Bio-Ethanol and Biomass Compared
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This part of the Resource Recovery Park already has planning permission for a bio-ethanol production plant. Here is a summary of how the new proposal for a biomass plant compares with the bio-ethanol plant.
| Item |
Bio-Ethanol Plant |
Biomass Plant |
| Process |
Chemical |
Combustion |
| Outputs |
Fuel Ethanol |
Electricity and heat |
| By-products |
CO2, lignin fuel, distillers grain
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Ash, steam and hot water |
| Feedstock volume |
250,000 tonnes / annum |
175,000 tonnes / annum |
| Feedstock type |
Life expired timber, paper sludge, agricultural residues |
Low grade soft woods, life expired timber, energy crops |
| Main plant elements |
Fuel prep area, shredders, hydrolysers / digesters, liming and pressing units, fermenters, distillation and drying units, control room, chimney stack |
Fuel reception area, conveyors, boiler, turbine hall, flue gas treatment area, chimney stack, control room and substation |
| Stack height |
30 m |
85 m |
| Main facility height |
28 m |
42 m |
| Building footprint |
13,940 m2 |
10,754 m2 |
| Vehicle deliveries |
36 per day |
36 per day |
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