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Engineering the transformationCapital Markets Day
17 October 2013
Brian GreensmithJason Shipstone
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Agenda
• Our journey - 10 years of biomass experience
• Why we made the choices we made
• How our systems evolved
• Combustion and fuel chemistry
• What we have we built
• Progress to date
• Questions
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To explain the tube map…..
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Coal
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Coal and Early Biomass
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Co-firing
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R&D - Developing our IP
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R&D - Developing our IP
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Pilot DI (Direct injection)
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Co-firing facility
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Dedicated biomass plant
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Co-firing
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Milling – what did we learn?
Ball mill Hammer mill
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Hazards – key lessons learned
Storage fires and self heating
Creeping fires, horizontal ledges
Bespoke fire detection
Biomass dust - Gunpowder
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Ambition “Predominantly Biomass”
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Full scale unit trials – increasing the percentage
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Full scale unit trials – increasing the percentage
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Bunker dust management
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Combustion modifications
Mills Burners
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Combustion modifications
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Wall tube slag
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Pendant tube slag
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Late combustion
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Tube fouling
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High exit temperature
Primary Air Cooler
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Precipitator fouling
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Fuel portfolio chemistry
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SEM use
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Additive trials
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Additive “trials”
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Fuel portfolio chemistry
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Ecostore & Boiler Distribution System
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Tender process
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Ecostore & Boiler Distribution System
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Ecostore & Boiler Distribution System
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Construction
From start to commissioning….
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March ‘13
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Today
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Program risk management
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Commissioning
Interim systems 1
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Commissioning
Interim systems 2
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Commissioning
Interim systems 3
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Commissioning
Interim systems 4
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Commissioning
Interim systems 5
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Commissioning
Performance
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PerformanceCommissioning
Optimisation
Expansion
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Transition to Permanent Biomass Facilities
Transition of 1st converted unit
Q4 2013 phased commissioning ofnew on-site facilities
Fuel delivery and distribution
Storage – 1 dome in service
Unit modifications
On schedule to be complete by year end
2014 schedule
Q1 – 2 domes in service
Q3 – all 4 domes in service
Summer 2014 conversion of 2nd unit
Optimisation work continuing
Efficiency management, fuel envelope,NOx
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September2013
December2013
StartCommissioning
FullyOperational
Fuel Distribution
Rail Delivery
Hull Port Facility
50 Rail Wagons
First DomeFuel Distribution
Rail Delivery
First Dome
Hull Port Facility
Mill Conversions
Timeline for First Unit Transition
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Engineering the transformationCapital Markets Day
Any Questions?
Brian GreensmithJason Shipstone