Biomass

Biomass Energy or Biopower
Biomass electrical generation or biopower is second only to hydropower as a renewable energy source.
Most electricity generated using biomass today is by direct combustion using conventional boilers. These boilers burn primarily waste wood products generated by the agriculture and wood-processing industries. When burned, the wood waste produces steam, which is used to spin a turbine. The spinning turbine activates a generator that produces electricity. Many coal-fired power plants also add biomass to their coal-burning process (i.e., co-firing) to reduce the emissions produced by burning the coal.


 


Advanced Pyrolytic System, waste to energy plant 

A more viable and environmentally-friendly alternative to a covenantal biomass plant is a “waste-to-energy” system known as the Advanced Pyrolytic System (APS).  Pyrolysis is a process that chemically decomposes organic materials by heat in the absence of oxygen and typically occurs under pressure and at operating temperatures above 430 degrees Celsius.

Instead of land filling or incinerating municipal solid waste (MSW) and other industrial waste streams, the Advanced Pyrolitic System utilizes household garbage, glass, yard waste, oil waste, sludge/bio-solids, plastics, paints, medical waste, contaminated, soils,  and tires to produce clean, renewable energy.
Unlike incineration, which produces fly ash, the Advanced Pyrolitic System has very low emissions with no harmful substances remaining, either in the atmosphere or as a residue. Over 99% of the waste processed is converted to energy and other saleable by-products.
We offer these plants in two sizes, one that processes 125 TPD of MSW, producing 3 MW of electricity a larger 250 TPD plant the produces approximately 6 – 7 MW.