WO2012167796A1 - Torrefaction and partial pyrolysis of material for fuel pellet production - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of fuel pellets production based on various sources of feedstock, e.g. biomass or waste.
- WO 2010/129988 Al discloses a process for the preparation of fuel pellet, wherein a feedstock is subjected to torrefaction and/or partial pyrolysis at at temperature in the range from 250 to 500 °C, whereby a solid char and a volatile fraction are obtained.
- the volatile fraction is used for heating of a mixer vessel.
- the condensed tar may subsequently be combined with the solid char.
- EP 2,287,278 A2 discloses torrefaction of biomass, whereby a solid fraction is directed to a cooler. A rotary valve ensures that the volatile is not allowed to enter the cooler, but is instead fed to a combustion unit.
- US 2009/007484 Al discloses an apparatus and process for converting biomass feed materials into reusable carbonaceous and hydrocarbon products.
- the biomass may be torrified and the volatile fraction is condensed in one or a series of condensors.
- the solid material may be pelletized.
- the present invention provides a process for providing fuel pellets based on biomass or waste that can be optimized for use in power plant boilers (grate, fluid bed or suspension fired), district heating boilers, small pellet stoves, industrial process furnaces, kilns and boilers, small-scale heating devices, and barbeque grills.
- the pellets may be utilized as a global trading product. Process steps to control pellet heating value density, pellet milling properties, particle size in pellet and pellet ash properties may be included.
- pellets properties are attractive, namely i) a high heating value density to minimize transport costs, ii) a high pellet stability and hydrophobic properties of the pellets which make handling simple, minimized dust problems, and thereby reduce the risk of self-ignition and provide the option of out-door storage even in wet climates; iii) the option of easy grinding of the pellets in a mill e.g. a coal mill to obtain a small particle size; and iv) acceptable pellet ash properties so that ash deposition, corrosion and flue gas cleanings equipment interference are minimized and residual product utilization is possible.
- the present invention provides a process for the preparation of fuel pellets, said process comprising the steps of a) subjecting a feedstock (e.g. biomass material) to a torrefaction and partial pyrolysis step at a temperature in the range from 250 °C to 500 °C, whereby a solid char and a volatile fraction are obtained, said volatile fraction comprising a tar fraction; b) simultaneously or sequentially i) at least partially condensing the volatile fraction so as to obtain a tar-rich fraction, wherein the tar-rich fraction is condensed onto the solid char, whereby the the solid char is combined with at least a part of the tar-rich fraction; and c) peptization of the combined solid char/tar-rich fraction so as to obtain said fuel pellets.
- a feedstock e.g. biomass material
- Figure 1 illustrates the overall process for the preparation of fuel pellets.
- the shown process can provide torrified pellets with optimal properties for different uses.
- the process may include several steps as shown in Figure 1 and the process can be implemented by use of a variable number of process steps.
- the total process may include torrefaction, size reduction of torrified material, cooling and condensation of tar and separation of gas, possible addition of additives and peptization.
- the needed heating (for process A on Figure 1) can possibly be provided by combustion of the evolved gasses or by another energy source.
- the heat transfer to the feedstock can be provided by a hot metal surface, by superheated steam, by bed material e.g. sand, by a flue gas depleted of oxygen or by a material such as ceramic or metal balls or element of irregular shape.
- FIG. 2 illustrates one possible set-up for implementing the invention.
- a screw unit and a pelletizer are combined.
- the feedstock is transported into the pelletizing unit by the screw feeder.
- the feedstock is heated to a pre-set temperature to release tar and gas and obtain more fragile properties of the solid char.
- the residence time is defined by the rotation velocity of the screw feeder and the dimension of the screw unit.
- the solid char is cooled and tar is condensed on (i.e.
- FIG. 3 illustrates another possible set-up for implementing the invention.
- wet feedstock is dried in a rotation steam dryer that is followed by a rotary kiln steam pyrolysis unit.
- the evolved products are cooled to 110°C whereby the tar is condensed on the char and the gas and steam are directed to a condenser unit.
- the gas leaving the condensation unit is combusted to provide steam for the dryer and the pyrolyser.
- the cooled char and tar are finally pelletized.
- the present invention provides a process for the preparation of fuel pellets in which a feedstock undergoes torrefaction and partial pyrolysis, and wherein produced tar is condensed onto solid char followed by pelletization.
