The use of biomass fuels to produce electricity and space heating is growing steadily. However, biomass fuels often contain foreign objects and contaminants such as stones, gravel and sometimes even metal from demolition timber and logging residues. These foreign objects can create problems for furnaces and boilers with increased maintenance, and sometimes even downtime, as a result. Addressing this Mantex AB has added new functionality to its Biofuel Analyzer.
According to the Sweden-based technology developer, the analysis function in its Biofuel Analyzer has now been further developed with better detectors and more intelligent image analysis to remedy this problem. With much higher accuracy than before, a fuel receiver can now quickly determine how contaminated the fuel is directly upon delivery. This process took several days before and can now only be completed in minutes.
We already see that the amount of contaminants in the biofuel will have an ever greater impact on the value of the fuel. Foreign objects in biofuel are a major problem for power producers. Now we create a possibility to directly avoid burning fuel that is simply of poor quality, thus reducing maintenance costs, says Karl Wejke, Sales Manager for Biofuel Analyzer at Mantex.
Demand for so-called reclaimed wood, recycled wood from household waste, construction and demolition (C&D) is steadily increasing from an international perspective. Mantex Biofuel Analyzer can already analyze energy value, ash content and moisture content in the biofuel and can now identify foreign objects, which adds another parameter to ensure the quality and price of the biofuel.
solid biomass fuel sampling (photo courtesy Mantex).
