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CUSTOM COMBUSTORS, GASIFIERS AND REFORMERS

1 Flame behavior of a pulverized

fuel burner.

2 Plant with a pulverized fuel

burner, which recovers energy

from waste.

We will apply our technological expertise in

– fluidized bed combustion,

– fluidized bed gasification,

– entrained flow combustion,

– fixed bed catalysis and

– moving bed catalysis

to develop the right solution for your

process.

Turn your disposal problem into an energy

supply solution. Develop fuels with us,

which could not be utilized before. After

extensive technical testing in our laborato-

ries and testing facilities, we will complete

the basic engineering for a recovery con-

cept. We will estimate the capital expen-

diture and conduct an economic feasibility

study. That will validate your decision.

Are you a planner, plant engineer or plant

developer in need of technology to burn

or gasify solid fuels? Is synthesis or fuel gas

reforming essential to your process? Our

solutions will enable you to complete your

system with these technologies.

As your technology partner, we will engi-

neer the process equipment that burns or

gasifies solid fuels or reforms combustible

gases for you.

From Detailed Engineering through

Commissioning

We will provide you more than just the de-

tailed engineering of the process equipment

for combustion, gasification or reforming,

which is modified for the type and quantity

of fuel. We will also recommend reliable part-

ners to build the process equipment and will

provide you support when you commission it.

Fraunhofer Institute for

Factory Operation and

Automation IFF

Prof. Michael Schenk

Sandtorstrasse 22

39106 Magdeburg

Germany

Contact

Process and Plant Engineering

Dr. Matthias Gohla

Phone +49 391 4090-361

Fax +49 391 4090-93-361

matthias.gohla@iff.fraunhofer.de

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Rely on Our Experience

The Fraunhofer IFF’s Process and Plant Engi-

neering Business Unit has years of experi-

ence with custom combustors, gasifi ers and

reformers. Our core expertise is in fl uidized

bed combustion and gasifi cation systems,

entrained fl ow combustion systems and gas

conversion systems. We have an extensive

portfolio of test equipment with thermal

outputs of 5 kW to 1 MW at our disposal

for these technologies.

These technical options are supplemented

by advanced simulation systems and special

software applications. Rely on our top team

of experts in process engineering, process

equipment and plant engineering, instru-

mentation and control engineering and

computer simulation to contribute their

extensive project experience and their latest

research fi ndings to turn innovations into

your success.

3 Flame behavior of a fl uidized

bed combustor.

4 Simulation of different oper-

ating states in a fl uidized bed

combustor.

Images: 1 Bernhard Kiep, 2, 3 Dirk

Mahler, 4 Wolfram Heineken

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Use, Don’t Dispose of Waste

We have worked on technical solutions

for combustion, gasifi cation and reform-

ing for numerous wastes from the widest

variety of industries:

Pulverized Fuel Burner Reference

Plant

– User: Powder coater

– Fuel: Waste powder (overspray)

– Properties: fusion point 60 °C, heat-

ing value 17 MJ/kg, hygroscopic,

particle size <50 µm

– Quantity: 130 t/a

– Plant size: Thermal output of 100 kW

– Potential savings: Up to 100 % of

disposal costs, up to 25 % of natural

gas used in the process

– Use: pulverized fuel, thermal output

of 50 kW - 1 MW, heat and power

supplied by CHP

Fluidized Bed Combustor Concept

– User: Local energy supplier

– Fuel: Straw

– Properties (approximate): 10 % water

by mass, 6 % ash by mass, heating

value of 14.8 MJ/kg, 0.5 % chlorine

by mass, 0.25 % sulfur by mass

– Quantity: 950 kg/h, maximum of

10% additives

– Plant size: Thermal output of 3.8 MW

– Use: Straw, culmiferous fuels, thermal

output of 1 MW - 10 MW

Do you want to recover energy from fuel

or waste? Then contact us.