ENSURE: Sustainable biomass use
Sustainable use of biomass in this environment for direct use, as support for heating and domestic hot water and additional electricity production to combine the previous system, as well as its indirect use in the production of activated carbon for various industrial applications of economic interest.
Specific objectives
The development of a physico-chemical model of the activation process (carbonisation and activation with CO2 and water vapour) for the production of activated biochar (SO4). This will make it possible to predict the evolution of the porous structure of a carbonaceous material of biomass origin as a function of the intrinsic properties of the material itself and the conditions of the process. It will be contrasted with empirical data obtained under controlled conditions (laboratory reactor and immediate and elemental analysis determinations, among others), and subsequently validated in the operating ranges and for the precursor material considered. The model aims to extend knowledge and establish new strategies to predict the evolution of the porous structure of a carbonaceous material during activation.
Experimental analysis of the integration of boilers suitable for burning different types of biomasses with a Stirling engine, and in particular the effect of combustion fouling on the engine hot spot, and its associated loss of performance (SO5).
The integration of the heating system in a typical house in a rural environment with aerothermal energy in real conditions of low sunshine, high humidity (fog) and low wind, where it is necessary to include and properly include biomass boilers to make up for these moments of low electricity supply (SO6).