- the feedstock undergoes torrefaction and partial pyrolysis, and wherein produced tar is condensed onto solid char followed by pelletization.
- the process of the present invention may be applied using a wide variety of feedstock, e.g. a biomass material or waste, including herbaceous biomass such as straw and grains, wood biomass including hard and softwood, as well as in principle all waste types with a significant (> 10 wt%) organic fraction, or any mixtures of such feedstock.
- the feedstock has an organic content of at least 15 wt%, such as at least 20 wt%, e.g. at least 40 wt%, or at least 60 wt%.
- the feed stock is a biomass material.
- Many preferred biomass materials have an organic content of at least 80 wt%, such as at least 90 wt%.
- feedstock examples include straw, grains, hard wood, soft wood, and dried sewage sludge.
- the feedstock is wood (typically ash content 0.3 to 3 wt%), annual biomass (typically ash content 4 to 10 wt%), or more variable organic waste materials such as waste wood or dried sewage sludge.
- the water-content of the feedstock is reduced to 2-15 wt% prior to the torrefaction and partial pyrolysis process of step a) below.
- Reduction of the water content may be obtained in the first process step by steam drying, heating, compression or centrifugation.
- step a) (see immediately below) is preceded by a drying step wherein the water-content of the feedstock is reduced to less than 10 wt%.
- the torrefaction process is carried out by heating the feedstock in a suitable reactor in an inert atmosphere or an atmosphere with less than 0.5 Vol% 0 2 up to a temperature from 200 °C to 300 °C.
- the atmosphere typically consists of the evolved volatiles, N 2 , C0 2 , steam or a flue gas depleted of oxygen.
- temperatures for torrefaction is typically between 0.5 seconds and 2 hours.
- a solid char product yield after torrefaction of 50 to 90 wt% is obtained containing 70 - 90% of the feedstock heating value.
- the residual product is a volatile fraction (a gas) rich in CO, C0 2 and water with smaller contents of H 2 and some light hydrocarbons, and possible small amounts of tar.
- the process is defined as a partial pyrolysis process.
- the residence time of the feedstock in the reactor at temperatures for partial pyrolysis is typically from 0.5 second to 1 hour.
- the solid char product yield after partial pyrolysis is typically from 15 to 85 wt% depending on process conditions (temperature, heating rate, residence time).
- the evolved volatiles i.e. the volatile fraction
- the tar yield can be in the range from 2 to 65 wt% of the feedstock depending on operation conditions.
- the present invention combines the torrefaction and partial pyrolysis so as to obtain a suitable amount of tar.
- the optimal torrefaction/pyrolysis reactor operation temperature is a compromise between two objectives.
- the temperature shall be sufficiently high to obtain a sufficient yield of tars and thereby to obtain pellets with adequate quality.
- the char yield shall be as high as possible to obtain a maximum of the feedstock energy content transferred to the fuel pellets.
- the char yield decrease and the tar yield increase with increasing reactor temperature. It is not possible to define a generally applicable optimal reactor temperature for all types of feedstock. However, previously conducted studies indicate that the optimal temperatures may be in the range of 250 to 500°C. The actual optimal reactor temperature is dependent on the applied feedstock and reactor type.
- the torrefaction and partial pyrolysis involves that the feedstock is subjected to a maximum temperature in the range from 250 °C to 500 °C, such as from 260 °C to 490 °C, e.g. from 270 °C to 480 °C, or from 280 °C to 475 °C, or from 290 °C to 470 °C, or from 300 °C to 460 °C, preferably from 310 °C to 450 °C, or from 320 °C to 450 °C, or from 330 °C to 450 °C, or from 340 °C to 450 °C, or from 350 °C to 450 °C.
- a maximum temperature in the range from 250 °C to 500 °C, such as from 260 °C to 490 °C, e.g. from 270 °C to 480 °C, or from 280 °C to 475 °C, or from
- the feedstock is subjected to a temperature in the range from 250 °C to 400 °C, such as from 260 °C to 390 °C, e.g. from 270 °C to 380 °C, or from 280 °C to 360 °C, or from 290 °C to 350 °C.
