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The family Schößwendter operates a sawmill at its site in Saalfelden. Due to the increased heat demand, a comprehensive concept for future heat supply has been developed. The project was designed as a biomass combined heat and power plant based on a steam process. The required thermal energy for the sawmill is provided by a biomass combustion system with a steam boiler rated at 23 t/h (21.5 MW of combustion heat output).
The combustion is fueled with sawmill residues such as bark, offcuts, sawdust, and wood chips, as well as selective thinning wood as needed. The fuel is either unloaded in the storage area near the push floors and transported to the push floors by a wheel loader or directly fed to the push floors. The push floors convey the fuel material with a closed-type mechanical conveyor to the combustion’s feeding device. The high-pressure steam boiler, with a fuel heat output of approximately 21,5 MW, is a radiant boiler with a steam generation capacity of 23 t/h at an operating pressure of 65 bar. It is designed as a multi-pass natural circulation boiler, including superheaters, economizers, and air preheaters, in a vertical arrangement. The flue gas temperature after the steam boiler is around 150 °C. A pre-separator and an electrostatic precipitator are used for flue gas dedusting. In the pre-separator (multicyclone type), the flue gas is pre-cleaned through centrifugal force separation. Additional dust particles are separated when the flue gas passes through the electric fields of the electrostatic precipitator, where the effect of high-voltage current causes them to deposit on the collecting electrodes. The induced draft fan provides the necessary negative pressure and directs the clean gases to the flue gas condensation system and further through the chimney into the atmosphere. To generate electricity, a steam turbine with a rated power of up to 5.000 kW is installed. The electrical power is fed into the public grid.
Combustion heat capacity
21,5 MW
Steam capacity
23 t/h
Permissible steam pressure
74 bar
Operating steam pressure
66 bar
Steam temperature
485 °C
Feedwater temperature
105 °C
Untreated sawmill residues or forest residual wood
Push floors
4 units (1.500 m³)
Extraction-condensing turbine
Extraction
2 bara
Exhaust steam
0,1 bara
Heat exchanger
14 MW
Pre-separator with electrostatic precipitator
Flue gas volume
60.000 Nm³/h