Curso Biomasa

Market Assessment of Biomass Gasification and Combustion Technology for Small- and Medium-Scale Applications
David Peterson and Scott Haase

Technical Report

NREL/TP-7A2-46190 July 2009

Market Assessment of Biomass Gasification and Combustion Technology for Small- and Medium-Scale Applications
David Peterson and Scott Haase
Prepared under Task No. IGST.9034

Technical ReportNREL/TP-7A2-46190 July 2009

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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Mark Sinclair,Executive Director of the Clean Energy States Alliance, and Charles Kubert for their support of this project. In addition, we thank those vendors who provided information on their companies and technologies. Title page images courtesy of the Biomass Energy Resource Center and A3 Energy Partners. The project team included Alexander Dane.

Laboratory Point of Contact
Scott Haase National RenewableEnergy Laboratory Phone: (303) 275-3057 E-mail: scott.haase@nrel.gov

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List of Acronyms
CESA CHP EPA Mbtu MSW NREL ORC TAP WWTP Clean Energy States Alliance combined heat and power U.S. Environmental Protection Agency one million (1,000,000) Btu municipal solid waste National Renewable Energy Laboratory Organic Rankine Cycle Technical Assistance Project wastewater treatment plant

vExecutive Summary
At the request of the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory prepared this market assessment of gasification and direct combustion technologies that utilize solid biomass to generate heat, power, or combined heat and power (CHP) for smallto medium-scale applications. Solid biomass refers to primarily wood and agricultural resources. The reportcontains the following: • • • • • • • • An overview of solid biomass resources in the United States. Description of gasification and combustion conversion technologies that utilize solid biomass to generate heat, power, and CHP. Discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of gasification and combustion technologies. Assessment of the commercial status of gasification and combustion technologies....