FIRST RESULTS OF THE H2020-LC-SC3-RES-11 BLAZE PROJECT: BIOMASS LOW COST ADVANCED ZERO EMISSION SMALL-TO-MEDIUM SCALE INTEGRATED GASIFIER FUEL CELL COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLAN

BLAZE aims at developing Low cost, Advanced and Zero Emission first-of-a-kind small-to-medium Biomass CHP. This aim is reached by developing bubbling fluidised bed technology integrating a high temperature gas cleaning & conditioning system and integration of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. The technology is characterised by the widest solid fuel spectrum applicable, high efficiencies (50% electrical versus the actual 20%), low investment (< 4 k€/kWe) and operational (≈ 0.05€/kWh) costs, as well as almost zero gaseous and PM emissions, projecting electricity production costs below 0.10€/kWh. The paper shows the first project activities: the preliminary economic analysis, the choice of 10 samples and 5 mixtures of representative biomass wastes to be tested in the gasification labs and the bio-syngas representative tar and contaminants to be tested in the SOFC lab scale facilities.