- the combined torrefaction and partial pyrolysis is typically allowed to proceed for a total period from 2 seconds to 2 hour, such as from 10 seconds to 90 minutes, such as from 4 minutes to 90 minutes, or from 6 minutes to 70 minutes, e.g. from 8 minutes to 50 minutes.
- a possible method to control the quality of the obtained pellets could be to use an instrument that determines the amount of condensable products in the volatiles fraction. The instrument could determine the amount of condensed material by cooling the volatile fraction to e.g. 110°C.
- the torrefaction process and the partial pyrolysis process may be run as separate processes in the same or separate reactors, however, preferably, the processes are run sequentially, e.g. by using a temperature gradient.
- the processes may be implemented with co-current flow conditions (as illustrated in Figure 1) .
- the feedstock is heated for up to 2 hours.
- the exit temperature at completion of the torrefaction and partial pyrolysis process typically is in the range from 300 °C to 450 °C.
- a heat source is needed to facilitate the torrefaction and partial pyrolysis process.
- Heat may be supplied by heat transfer through a metal wall, by an intermediate heat carrier such as sand, ceramic, concrete or metal balls, steam, C0 2 or by a flue gas nearly depleted of oxygen.
- Heat can be generated by using the gas developed in process step a), by using heat from other processes or by using a separate fuel supply.
- a possible size reduction of the char may be performed (see Process B in Figure 1) in order to obtain a more homogeneous char fraction with reduced particle size. This could be as a separate process step or integrated with the torrefaction and/or partial pyrolysis processes.
- the output stream from step a) is a solid char and the volatile fraction (volatile constituents at the exit temperature).
- the volatile fraction comprises gasses, water and tar.
- gases are defined as the fraction of the volatiles which is still in the gas phase at 25 °C and 1 atm.
- One interesting fraction of the volatile fraction is the tar fraction, which will be discussed further in connection with step b) below.
- the torrefaction/pyrolysis process (possibly also including the subsequent condensation step, see step b)) can be implemented by use of a range of different reactors, some examples are provided:
- the process heat may be provided by external heating of the screw channel wall, by heating the screw or by injection of superheated steam.
- the feedstock can be simultaneously grinded and heated.
- Heat for the process can be provided with external heating, steam, heating of metal or ceramic balls, by other heat carrying materials or by injection of a sub-stoichiometric hot flue gas.
- An example of a possible plant for production of torrified pellets is shown in Figure 3. Both the feedstock drying and torrefaction/pyrolysis units are based on rotary kiln technology.
- step b) (see Process C in Figure 1) performed on the volatile fraction and the char from step a) is to partially condense the volatile fraction so as to obtain a mixture of tar and the solid char.
- This can be realized as a cooling of the complete product stream (i.e. the solid char and volatile fraction).
- the tar will condense in the section of the reactor wherein the solid char is also present whereby the tar effectively will condense onto the solid char.
- the tar-rich fraction is typically condensed when cooling from the exit temperature of step a) (i.e. the torrefaction/partial pyrolysis temperature (such as about 350 °C)) to a temperature of 20-150 °C, such as 50-150 °C.
- Water can be condensed upon cooling to a temperature below 100 °C. i.e. below the water drew point temperature. In some embodiments, it is desirable to allow water to become condensed together with the tar-rich fraction in that the presence of water will facilitate the pellet formation (step c)).
- the cooling is conducted by cooling the volatile fraction from the exit temperature of step a) to at temperature of around 100 °C (e.g. in the range from 50 °C to 150 °C).
- step b) Another feature of step b) is to combine the tar-rich fraction (possibly including water) with the solid char. It has been found, that the combination of solid char and the tar-rich fraction will provide benefits with respect to the pelletization and with respect to the properties of the final fuel pellets.
- the cooling temperature of the complete product stream from step a) i.e. the solid char and the volatile fraction
- a controlled mixture of the solid char and the tar-rich fraction can be obtained.
- tar and water can be efficiently mixed with the char.
- solid char and the volatile fraction are simultaneously cooled, whereby the solid char is combined with at least a part of the tar-rich fraction. This is e.g. illustrated in Figure 2.
- the cooling is conducted by cooling the solid char and the volatile fraction from the exit temperature of step a) to a temperature of around 100 °C (e.g. in the range of 50 °C to 150 °C) while allowing the condensed tar-rich fraction to become mixed with the solid char.
