Demonstration sites

Germany

200 kWth pilot scale plant MAGNUS
The MAGNUS facility is a pilot scale plant for demonstration in industrially relevant process conditions, consisting of three fluidized bed reactors. Its special design allows for switching between different configurations of interconnection of the gas and solid flows, hence giving the possibility to investigate a number of single and dual fluidized bed processes on a single facili-ty (e.g. combustion, gasification, solid looping CO2 capture). All reactors are refractory lined.

To know more: https://www.ifk.uni-stuttgart.de/en/research/experimental-facilities/pilot-scale-test-facilities/magnus/

Location:
Institut für Feuerungs- und Kraftwerkstechnik (IFK)
Pfaffenwaldring 23
70569 Stuttgart
Germany

Spain

“La Pereda”, Hunosa´s power station, is a 50-megawatt (MW) Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion power plant located in Asturias region (Spain). After more than three decades burning coal, it will be retrofitted during 2023 to biomass and solid recovered fuel (SRF) firing. The existing CFB-CaL experimental facility, “La Pereda pilot” treats a slip stream of the flue gas of the main plant. It entered operation in 2012 and more of 5000 hours of operation experience have been accumulated so far in the fulfilment of three European Projects, CaOling, ReCaL and CaO2. Under the CaLby2030 project, the pilot will be retrofitted to enable biomass firing in the oxyfuel CFB calciner. Other retrofit activities at the pilot plant cover for instance the injection of “polishing Ca(OH)2” solids to a cooled region at the exit of the carbonator targeting ultrahigh (≈99%) CO2 capture rates.

Sweden

The brand-new TRL6 CFB-CaL pilot plant is designed by Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW), hosted by the industrial research institute SWERIM and constructed entirely during the CaLby2030 project. The pilot plant is designed to demonstrate CFB-CaL technology in an operational environment of modern steelmaking processes, such as Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) and Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD).

It employs circulating fluidized bed (CFB) reactors, a hot material storage system, and a novel solids flow control philosophy developed by SFW. Hereby, the control of solid circulation between the reactors is exclusively based on fluid dynamics, which makes mechanical valves unnecessary. The pilot plant is designed for flexibility, operating with multiple heat sources such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity, and uses natural limestone as the primary sorbent. By spring 2026, the pilot plant is expected to be fully operational, with the first experimental campaign commencing shortly thereafter.

Location:
Aronstorpsvägen 1
97437 Luleå
Sweden