Engineering

Planning of biomass heat generation, combined heat and power (CHP) generation and combined heat, cooling and power (CHCP) generation plants

Energy master plans
Feasibility studies
Preliminary plant design, preparation of permit applications and detailed design for:
- biomass district heating plants,
- biomass CHP (Combined Heat and Power) and CHCP (Combined Heat, Cooling and Power) plants suitable for the respective side constraints of a project (steam turbine, steam engine, ORC-cycle, Stirling engine, gasification and gas engine, hot gas turbine),
- cooling systems based on biomass combustion (absorption refrigeration technology)
Request for proposals (RFP)
Supervision of plant construction and commissioning
Plant monitoring, process and performance optimisation

Energy master plans with consideration of an optimised heat recovery for power production
Feasibility studies
Preliminary plant design
Preparation of permit applications
Detailed design, request for proposals (RFP)
Supervision of plant construction and commissioning
Plant monitoring, process and performance optimisation

Preparation of energy concepts, energy flow analyses and feasibility studies concerning optimisation measures for energy utilisation
Preliminary plant design, preparation of permit applications and detailed design for:
- Development of CO₂ reduction measures and appropriate implementation concepts
- Change of the energy supply towards renewable fuels
- Heat recovery plants
- Power plants and networks based on water, steam and thermal oil systems
Supervision of plant construction and commissioning
Plant monitoring, process and performance optimisation

Energy master plans for pellets production plans with special consideration of the heat production and the combined heat and power production based on biomass
Feasibility studies
Preliminary plant design
Preparation of permit applications
Detailed design, request for proposals (RFP)
Supervision of plant construction and commissioning
Plant monitoring, process and performance optimisation

Development, comparison as well as technical and economical evaluation of different biomass gasification technologies as a basis for the selection of an adequate technology
Planning of thermal oil systems for the internal heat supply, heat recovery and power production based on the ORC process
Feasibility studies
Preliminary plant design
Preparation of permit applications
Detailed design, request for proposals (RFP)
Supervision of plant construction and commissioning
Plant monitoring, process and performance optimisation

Biomass drying and storage facilities
Fuel delivery systems
Furnace technology and control systems
Flue gas condensation units and control systems
Flue gas treatment units (dust and heavy metal precipitation, NO_x, SO_x and HCl reduction, PCDD/F reduction)
Optimised control systems

Energy master plans for cooling plants based on absorption and compression chillers including Free-Cooling applications and different re-cooling technologies
Feasibility studies
Preliminary plant design
Preparation of permit applications
Detailed design, request for proposals (RFP)
Supervision of plant construction and commissioning
Plant monitoring, process and performance optimisation

Analysis of status quo
Identification of bottlenecks
Identification of resource saving potentials
Evaluation of available resources
Concepts for the effective coverage of the remaining resource demand in a sustainable and economic way

Measures reducing the electricity consumption of plants (appropriate selection and control of fans and pumps)
Measures improving the plant efficiency and the plant emissions by efficient control systems and monitoring
Weak point analysis by checking the plant operating data and compilation of a list of suggestions for improvement considering the technological, ecological and economic impacts
Integration of the process data evaluation software Dateval

Concerning various aspects of energetic biomass utilisation and environmental assessment issues