Making green wood work in existing coal plants

Biomass Power & Thermal By Anna Austin April 14, 2011

One of the challenges of cofiring biomass with coal at existing plants is effectively dealing with high moisture content in wood.

If a biomass power plant is built from scratch, wood with 50 percent moisture content can be used with no problems, said Tom Kimmerer, senior scientist at Moore Ventures LLC. “However, if you’re cofiring in an existing plant, high moisture in wood causes all kinds of problems,” he said.

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