Organisation Description - International IEA Task 32 : Biomass Combustion and Co-firing

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Biomass Combustion and Co-firing

The main objective of Task 32 during the period 2004-2006 was to stimulate further expansion of the production of energy from biomass combustion by generating and disseminating information on technical and on non-technical barriers and possible solutions for both dedicated biomass combustion systems in stand alone medium scale CHP plants and biomass co-firing in existing coal fired power plants.

Technical issues addressed in Task 32 are:

• Increasing fuel flexibility, including contaminated biomass and biomass pellets
• Advanced process control and sensor development
• Corrosion and deposit formation mechanisms
• Formation and emission of particulates (aerosols) and primary measures for NOx reduction
• Improvement of existing systems and development of new concepts

Non-technical issues addressed are supporting and hindering policies for successful projects, logistics and contracting, environmental constraints and legislation, acceptance by the public and financial incentives. An overview of relevant policies will be included in the new version of the Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Cofiring. In addition, the task will produce a position paper illustrating the potential importance of the technology and barriers that need to be overcome to harness this potential.

The task has also compiled a prepared a global overview of around 150 initiatives where biomass is cofired in boilers that use different types of coal as the main fuel. The dataset is available as a searchable database on the website.

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• Sjaak van LOO / Procede Group BV NETHERLANDS