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Cogeneration Plants for LFG, Biogas, Natural Gas
HAASE cogeneration plants (CHP plants) generate electricity and heat from from alternative sources of energy - i.e. biogas, landfill gas, sludge gas - or from natural gas. In Germany and abroad, we have many clients among landfill operators, electric utility companies, industrial enterprises, residential parks, and industrial parks.
HAASE supplies:
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HAASE cogeneration plants: Heat and electricity from alternative sources of energy.
With a methane concentration of about 40 to 65 per cent, landfill gas, biogas, and sludge gas may be considered high-energy fuels. Their concentration of noxious trace elements and CO2, however, has a considerable impact on the environment and contributes to the greenhouse effect. In order to prevent pollutants from escaping into the atmosphere, a thermal treatment is obligatory on modern landfill sites. HAASE cogeneration plants use this gas to fuel gas engines.
Electricity generated by such facilities either supports the decentralized energy supply on site, or it is supplied to the public grid, offering an additional source of income to plant operators. Waste heat from engine cooling water and waste gas may be used for environment-friendly heating purposes or for the generation of process heat. This type of energy is not only required by industrial sites, sewage treatment plants, and biogas plants (reactor heating), but it is also especially suited to heat residential parks, greeneries, operation buildings, hospitals, and swimming pools.
Electricity generated by such facilities either supports the decentralized energy supply on site, or it is supplied to the public grid, offering an additional source of income to plant operators. Waste heat from engine cooling water and waste gas may be used for environment-friendly heating purposes or for the generation of process heat. This type of energy is not only required by industrial sites, sewage treatment plants, and biogas plants (reactor heating), but it is also especially suited to heat residential parks, greeneries, operation buildings, hospitals, and swimming pools.
Example for a gas utilization facility equipped with 3 HAASE cogeneration units fuelled on landfill gas. Electric power is exported to the local utility company while the thermal energy is used to heat the municipal tram depot and associated buildings.
From an ecological and economical point of view, combined heat and power production (cogeneration) is the most sensibe way to make use of biogas and special gases, on condition that there is a sufficient quantitiy and quality of gas available.
There are three major benefits:
1. Gases that are harmful to the environment are burned in gas engines and, at the same time, are used for power generation. This way, the disposal of the gas is financed out of one’s own resources and may even produce extra profits.
2. Valuable fossil fuels (oil, natural gas) are substituted by alternative sources of energy and help to save the limited natural resources of this planet.
3. In comparison to large conventional power stations, cogeneration facilities have a higher efficiency ratio and produce less emissions. Government policies often promote such environment-friendly installations by offering tax benefits to plant operators.
There are three major benefits:
1. Gases that are harmful to the environment are burned in gas engines and, at the same time, are used for power generation. This way, the disposal of the gas is financed out of one’s own resources and may even produce extra profits.
2. Valuable fossil fuels (oil, natural gas) are substituted by alternative sources of energy and help to save the limited natural resources of this planet.
3. In comparison to large conventional power stations, cogeneration facilities have a higher efficiency ratio and produce less emissions. Government policies often promote such environment-friendly installations by offering tax benefits to plant operators.
In Germany, large conventional power stations have an efficiency ratio of only 36% due to losses incurred by energy conversion and transmission. In comparison: The input-output ratio of primary energy used in HAASE cogeneration plants is up to 90%, because these facilities benefit from waste heat recovery and strictly avoid energy losses.
Many year’s of expert experience in plant engineering and plant operation account for the outstanding energy balance and high efficiency ratio of our CHP facilities. HAASE units produce low running costs and reduce emissions. Purchase, rental options, and contracting schemes are available. Check this link to our Services for details about energy contracting and BOO schemes. It also provides information about the HAASE Telecontrol System, staff training, and HAASE Service & Support.
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Overview: Sizes
of CHP container units
Biogas CHP container units: capacities from 170 to 1,700kWel. (PDF, 147.06 KB)
References
Landfill gas CHP Facility at Frankenfelder Berg (PDF, 832.96 KB)