Innovation in Action: Demonstrating the Potential of

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Innovation in Action: Demonstrating the Potential of Advanced Conversion Technologies.

Paul Winstanley CEng. MSOEMay 2018

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Demonstrating the Potential of Advanced Conversion Technologies.


Agenda• Who are ETI• Why bioenergy important• Why Waste as a feedstock• Why Gasification• What is the ETI doing to enable commercialisation of gasification• Summary and close out

Geraint Evans Gasification Ph.D. Study 1992


The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)

• The ETI is a public-private partnership between global energy and engineering companies and the UK Government.

• Targeted development, demonstration and de-risking of new technologies for affordable and secure energy

• Shared risk

ETI programme associate

ETI members

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Who are ETI Before I do that, I’m aware not everyone may know about the ETI. The Energy Technologies Institute is a public-private partnership between global industries and UK Government The UK is facing increasing energy demands and stringent GHG emission targets out to 2050 (> 500 MtCO2e to 105 MtCO2e) This will require significant change to our energy system ETI was set up to identify and accelerate the development and demonstration of an integrated set of low carbon technologies to deliver this step change Part of a robust and affordable future energy system in the UK


Additional cost of delivering 2050 -80% CO2 energy system (NPV £bn 2010-2050) if a technology is excluded from the portfolio

• Hugely valuable low carbon energy source

• Storable• Flexible

• Heat, power, fuels, chemicals, materials

• With CCS, can deliver negative emissions

• Lowest cost 2050 low carbon energy system.

2%

1% of 2050 GDP

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Why Is Bioenergy Important Our energy system is already huge and remember that bio can’t deliver it all – it’s a small part of the solution


Waste gasification with syngas clean-up

MembersBP; Shell; Cat;

RR; EDF; E-On; BEIS;

ETI Staff;

External reviewers;

Professional DD;

Professional Services

(MACE, OSL)

Projects Support

EFW project Appraise (2009-11)

WG Phase 1 Select (2012-13)

Contract shaping

Define (2014-16)

WG demo project

Execute (2017+)

Technology development

Selected Technology

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MRF-Gasifier-gas clean up- Power Peter Brett Assocs for BC; B&V for APP; Royal HaskoningDVH; Mace Phase 1 Waste Gasification FEED Project Competition for ~£3m for three FEED Studies Three FEED studies evaluated Selection and Negotiation Phase 2 Commercial Demonstration Plant Clear site (May 2017) Build Plant (December 2017) Commission Plant (August 2018) Perform Operational Tests (August 2019) Commissioned three FEED (Front End Engineering Design) studies and business plans for specific sites. >25% net electrical efficiency over the whole system (from MRF to electricity production) Availability >80% Designs were tested through modelling and laboratory testing to understand how performance may change using different waste feedstocks (MSW, C&I and waste wood) and at different scales. One project has been taken forward to the demonstration phase


Gasification converts the energy held within a difficult to use solid fuel into an easier to use gas. To best use the gasifier product gas we must clean it

Gasification CO

CO2

H2CH4

H2OLower HC’s

Tars

particulates

Sulfur

Halides

(N2)

In general• We want the green ones• We can live with the grey ones• We don’t want the orange ones

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Gasification converts the energy held within a difficult to use solid fuel into an easier to use gas. To use the gasifier product gas most efficiently and effectively to deliver the advantages described above, this gas, known as “synthesis gas” or “syngas” for short, must firstly be cleaned. Combustion converts the chemical energy held within the input fuel into heat energy only. As much as possible of the chemical energy contained within the input fuel should be retained as heat in the form of hot combustion products to maximise efficiency. This heat energy can then be used to deliver power (through heating water to make steam for use in a steam turbine) and/or heat. As the chemical energy available in the fuel was converted to heat only, combustion cannot be used to produce, for example, a fuel or a chemical feedstock. Gasification, including “gasification by pyrolysis”, converts chemical energy held within the input fuel into chemical energy held in a more useful, gaseous form (i.e. syngas). As much as possible of the chemical energy that was contained within the input fuel should be retained in the gaseous form to maximise efficiency. Compared to combustion, gasification provides additional functionality. As well as being able to use the gaseous energy carrier to provide power (for example, in a gas turbine) and/or heat, it can also be used to provide hydrogen, fuels and/or chemicals (Figure 3). However, to realise these benefits, the syngas must firstly be cleaned and conditioned to meet the requirements of the syngas conversion process, be that an engine, a gas turbine or a chemical synthesis process.


Gasification provides flexibility – provided there is clean syngasTo deliver an efficient waste fuelled power station at the town scale with potential for future exploitation including alternate outputs, alternate applications and biomass with CCS (BECCS).

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Why Gasification By innovating towards cleaner and cleaner syngas we work towards our vision to develop the clean syngas platform capable of providing a variety of outputs from a variety of feedstocks


Key dates

2018 2019Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Construct Gasification Island Hot Commissioning 4 x 1,000 hour Tests 4,000 hour test

ROC

SG3SG2

Start Rpt End

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Cleary this is an optimistic time line and ETI feel the most knowledge will come from the 4 x 1,000hr tests, the 4,000hr test will support exploitation


Commercial demonstration site


Treated waste reception• RDF will arrive in walking floor trainers pre compressed into cubes

Waste reception

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http://www.seconcomponents.com/en/reception-biomass-semitrailers-moving-floors.php https://byrnetrailers.com.au/product/waste-walking-floor-trailers-2/


Feed stock transfer to gasifier

Waste Transfer to gasifier


Gasifier

FEED Lock Hopper 1

FEED Lock Hopper 2

Flare Stack

Gasification island


Engine house


Summary• Who are ETI

– Public-private partnership supporting technology acceleration for carbon reduction commitments• Why is bioenergy Important

– It offers flexibility, decisions made elsewhere in energy system can define its best use• Why waste as a feedstock

– UK is a small densely populated island; brings a helpful gate fee income; but, technically difficult• Why Gasification

– Scenario resilient; can be used across all modes– Smaller scale with high efficiency can support full integration into local networks

• What is the ETI doing to enable commercialisation of gasification– Wednesbury plant near end of construction; operations start Q4

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