FLUE GAS CLEANING FOR BIOMASS ENERGY PLANTS For the separation of particulate matter, centri fugal separators for pre-separation and dry electrostatic precipitators for final cleaning represent the best available technology. Take advantage of our single source system solutions. Ř Single and multi-field ESPs Ř Fabric Filters in combination with Dry Sorption Processes Our extensive industry experience ensures the most reliable design and economical operation. Scheuch Inc. 2351 Huron Street, Unit 1 London, Ontario, N5V 0A8, Canada Phone: +1 (519) 951-7700 I Fax: -7711 offi [email protected] www.scheuch.ca INTERESTED PARTIES waste is also being diverted from landfills and businesses within a two-hour trans-portation radius. According to Bearss, area landfills are now having to seriously look at modifying their material recycling facilities to create wood biomass fuel or run out of landfill. “We’re working with the City of Ver-non’s landfill trying to get them to stream-line their wood waste stream by clean wood, like pallets and construction de-molition debris, and sorting and separat-ing the nails and anything that’s not wood biomass out of that steam so we can use it in our boiler.” He says that Fink is hoping the city will move ahead and order the proper material recycling equipment to sort and separate out the waste that isn’t wood. It would be a prime use of wood biomass in the local area and it may be something that [the City of Vernon] will actually pay Fink Enderby District Energy to take potentially, because “for them it’s a necessity to make space.” The system is expected to consume 800 tonnes of renewable wood fuel an-nually while helping to mitigate approxi-mately 425 tonnes of greenhouse gases. Users are reporting savings of 10 to 18 percent just on efficiency improvements over their old systems compared to the energy transfers they’re getting from the district energy line now, says Bearss. This has created some interest both from local business joining the system and other communities looking at imple-menting their own district energy system. “What we’re finding is that people be-fore that weren’t interested for whatever reason, now realize from talking to their neighbours that are on the district energy grid and learning about its advantages and are wanting to learn more about get-ting on board themselves,” says Bearss. “We have some potential clients that have talked to us about tying into the dis-trict energy grid. Hopefully people in the community will become involved and tie into the grid because they find it an ad-vantage to them in many different ways.” One advantage, Bearss points out, is operational maintenance because continual maintenance is no longer required on previously installed boiler or heating systems and they can then become a back-up or stand-by. “[The energy district system] is set it up so that it’s a cost-savings advantage for people to do business with us,” adds Bearss. “Even though it’s small, rural sys-tem, it does have the three fundamentals of district energy – space heating, domes-tic hot water and process heat.” According to Bearss, the cost to “cookie cutter” this system in a similar install set-ting is approximately $1.2 million, which he says has caused many in the public sector to rethink their approach because until “our system came online consult-ing firms were estimating systems similar to ours for communities at nearly seven times the price. Since the beginning of the year this installation has resulted in two communities who have selected Fink Machine to install a similar system in their communities.” By utilizing biomass fuel, an energy source largely independent of today’s wide energy price fluctuations, says Bearss, Fink Enderby District Energy can provide customers with economical, safe and environmentally responsible heating vÀÊÞi>ÀÃÊÌÊVi°ÊU Canadian BIOMASS 17
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