Abstract
Commercial power production from biomass is mainly based
on various combustion technologies, new gasification
technologies being on pilot and demonstration scale in
Europe. From the market viewpoint, there will be an
attractive and large market volume for small and
medium-scale combined heat and power production (CHP) and
for liquid bioenergy products in order to meet the Kyoto
challenges in Europe by the year 2010. Biomass pyrolysis
technology offers a novel method of converting solid
biomass to a liquid product which can easily be
transported, stored and utilised for electricity
production by diesel engines and gas turbines. The
overall efficiency in pyrolysis oil production can be
in-creased from 65 to 90% (LHV) by integrating the
bio-oil production to a con-ventional boiler plant, the
system identified by VTT. A modern diesel power plant has
an efficiency of 40 - 44% with a high power-to-heat
ratio. Parallel to diesel power plants, the bio-oil can
be used in existing heating oil boilers with minor burner
modifications. The paper comprises an overview of market
as-sessments in Scandinavia and a summary of pyrolysis
oil production, stability and properties tests. The
challenge of today is to understand and improve the
properties of pyrolysis oils in order to reach a 12-month
storage time without any changes in the homogeneity of
pyrolysis oils. Reliable operation of oil-fired boilers
and diesel power plants has to be demonstrated. As soon
as these problems have been solved, biomass pyrolysis
technologies will offer new attractive bioenergy market
opportunities where a huge potential can be reached by
con-verting existing petroleum-fired boilers, 0.1 - 10 MW
to bio-oils and followed by combined heat and power
production with high-efficiency diesel power plants in
0.1 - 10 MW scale. Pyrolysis technology is clearly the
most attractive method for producing liquid biofuels,
compared to bioalcohols and biodiesel. With the present
price structure, pyrolysis oil can be competitive with
light fuel oil in Finland, with light and heavy fuel oil
in Sweden, and in CHP production in Denmark.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Power Production from Biomass III |
| Editors | Kai Sipilä, Maija Korhonen |
| Place of Publication | Espoo |
| Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Pages | 277-292 |
| ISBN (Print) | 951-38-5267-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Power Production from Biomass III: Gasification and Pyrolysis R&D&D for Industry - Espoo, Finland Duration: 14 Sep 1998 → 15 Sep 1998 |
Publication series
| Series | VTT Symposium |
|---|---|
| Number | 192 |
| ISSN | 0357-9387 |
Conference
| Conference | Power Production from Biomass III |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| City | Espoo |
| Period | 14/09/98 → 15/09/98 |
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Sipilä, K., Oasmaa, A., Solantausta, Y., Arpiainen, V., & Nyrönen, T. (1999). Perspectives for pyrolysis oil production and market in Scandinavia. In K. Sipilä, & M. Korhonen (Eds.), Power Production from Biomass III (pp. 277-292). VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. VTT Symposium, No. 192