BIOFLAM APPLICATION OF LIQUID BIOFUELS IN NEW HEATING

BIOFLAM APPLICATION OF LIQUID BIOFUELS IN NEW HEATING TECHNOLOGIES FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES BASED ON COOL FLAME VAPORIZATION AND POROUS MEDIUM COMBUSTION OMV AG - Competence Center Heating Fuels Thomas H. Brehmer Mehr bewegen.

9 PARTNER, 4 x IND, 4 x RES, 1 x EU OMV AG Vienna (A) RWTH EST Aachen (D) LSTM Erlangen (D) HOVAL Vaduz (LI) IST Lissabon (P) NTUA Athen (GR) PTC Balerna (CH) CSEM Neuchâtel (CH) EHI (EU) Mehr bewegen.

CONTENT v Market situation v Project aims v Technical concept v Cooperation of partners v Project status v Summary and outlook Mehr bewegen.

MARKET SITUATION v Emissions of NOx and CO 2 per k. Wh of conventional oil heating systems exceed emissions of gas heating systems v Conventional oil heating systems are not certified for biofuel v State of the art oil burners can only be modulated in a very small power range v Condensing boilers for oil are not widely accepted or available Mehr bewegen.

PROJECT AIMS Development of an oil fired condensing boiler with the following attributes: Ø Operation with biofuels Ø Reduction of NOx emissions of 50 % compared to conventional oil fired Ø Minimum power-modulation 1: 10 Ø Condensing boiler Ø Cost of production: € 2500, -Mehr bewegen.

TECHNICAL CONCEPT Porous burner Cool flame vaporizer Condensing boiler 6 Mehr bewegen.

COOPERATION OF PARTNERS RWTH EST Aachen (D), NTUA Athens (GR) Mehr bewegen.

COOPERATION OF PARTNERS LSTM Erlangen (D), IST Lisbon (P), PTC Balerna (CH) START STOP Mehr bewegen.

COOPERATION OF PARTNERS HOVAL Vaduz, (LI), CSEM Neuchatel (CH) HOVAL (Li) CSEM (CH) Mehr bewegen.

COOPERATION OF PARTNER OMV AG, Vienna, (A), EST Aachen (D), NTUA Athens (Gr) v Fuel characterisation v Production of Blends v Fuel Stabilisation v Tests at test rigs Mehr bewegen.

PROJECT STATUS Heat balance of the cool flame vaporizer Mehr bewegen.

PROJECT STATUS New Porous burner design and burner in operation Mehr bewegen.

PROJECT STATUS Mehr bewegen.

SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK v System certification in September 2004 v Field tests in Austria and Switzerland v 5 prototypes in 2004 v 2 prototypes in the field in 2004 Mehr bewegen.