- any gasses from the volatile fraction from which the tar-rich fraction is condensed may be combusted so as to provide energy to any drying of the feedstock or to the torrefaction and partial pyrolysis process.
- the evolved gas may be used to provide heat for, e.g., process step a).
- the cooling step could depending on temperature be utilized for power or heat production, e.g. by heat exchange with appropriate water or steam cycles.
- additives see Process D in Figure 1
- the solid char (and the tar) which in a combustion process can bind alkali metals or other species and make them less harmful.
- the pellets are formulated by addition of additives (see Process D in Figure 1) prior to peptization.
- the additives may be clay minerals, lime stone, bleaching soil, sewage sludge or other waste products. Generally materials containing more than 5 wt% of one or several of the following elements may be used : S, P, Al, Si and Ca.
- the additives are provided so as to modify the properties of the pellets, e.g. such that ash deposition and corrosion problems during pellet combustion are minimized. Additives promoting/catalyzing the tar curing process may also be added.
- pellets formulations may include:
- any additives may be combined with the solid char before, in combination with, or after combination of the solid char with the tar-rich fraction. In some embodiments, the additives may even be fed together with the feedstock.
- step c) of the process the combination of the solid char (preferably in particulate form after grinding) which is combined with the tar-rich fraction (possibly including water) and any additives (see step b) is pelletised. Keeping of the material at a temperature in the range from 50 °C to 100 °C of the pelletizing process may increase pellet stability and hardness.
- the pelletizing is conducted using conventional equipment, e.g. an Andritz sprount pellet mill, using conventional conditions.
- the pelletizing may be followed by a curing step in order to harden the pellets, e.g. by curing the tar.
- step a) and step b) of the process are run as a continuous process.
- step a), step b) and step c) of the process are run as a continuous process.
- the invention relates to a process for the preparation of fuel pellets, said process comprising the steps of a) subjecting a biomass material selected from wood to a torrefaction and partial pyrolysis step at a temperature in the range of 250-400°C, e.g. 300-350°C, by heating the biomass material in a reactor whereby a solid char and a volatile fraction are obtained, said volatile fraction comprising a tar fraction; b) cooling the solid char and the volatile fraction from the exit temperature of step a) to a temperature in the range of 20 °C to 150 °C, e.g. 50-150 °C, while allowing the condensed tar-rich fraction and any water to be combined with the solid char; and c) pelletization of the combined solid char/tar-rich fraction so as to obtain said fuel pellets.
- the product can advantageously be stored and transported with high stability and the pellets can be used as fuel in a pulverized fired power plant boiler.
- the primary demands for an adequate pellet quality is a pellet that is hydrophobic and does not fragment significantly during transportation.
- the pellets should also have suitable mechanical strength, e.g. defined as the tensile strength thereof.
- the tensile strength can be measured using a tensometer for compression of a pellet in the radial direction, cf. the method described by da Rocha SSHF, "Mechanical evaluation for the quality control of biomass pellets and briquettes. In: Proceedings of the second world conference on pellets, Jonkoping, Sweden; 2006, 183-187.
- useful pellets preferably have a tensile strength of at least 100 kPa, such as at least 200 kPa, e.g. at least 300 kPa.
- Very attractive pellets are those having a tensile strength of at least 400 kPa, such as at least 500 kPa, or at least 600 kPa, or at least 700 kPa.
- the present invention also provides a fuel pellet comprising a solid char, tar, and, optionally, one or more additives, said solid char and said tar being obtained by torrefaction and partial pyrolysis of a feedstock at a temperature from 250 °C to 500 °C.
- the pellet has a tensile strength of at least 100 kPa.
- the pellets prepared according to the invention can be grinded with low energy consumption and is thereby optimal to use in suspension fired boilers. Moreover, the pellets can be stored under out-door conditions on moist regions of the world, e.g. in the Scandinavian countries.
- pellets prepared according to the invention can be provided to a national or an international market with end-uses in: power plant boilers (grate, fluid or suspension fired), district heating boilers, small pellet stoves, industrial process furnaces, kilns and boilers, small-scale heating devices, and barbeque grills.
- power plant boilers grate, fluid or suspension fired
- district heating boilers small pellet stoves
- industrial process furnaces kilns and boilers
- small-scale heating devices small-scale heating devices
- barbeque grills barbeque grills.
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