Utilities and energy developers are increasingly proposing biomass-fueled plants as one way to address Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS).  Biomass power generation takes on many forms and fuel types.  These plants can be built from the ground up to burn biomass fuels including wood, municipal solid wastes, or bio-derived liquids, or they can be existing coal-fired utility boilers that co-fire biomass with the aim of reducing emissions and costs.  Biomass installations are also prevalent in industries such as forest products where wood wastes are fueled to produce steam and electricity.

Emerson Power & Water Solutions has considerable global experience with biomass for power generation.  Our Ovation™ distributed control system has been successfully applied on a variety of biomass installations ranging from coal firing to dedicated plants.  We can provide control and automation for fuel handling, combustion processes, turbines, emissions, and balance-of-plant, as well as sensors, valves and analyzers.  Our philosophy of integrating a high level of process automation ensures consistent operation and may result in fewer outages and extended maintenance cycles. 

While process automation is a relatively small part of a biomass installation in monetary terms, it is absolutely critical from a plant performance perspective.  Process control and how it is implemented can have very direct impacts on the commercial and operational success of an installation.

Finally, implementing appropriate controls on a biomass plant need not be complicated.  Emerson Power & Water Solutions can serve as a focal point for the total scope of instrumentation and control on a biomass project.  In the role of Main Automation Contractor (MAC) we can help expedite project cycles and mitigate the risks and staff impacts associated with selecting and procuring automation components.

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