The Sotacarbo gasification pilot platform: Plant overview, recent experimental results and potential future integrations

Pettinau, Alberto; Calì, Gabriele; Loria, Eusebio; Miraglia, Paolo; Ferrara, Francesca

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.079

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“…Sotacarbo is engaged in a series of coal and biomass gasification experimental campaigns in a pilot plant, based on a fixed-bed gasifier (Pettinau et al, 2014b(Pettinau et al, , 2011. As obvious, fuel's thermochemical properties strongly condition the gasification performance and their evaluation through a TGA method could allow to optimize the experimental tests on the pilot unit.…”

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Pyrolysis of coal, biomass and their blends: Performance assessment by thermogravimetric analysis

Ferrara¹,

Orsini²,

Plaisant³

et al. 2014

Bioresource Technology

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Pyrolysis of coal, biomass and their blends: Performance assessment by thermogravimetric analysis

Ferrara¹,

Orsini²,

Plaisant³

et al. 2014

Bioresource Technology

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“…In the last few years Sotacarbo gained a wide experience in biomass-and coal-fuelled fixed-bed and fluidized-bed gasification technologies [27][28][29] and recently installed a new pilot-scale 500 kW th BFB gasification unit-named FABER (fluidized air-blown experimental gasification reactor) and commissioned in December 2017-for the experimental development of BFB technology. The unit operates at about atmospheric pressure with air as gasifying agent and, due to its experimental nature, is equipped with several instruments for a careful process analysis.…”

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Techno-Economic Analysis of a Small-Scale Biomass-to-Energy BFB Gasification-Based System

Porcu¹,

Sollai²,

Marotto³

et al. 2019

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In order to limit global warming to around 1.5–2.0 °C by the end of the 21st century, there is the need to drastically limit the emissions of CO2. This goal can be pursued by promoting the diffusion of advanced technologies for power generation from renewable energy sources. In this field, biomass can play a very important role since, differently from solar and wind, it can be considered a programmable source. This paper reports a techno-economic analysis on the possible commercial application of gasification technologies for small-scale (2 MWe) power generation from biomass. The analysis is based on the preliminary experimental performance of a 500 kWth pilot-scale air-blown bubbling fluidized-bed (BFB) gasification plant, recently installed at the Sotacarbo Research Centre (Italy) and commissioned in December 2017. The analysis confirms that air-blown BFB biomass gasification can be profitable for the applications with low-cost biomass, such as agricultural waste, with a net present value up to about 6 M€ as long as the biomass is provided for free; on the contrary, the technology is not competitive for high-quality biomass (wood chips, as those used for the preliminary experimental tests). In parallel, an analysis of the financial risk was carried out, in order to estimate the probability of a profitable investment if a variation of the key financial parameters occurs. In particular, the analysis shows a probability of 90% of a NPV at 15 years between 1.4 and 5.1 M€ and an IRR between 11.6% and 23.7%.

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Integration of membrane technology for decarbonization of gasification power plants: A techno-economic and environmental investigation

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2022

Applied Thermal Engineering

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The Sotacarbo gasification pilot platform: Plant overview, recent experimental results and potential future integrations

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Pyrolysis of coal, biomass and their blends: Performance assessment by thermogravimetric analysis

Pyrolysis of coal, biomass and their blends: Performance assessment by thermogravimetric analysis

Techno-Economic Analysis of a Small-Scale Biomass-to-Energy BFB Gasification-Based System

Integration of membrane technology for decarbonization of gasification power plants: A techno-economic and environmental investigation

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