Pellet Combustion Solution
Our thermal solutions can also use biomass pellet burners to provide heat from pellets. These solutions are typically designed for small and medium capacities – up to 10 MMBtu/hr – and can be installed on the wall of a boiler, a dryer, a combustion chamber or other heat-demanding equipment. The combustion of pellets in dedicated pellet burners offers many of the advantages of the dust burner, in terms of thermal efficiency, combustion control, ash release, particulate emissions etc.
Because pellets have a higher volumetric density than biomass powder, pellet combustion solutions will reduce transportation cost and material handling/storage size.
Given that the pellet market is well established, the sourcing of pellets from external suppliers is more straightforward, as compared to other forms of biomass. Conversely, if the pellets are produced on-site, the excess production of pellets may be easily sold to other users.
Our burning systems are part of our integrated heating processes. We can provide a complete solution from biomass fuel storage to heat/steam production, having low capital requirements and according to our client’s specifics needs.
Depending on the type of biomass at the client’s disposal, our solution may integrate a biomass conditioning phase, in order to improve the quality of the fuel upstream of the combustion phase, and to increase the thermal efficiency of the global process.
Our burning solutions can easily be retrofitted – at little cost – into existing boilers, furnaces, dryers and other heat-demanding equipment. This application allows the client to substitute the use of fossil fuels in his existing installation and, therefore, reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions from fossil-originating energy. This reduction in GHG emissions may give rise to carbon credits, which could be sold by the client for a revenue stream.
Lakson has also developed a patented technology by which it is possible to use biomass in a process to heat occupied spaces, which could be applied to mining industries.