ENK5-2002-80648 Standardisation of a Guideline for the Measurement of Tars in Biomass Producer Gases - Tar Measurement Standard

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Type of Project	Shared cost project
Contract No	ENK5-2002-80648
Total Cost
EC Contribution
Start Date	2002
Duration	36 months
Scientific Officer	Garbiņe Guiu Etxeberria

Abstract

So far, no well-developed and standardised measurement method exists for tars in biomass-producer gases, and different sampling and analysis methods are currently being used. In a previous EU-project (ERK6-1999-20002), a guideline for tar measurement ('the Guideline') was developed in order to remove this obstacle. The guideline aims at the measurement of both gravimetric tars as well as individual organic compounds. The measurement principle is based on the discontinuous sampling of a gas stream containing particles and condensable organic compounds. The overall objective of the present project is to expand the use of the guideline and transfer it into a European (CEN) standard method.

Consortium

The project team is co-ordinated by the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and consists of eight European organisations which develop, commercialise and advise on biomass gasification, as indicated below:

• ECN (NL)
• BTG Biomass Technology Group (NL)
• DTI (DK)
• EMC (UK)
• KTH (S)
• NEN (NL)
• SENTERNOVEM (NL)
• Verenum (CH)

The same project consortium developed the guideline method.

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• Energy Research Centre of The Netherlands NETHERLANDS