5,9 MWe INTEGRATED BIOMASS

GASIFICATION COGENERATION
POWER PLANT

MOVIALSA

EQTEC Iberia, SL
c/ Princesa, 2 3ª planta E-08401 Granollers (BARCELONA) SPAIN
Tel. +34 938702462 Fax +34 938702650
email : bcn@eqtec.es
www.eqtec.es
 NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ENERGY SAVING, EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

GASIFICATION AND CHP POWER GENERATION PLANT

RUNNING ON BIOMASS

General View. Biomass gasification plant 1000 Kg/h.

EQTEC IBERIA IS BUILDING AN INTEGRATED BIOMASS GASIFICATION COGENERATION POWER PLANT

(IBGPP), at the alcohol distillery of the company MOSTOS, VINOS Y ALCOHOLES, SA (MOVIALSA), located at
Campo de Criptana (CIUDAD REAL). CHP plant has an electrical output of 5,9 MW and produces 5600
Kg/h of saturated steam at 6 bar(g) and 159 m3/h of hot water at 90 ºC, which are used by the alcohol
factory. IBGPP plant will gasify 4000 Kg/h of waste bagasse from the alcohol factory and will allow total
elimination of the bagasse and liquid effluent of the factory. Bagasse is used as fuel into the gasifier plant
and liquid effluent, so called “vinazas” (water with 1 or 2 % of organic matter) is concentrated on a
multistage evaporator using residual heat from syn gas engines.

IBGPP plant is designed to be extended to a total power output of 13,8 MWe.

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Biomass gasification plant built by
EQTEC Iberia is based on a bubbling
fluid bed gasification technology.

The plant under construction in

MOVIALSA is the second order of this
gasification technology, whose key
aspects are its high electrical and
thermal efficiency, low operation and
maintenance costs and low pollutant
emissions.

Emissions of the IBGPP plant are

limited to:

NOX 500 mg/Nm3 Waste bagasse used as biomass at IBGPP plant.

CO 1100 mg/Nm3
PM10 < 5 mg/Nm3

and emissions can be more reduced

by using catalysers.

Transport of biomass gasifier. Biomass gasifier room under construction.

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Integrated biomass gasification power plant under construction is made up of:

1. Biomass gasification plant, biomass is gasified obtaining low calorific value synthesis gas, LHV is 5,5
MJ/Nm3. Plant gasifies 4000 Kg/h of biomass and has four gasifiers, each one has an air preheater in
order to increase thermal efficiency.
2. Synthesis gas cleaning system, made up of gas coolers, particle filter and ash cooler system.
3. Power plant, with three Jenbacher 620 syn gas engines. Total electrical power output is 5922 KWe.
Jenbacher engines are turbocharged and have a double stage aftercooler in order to maximize its
mechanical efficiency.
4. Heat recovery system from syn gas engines, generating 5600 Kg/h of saturated steam at 6 bar(g)
and 159 m3/h of hot water at 90 ºC, return at 75 ºC.
5. Electrical substation to connect power plant with local electrical grid at 132 KV.

SCADA monitoring & control PC. Plant is running continuously on automatic mode.

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Power plant with three 1974 KWe syn gas generator set under construction.

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Table shows Integrated Biomass Gasifier Power Plant balance.

NOMINAL OUTPUT
1. BIOMASS CONSUMPTION (KW) 19600
(Kg/h) 4000
2. ENGINES EXHAUST GAS FLOW (Kg/h) 43197
3. ENGINES EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE (ºC) 456
4. ENGINES EXHAUST GAS HEAT (KW) 3810
STEAM GENERATION (6 bar sat) (Kg/h) 5600
5. ENGINE HT COOLING CIRCUIT HEAT (KW) 2778
90 ºC HOT WATER GENERATION (m3/h) 159
6. TOTAL HEAT OUTPUT (KW) 6.588
7. ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT (KW) 5.922
8. ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY (%) 30,2
9. THERMAL EFFICIENCY (%) 33,6
10. TOTAL EFFICIENCY (%) 63,8

Table shows high electrical efficiency of more than 30 %. Typical Rankine cycle plant has an electrical
efficiency of 24 % maximum, in similar power range of 5 - 15 MWe. Thus IBGPP plant designed by EQTEC
not only has much more electrical efficiency than combustion plants but also generates steam and hot
water without any power output reduction as it happens on Rankine plants.

A total efficiency of 63,8 % is obtained.

IBGPP plant is designed to run continuously

on automatic mode, 7500 hours per year, with
minimum operation manpower requirements.

First 1000 Kg/hr Gasifier line is already

running for more than 1500 hours and
different biomasses have been tested.

Syn gas engine room from

outside under construction