BIOMASS INVENTION
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is hailing the success of a European Union (EU)-funded research project that has created new technology allowing small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) plants to run on biomass fuels. Applicable for the power range of 200 - 1,000 kWel, its key innovation is using a screw-type steam engine. This was integrated by the project's German and Austrian engineering companies into an existing district heating plant in Hartberg, Austria, allowing them to trial the engine for 5,000 hours.Screw-type engines are displacement rotary ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.