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Above: Infographic showing working of ORC system
heat production of CHP systems (typically hot water <110°C). An MDF flash dryer is also compatible with CHP integration, in this case through an air preheater integrated in the dryer, which heats the fresh air up to 100°C before entering the mixing chamber.
CHP in the range of size of wood industry
infographic (see above).
with a standard biomass-fired thermal oil
boiler, technology always present in panel production to heat up the thermal oil for the presses.
In this way the ORC integrates the production process as it was a heat user such as presses or indirect steam generator to refiner. There is no need for any high pressure superheated steam boiler which
patented operator, no need for qualified
operators, and no need of water or water treatment.
Turboden currently has more than 340 references in biomass application running, mainly in Europe, North America, South America and Asia, with a special focus on the wood industry.
An extract of references in the wood- based panel manufacturing sector was displated at the LIGNA exhibition. The list has been recently updated with a new order just finalised for Tableros Hispanos, a Spanish producer of high-quality particleboard based in Lugo, which will integrate the ORC with a biomass-fired thermal oil boiler and belt
be possible to decarbonise the production
process, eliminating the consumption of natural gas and strongly reducing the electricity demand from the grid. Among our historical customers is
Kastamonu Entegre, one of the largest producers of wood-based panels in the world. Kastamonu Entegre produces particleboard, MDF, OSB and laminate flooring for the furniture, decoration and construction sectors. High-efficiency Turboden ORC units were preferred in the projects that were installed in factories
produced electricity from wood waste and
residues from production processes.
electricity, the cogeneration ORC system that produces electricity and hot water was preferred in the Kastamonu project. The electricity production capacity of both projects is 13.6MWe. In addition to this, hot water is produced between 90°C – 110°C in the Kastamonu project. The hot water obtained is used for chip drying in the belt drying system and in
flexible operation of Turboden ORC, 90°C
hot water is produced in the summer months and 110°C hot water is produced in the winter months. ●
Turboden, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group Company, is an Italian firm based in Brescia and a global leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems, highly suitable for distributed generation. The company was founded in 1980 and became part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group in 2013.
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