Austria-headed international technology group Andritz AG (ANDRITZ) has announced that its first biomass-fired PowerFluid circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler with flue gas cleaning system in Japan – delivered to Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd (MES) for the Ichihara biomass power plant – has been in commercial operation since December 2020 as planned, and reached its end of warranty in December 2021.
With this first biomass-fired CFB boiler in Japan, ANDRITZ has since developed a strong market position for CFB boilers in the country and is working at the moment on ten more CFB boiler projects in Japan (3 x 75 MWe and 7 x 50 MWe) that are currently in the start-up phase or will go into operation over the next few years.
The total project execution time from the award of the order to the beginning of commercial operation was only 39 months, thus demonstrating the company’s “strong capabilities” in management and timely execution of demanding projects.
The Ichihara biomass power plant in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture is designed to produce 50 MWe electric power from biomass – wood pellets and palm kernel shells (PKS). The PowerFluid boiler features high pressure and a reheat system in combination with high steam temperatures with the aim of achieving high plant efficiency and optimizing the utilization of valuable, high-grade biomass.
The scope of supply comprised the engineering work, delivery, erection work, and start-up of the fluidized bed boiler, including a flue gas cleaning system with high-dust SCR and auxiliary equipment. The equipment and technologies supplied by ANDRITZ are the company says “essential parts of a high-efficiency biomass power plant for the supply of green energy to the national grid.”
