Formation in Biomass Boilers - Overview
L.L. Baxter - Sandia National Laboratory;
B.M. Jenkins - University of California at Davis;
T.R. Miles and T.R. Miles, Jr. - T.R Miles Consulting Design Engineers;
and D.C. Dayton and T. Milne
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
9:30 am - 10:00 am Ash Formation During Co-Combustion of
Wood and Sludge in Industrial Fluidized Bed Boilers
J. Latva-Somppi, E. Kauppinen, T. Valmari
VTT Chemical Technology;
A.S. Gurav and T.T. Kodas
University of New Mexico
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Investigation of Slagging in Pulverized
Fuel Co-Combustion of Biomass
and Coal at A Pilot-Scale Test Facility
T. Heinzel, V. Siegle, H. Spliethoff, and K.R.G. Hein
University of Stuttgart
11:30 am - 12:00 noon Agglomeration in Fluidized Bed Combustion
of Straw
G. Krusholm, F. Frandsen and K. Dam-Johansen
Technical University of Denmark
12:00 Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Ad hoc Discussions and Free Time
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
SESSION 4: Biomass Deposition - Part II
Session Chair: TBA
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Predicting Superheater Deposit Formation
in Boilers Burning Biomass
R. Backman and M. Hupa
Abo Akademi University
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Potential Heat Exchanger Fouling in A Combustor
Burning Sewage Sludge and Domestic Refuse
T.R. Bott and A. Tsados
University of Birmingham
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Deposition and High Temperature Corrosion
Measurements in A 10 MW Straw Fired Boiler
H.P. Michelsen, F. Frandsen and K. Dam-Johansen
Technical University of Denmark
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
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Wednesday, May 1, 1996
7:00 am - 8:15 am Breakfast Buffet
SESSION 5: Biomass Cofiring: North American Experience - Part I
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 am - 9:30 am EPRI - Overview
9:30 am - 10:00 am Fuel Blending and Switching for NOx Control
Using Biofuels with Coal in Cyclone Boilers
D.A. Tillman and R. Stahl
Foster Wheeler Environmental;
M. Rollins and L. Reardon
Tennessee Valley Authority; and
E.E. Hughes
Electric Power Research Institute
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Simultaneous SOx/NOx Emission Control
During Coal Combustion for Electric Power Production with
Biolime Derived from Biomass Waste
K.H. Oehr and J. Zhou
DynaMotive Canada Corp.;
C. Brereton and A. Ergudenier
University of British Columbia
11:00 am - 11:30 am Reburning Using Biomass for NOx Control
B.R. Adams and N.S. Harding
Reaction Engineering International
11:30 am - 12:00 noon Particulate Control for Biomass Power
Boilers
P.P. Bibbo
Research-Cottrell
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Ad hoc discussions and free time
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
SESSION 6: Biomass Cofiring: North American Experience - Part II
Session chair: TBA
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Impacts on Wood Cofiring on Coal Pulverization at the
Shawville Generating Station
D.E. Prinzing
Foster Wheeler Environmental;
and E. Hunt
General Public Utilities/Penelec
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm State-of-the-Art Biomass Combustion
J.A. Pisano
ABB Combustion Engineering
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm TBA
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Hour
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Thursday, May 2, 1996
7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
SESSION 7: Biomass Cofiring: European/Asian Experience - Part I
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 am - 9:00 am EU Clean Coal Technology: Co-Combustion
of Coal and Biomass - Overview
K.R.G. Hein and J.M. Bemtgen
University of Stuttgart
9:00 am - 9:30 am International Survey of Cofiring Coal with
Biomass and Other Wastes
J.M. Ekmann, J.C. Winslow and S.M. Smouse
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center;
M. Ramezan
Burns & Roe Services Corporation
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Effect of Co-Combustion of Biomass on
Emission in Pulverized-Fuel Furnaces
H. Spliethoff and K. R. G. Hein
University of Stuttgart
11:00 am - 11:30 am Fluidized Bed Incineration of Biomass
T.R. Bott
University of Birmingham
11:30 am - 12:00 noon Co-Combustion of Forestry Biomass with
Coal in A Fluidized Bed Combustor
I. Gulyurtlu, C. Bordalo, E. Penha and I. Cabrita
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia E Technologia Industrial
12:00 Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Ad hoc discussions/Free Time
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
SESSION 8: Biomass Cofiring: European/Asian Experience - Part II
Session Chair: TBA
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Co-firing Coal and Straw in a 150 MWe Utility
Boiler: In-situ Measurements
P.F.B. Hansen, K.H. Anderson, K. Wieck-Hansen, P.
Overgaard, and
I. Rasmussen
MIDTKRAFT Power Co.;
F. Frandsen and K. Dam-Johansen -
Technical University of Denmark
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Promotion of Biomass Power Generation in
Indian Sugar Industry through USAID
S.M. Smouse and G.E. Staats;
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center
S.N. Rao
Burns & Roe Services Corporation; and
D. Hess
USAID
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm TBA
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Hour
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Friday, May 3, 1996
7:00 am - 8:15 am Breakfast Buffet
SESSION 9: Biomass-Fired Advanced Cycles
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 am - 9:30 am Demonstration of a 1 MWe Biomass Power
Plant - Overview
C. R. Purvis
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
P. Myers and D. D. Schmidt
Research Triangle Institute
9:30 am - 10:00 am Innovative Ways of Utilizing Biomass in
a Cofiring Scenario with a Gas Turbine Integrated Combined
Cycle System
P. Spath, K. Craig and R. L. Bain
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Design and Operation of a Biomass Fueled
Open Brayton Cycle
J.H. Pohl
Energy International;
C. F. Sanders
11:00 am - 11:30 am Rice Hull Gasification
R. Bailey, Sr. and R. Bailey, Jr.
PRM Energy Systems, Inc.
11:30 am - 12:00 noon Cost and Performance Analysis of Three Integrated Biomass
Gasification Combined Cycle Power Systems
K.R. Craig and M.K. Mann
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
12:00 Noon - 12:15 pm Concluding Remarks
N.S. Harding
Reaction Engineering International
12:30 pm Lunch and Adjournment
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