Biomass

High-Efficiency Biomass Power Plants with ORC Technology for Clean and Green Power

Turboden's advanced Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) biomass power plants are designed to generate clean and green electricity and heat with high efficiency from a wide variety of biomass feedstocks. These efficient biomass power plants can effectively convert any type of biomass fuel, from virgin wood to organic residues and byproducts such as pellet production process waste materials, wood-based panels production residues, agricultural, forestry, and industrial processes residue into usable power. The ORC systems allow for flexible and environmentally-friendly biomass utilization, with a generation capacity of up to 40 MW of electrical power per single turbine shaft, contributing to clean electricity production. The use of biomass as a fuel source ensures a sustainable and renewable approach to power generation, promoting clean and green power solutions.

Versatile Biomass Utilization in ORC Systems for Clean and Green Electricity through Cogeneration

The ORC technology allows for user-friendly and flexible operation by efficiently converting the energy content of diverse biomass feedstocks into useful power and heat, promoting clean and green electricity generation. Turboden's biomass power plants offer a sustainable solution to generate renewable energy while valorizing residual biomass streams from agricultural, forestry, and industrial activities. By generating clean electricity and green heat simultaneously, cogeneration solution enhances energy efficiency within these systems optimizing resources utilization and minimizing environmental impact. This approach aligns with the principles of circular economy, where pellet production process waste materials and wood-based panels production residues are repurposed as valuable fuel sources for clean power generation.

ORC BIOMASS CHP CONFIGURATION (low and high temperature cogeneration)

Turboden units offer versatile energy solutions through Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems, delivering both electricity and thermal energy. Depending on the application, they can provide:

Hot water or high-temperature heat mediums, such as saturated steam or thermal oil, for industrial processes or district heating;
Electric power-only configurations, tailored for facilities focused solely on electricity generation;

This flexibility allows Turboden to meet a wide range of energy needs whether the goal is maximizing efficiency, reducing emissions, or optimizing operational costs.

Example of a simplified Turboden technological solution integrated into a customer's plant

OUR CONSOLIDATED EXPERTISE IN BIOMASS APPLICATION

In the 2000s, the industrial growth of Turboden was fueled by its penetration into the untapped market segment of medium-small wood-based CHP power plants employed in the wood processing industry and in small district heating networks. In these segments Turboden’s ORC technology offered the advantages of a completely automatic system, with very low O&M and competences to run it: such CHP systems can be employable also by small sawmills and district heating networks that cannot afford to hire new people to run the CHP plants. Today the characteristic Turboden ORC advantages remain so, with the added values of improved electrical efficiency (up to 30 %), well-established after sales capability looking after 400+ operating plants fleet, and effective network of technological and financial partners to cover all project needs.

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS

Pellet
District heating
Panel board industry (MDF, OSB, plywood)
Agricultural waste

TYPICAL FUELS

Sawmill residues or by-products, bark, wood dust and chips, pellet, furniture waste, particle board screen dust, recycled wood waste, olive pomace and pits, pruning & trimmings, barley dust, malt dust, rice husks, almond shells, sunflower husks, coffee husks and spent ground, corn cobs, coconut shells and husks, empty fruit bunches, palm kernel shells, cotton gin waste, stalks, paper.