Biomass Heat Pipe Reformer

The running BioHPR project aims at the developing of a rather simple and cost effective allothermal gasifier system that is able to produce high calorific product gases for micro-turbine systems. The innovative idea of the concept is to apply the heat for the endothermic gasification process to the reformer by means of high temperature heat pipes. Key features of the new concept are its simplicity and a flexible heat-to-power ratio that makes the concept competitive even without adequate heat consumer.

Project Coordinator: Lehrstuhl für Thermische Kraftanlagen, Technische Universität München (DE)

Contractors:
Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH (DE)
Luft- und Feuerungstechnik GmbH (AT)
Institut für Kernernergetik, Universität Stuttgart (DE)
Laboratory of Steam Boilers and Thermal Plants, National Technical University of Athens (GR)
SaarEnergie GmbH (DE)

NAS extension to: Biomass Heat Pipe Reformer

The running project does not include the integration and testing of a microturbine, a hot gas filtration system, and newly designed cost effective heatpipes. The additional Workpackages will focus on these components and will therefore finally allow a demonstration of all essential components for a small standardized BioHPR-CHP plant.

The new Participants will design, install, optimize and test an appropriate gas filtration system and a Microturbine. After these tests the complete system will be shipped to the BioHPR-prototype in order to test and demonstrate the complete BioHPR/ microturbine system.

NAS Contractors:
Budapest University, Institute for Heat Engines (HU)
Budapest University, Institute for Chemical Engineering (HU)
ICPET CERCETARE (RO)
Hyperion Systems Engineering, Ltd. (CY)