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 residues and MDF panels from agricultural, forestry, and industrial processes. The ORC systems allow for flexible and environmentally-friendly biomass utilization, with a generation capacity of up to 20 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. The integration of cogeneration applications in these systems maximizes energy efficiency by simultaneously producing clean electricity and green heat, minimizing environmental impact and optimizing resource utilization. This approach aligns with the principles of circular economy, where waste materials such as pellet residues and MDF panels are repurposed as valuable fuel sources for clean power generation.

341

plants*

492.1

MWe total

1999

first plant delivered

*30 plants are under construction

BIOMASS ORC PLANT

*As alternatives to more traditional combustion systems, gasification and pyrolysis solutions could be applied.

HEAT TRANSFER FLUID: heat from biomass combustion is transferred to the ORC working fluid by means of an intermediate circuit. This media is typically thermal oil, but can also be saturated steam, pressurized water or directly the ORC working fluid.

CHP SOLUTIONS (low and high temperature cogeneration)

Turboden units generate Combined Heat and Power (CHP) solution - providing either hot water or higher temperature heat medium (e.g. saturated steam or thermal oil). Alternatively Turboden can provide also electric power only solutions.

Electrical efficiency for CHP / CCHP models up to 22%
Electrical efficiency for power only models up to 30%

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 300+ operating plants fleet, and effective network of technological and financial partners to cover all project needs.

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS

Pellet
Sawmill
District heating
Panel board industry (MDF, OSB, plywood)
Greenhouses
Palm oil mills
Rice treatments
Trigeneration (with absorption chiller)

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.