2nd Workshop on “Lowering Costs by Improving Efficiencies in Biomass Fueled Boilers: New Materials and Coatings to Reduce Corrosion” (On-site and online meeting, 5th of December 2023)

A 1-day workshop on Tuesday, 5th of December 2023, in Garching/Munich, Germany

We are delighted to offer you the opportunity to attend a one-day workshop and discussion session on the topic of “Lowering Costs by Improving Efficiencies in Biomass Fueled Boilers: New Materials and Coatings to Reduce Corrosion”. The workshop will be held at the TUM University, in Garching/Munich, on the 5th of December 2023.

The BELENUS project was funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program. It started in April 2019, and it will end in February 2024.

BELENUS brings novel corrosion prevention approaches to achieve cost-effectiveness for biomass plants involving the whole value chain. The ambitious goal proposed by BELENUS is sustained by the
achievement of 3 technological breakthroughs, which constitute the technological pillars focused on
preventing corrosion and increasing the performance and reliability of small and medium combined heat
and power (CHP) biomass plants: [1] biomass highly-corrosion resistant coatings and lower base materials presently under development; [2] strategies of welding and bending for improving quality and efficiency of boiler components; [3] online corrosion monitoring. This workshop aims to disseminate project results and to bring together the main actors of the industry, plant owners, and researchers related to the topic of material and component degradation in the CSP field. We hope that you will be able to attend and look forward to your input and views on the challenge of enhancing the lifetime of Biomass plant components.

 

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Agenda of the Workshop

  • 9:00 Greetings from Prof. Peter Mayr, Department head “Materials Engineering” of TUM
  • 9:10 BELENUS project overview Dr. F. Javier Pérez Trujillo, UCM
  • 09:25 Slot 1

Sustainable Biomass Opportunities in Europe and Challenges for Energy Utilisation (Dr.Karol
Witkowski, EIFER ) (9.25)
Fireside Corrosion Probes and Trial Coated Tube Exposures in Biomass Fired Power Plant Boilers,  Dr. Scott Lockyer, UNIPER, United Kingdom). (9.45)
Applying lab-scale experimental data to (probabilistic) component-scale lifetime estimation – case
study based on the Belenus results (Dr. Rami Pohja, VTT) (10.05)

High-temperature corrosion in harsh environments: beyond breakaway corrosion (Dr. Torbjörn
Jonsson, Chalmers University (10.25)

  • 10:45 Coffee break
  • 11:00 Slot 2

Power Plant Performance Enhancements – Process and Combustion Engineering, Corrosion Challenges (Mr. Kristian Enste, Onyx Power Zolling (11.00)
Long-term corrosion behaviour of coatings under biomass atmosphere at 600ºC (Dr. Alina Agüero,
INTA, Spain) (11.30)
Protective coatings and technologies: improving components lifetime (Dr. Eduardo Silva, TEandM,
Portugal) (11.50)
Investigation of the erosive wear of boiler tube materials: Experimental design and operational
experience (Dr. Jonas Meitz, RWE, Germany) (12.10)

  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 Slot 3

Mechanical Properties Investigation of Coated and Uncoated 12%Cr Steel (Dipl.-Ing. Fabian Dittrich,
Technical University of Munich, Germany) (13.30)
Thermal Simulation and Bending Investigation of Coated and Uncoated 12%Cr Steel (Prof.
Dr. Peter Mayr, Technical University of Munich, Germany) (13.50)
Welding Investigation of Coated and Uncoated Power Plant Steels (Dipl.-Ing. Fabian Dittrich, Technical
University of Munich, Germany) (14.10)

  • 14.30 Coffee break
  • 15.00 Slot 4 (On-line)

Ash forming matter in solid biomass fuels: Behaviour prediction and characterization in FBC during
Belenus experiments (Dr. María Luisa Contreras, CIEMAT, Spain) (15.00)
Insights of FTIR for biomass characterisation: Belenus biomass examples (Dr. Manolo Benito, CIEMAT)
(15.20)
Social dimension of bioenergy, (Dr. Izaskun de Allende, Zabala, Spain) (15.40)
Electrochemical sensors for corrosion control in biomass plants (Francisco Javier Pérez Trujillo, UCM (16.00)

  • 16:30 Closure of the workshop

1st Workshop on “Lowering Costs by Improving Efficiencies in Biomass Fuelled Boilers (BELENUS) (4th of October 2022), and
Young Researchers Training School (5th of October 2022)

The 1st Workshop and Young School will be held at VTT, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland on the 4th and 5th of October 2022, respectively.

The BELENUS project was funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program and started in April 2019. BELENUS brings novel corrosion prevention approaches to achieve cost-effectiveness for biomass plants involving the whole value chain. The ambitious goal proposed by BELENUS is sustained by the achievement of 3 technological breakthroughs which constitute the technological pillars, focused on preventing corrosion and increasing in performance and reliability of small and medium combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plants: [1] biomass highly-corrosion resistant coatings and lower base materials presently under development; [2] strategies of welding and bending for improving quality and efficiency of boiler components; [3] online corrosion monitoring.

This workshop aims to disseminate project results and to bring together the main actors of the industry, plant owners and researchers related to the topic of material and component degradation in the Biomass field. The Young Researchers Training School not only aims to disseminate project results but also to show up materials and processes against corrosion for different industrial applications.

We hope that you will be able to attend and look forward to your input and views on the challenge of enhancing the lifetime of industrial plant components.

  1. BELENUS project overview
  2. Material related challenges in biomass combustion
  3. Materials selection for a new biomass fired boiler; Owner’s point of view
  4. Biomass characterization of fuels used in Belenus
  5. Advances in Anti-Corrosion Coatings and their medium-term corrosion behavior in biomass atmosphere
  6. Coating processes for improvement of corrosion resistance
  7. New FeCrAl materials for boiler environments
  8. Laboratory investigation of bulk/coatings in simulated biomass environment
  9. Predicting oxide phases and oxidation kinetics observed in the laboratory investigation
  10. Tensile Properties Investigation of Coated and Uncoated 12%Cr Steel Using a Thermophysical Simulation System
  11. HAZ Simulation, Melting and Bending Investigation of Coated and Uncoated 12%Cr Steel
  12. Lifetime prediction approach applying experimental and modelling data from the Belenus project
  13. Fireside Corrosion Probes and Trial Coated Tube Exposures in Biomass Fired Power Plant Boilers
  14. Preventive Maintenance: On-line Corrosion Monitoring System
  15. Biomass Pilot Plant testing: Fluidized bubbling bed conditions influence
  16. Investigating the erosive wear of boiler tubes from an operator’s view

Final Discussion Session: new perspectives in biomass technology. Set of central questions which are discussed by the group.

  1. Side effects of biomass combustion- from fuel preparation till the ash management
  2. Boiler Fireside Corrosion Practical Considerations
  3. Protective coatings for steel high-temperature corrosion resistance
  4. Coatings processes for high-temperature corrosion resistance
  5. Analytical strategies in high-temperature corrosion research.
  6. Pilot Plant Testing in hydrogen production by fuel reforming, and biomass combustion
  7. Materials for a fossil-free future – the importance of high-temperature corrosion
  8. Furnace modelling for corrosion risk assessment
  9. Social dimension of bioenergy
  10. Practical Cases

Further information can be found in the agenda.

To attend, please complete the online registration form by 30th of September 2022, ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM. For any questions, please contact Gustavo García Martin (gusgarci@ucm.es, +34913945208).

Venue:

Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy,
Kivimiehentie 3, 02150 Espoo, Finland