Air emissions are highly regulated, legislation and regulations regarding emissions from energy production facilities are going to be increasingly stringent in the near future. At a regulatory level, in the coming years, small and medium sized biomass consuming facilities will be subject to emission limits of various atmospheric pollutants according to their power.
One of the challenges posed by the sustainable commercial development of biomass for thermal uses is its use as a heating fuel in large cities, where there may be limitations in the emission levels of combustion equipment related to high rates of air pollution.
The evaluation and analysis of real-time information on process conditions is an essential task when it comes to reducing emissions from biomass combustion facilities and automated monitoring and control are of primary interest for the prevention of emissions. . These actions are carried out in large industrial facilities by regulatory obligation.
For these reasons and issues, AVEBIOM's Innovative Business Group (AEI) is conducting a feasibility study for the implementation of digital emission monitoring systems in small and medium power biomass combustion facilities in urban environments, under the name of DIGITAL BIOMASS. And the main objective is to carry out an analysis of the possibilities, difficulties and challenges of implementing innovative systems to monitor emissions continuously or in established periods, through a panel of chemical and environmental sensors ("digital enablers"), in combustion facilities. biomass from 100 kW to 5 MW.
The expected result of the action is a Diagnostic of possibilities of application of innovative digital solutions, that allow the connectivity and the development of communication systems and data processing representative and testable, in biomass combustion plants of small and medium power in environments urban areas, to monitor and record emissions on a continuous basis or with a specific periodicity that contributes to the control and optimization of combustion conditions and their relationship with the rest of the parameters that may influence the generation of emissions.
This project has been supported by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union (EU), through the 2017 call for aid to support Innovative Business Groups.