Soluciones Integrales de Combustión has recently undertaken the commissioning of a mixed burner at the Anyang Bodun Biotechnology biomass plant, in which fuel will be produced from solid briquettes of corn straw and other agricultural waste, through a continuous low-temperature pyrolysis process. The project is located in the town of Anyang, in the northern part of the Chinese province of Henan.

The burner installed by Soluciones Integrales de Combustión is a JBD-2000-GLO unit, with very low emissions, which will operate with natural gas and diesel in the aforementioned biomass plant. The installation of this combustion equipment is part of the project of the company Bodun Biotechnoly Co to produce fuel from solid biomass straw briquettes, with a production of 40,000 tons/year. It is located at the industrial agglomeration area of ​​the Long´an district, in Anyang City, Henan Province. This is an environmental and circular economy project developed by BIOTOC® Boton Technology, through which the pellets obtained with biomass charcoal achieve a high calorific value and a high energy density. They also have good hydrophobicity, crushability and antifungal properties, and are easy to store and transport, improving national and industrial standards with their properties.

China’s economy is developing rapidly and energy consumption is increasing day by day. In fact, the country’s annual energy consumption represents more than 20% of the world’s total consumption. Currently, fossil energy, mainly oil, coal and natural gas, still play an important role, but great progress is being made in replacing it with more sustainable fuels. The project is aligned with the policy of traditional prohibition of straw burning, through the comprehensive utilization of this plant residue, while promoting industrial development and improvement of the ecological environment, and increasing the income of farmers and the sustainable agricultural development.

In 2014, Boton Technology developed the high-tech “BIOTOC® biomass low-temperature continuous carbonization”, which was listed as a key science and technology promotion project by Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

Mixed burner at Anyang Bodun Biotechnology biomass plant

The energy engineering company Soluciones Integrales de Combustión has carried out the installation and commissioning work of the mixed burner at the Anyang Bodun Bioenergy biomass plant, and has carried out the training and qualification of its staff. The JBD-2000-GLO burner, manufactured by E&M Combustión, is a duoblock equipment designed to operate with all types of liquid and gaseous fuels, and especially installations that use mixed fuels such as diesel-natural gas in this case. JBD burners are prepared to overcome high combustion chamber overpressures, have low emissions of NOx polluting particles without losing their energy efficiency, and use a double air register.

The Anyang Bodun combustion facility will be controlled by a standard electronic control unit, which will allow the use of frequency converters to regulate the fan and O2 probes.

The mixed burner feeds the plant’s combustion chamber. The hot gases then pass to the catalytic oxidizer to convert the CO into CO2. Subsequently, the fan sends the hot gases to the hopper where the pellets are carbonized, to then enter water tanks. Finally, the return of gases occurs, which go down and re-enter the burner.

Industrial combustion engineering and services

Soluciones Integrales de Combustión offers industrial combustion engineering services that comprehensively cover the needs of any type of process: supply, start-up and commissioning, maintenance and repair. The company’s products and services add added value in fields such as energy savings, sustainability, reliability and the reduction of unnecessary stops at facilities. The company has a wide range of specialized services. The technical staff of Soluciones Integrales de Combustión are in a continuous training process, which allows them to be “up to date” in new technologies and to be able to carry out any type of start-up, no matter how complex it may be.