Beypazari plant case study0 pages

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Beypazari Biomass-To-Energy Plant
Case Study

The Opportunity
Worldwide more chickens are kept
than any other type of poultry—
more than 50 billion birds are
raised each year as a source of
meat and eggs. Traditionally, in
developing countries, chickens
have been bred in small flocks.
However, rising world populations
and urbanization have led to
much larger farms and major
environmental problems due to the
large quantity of manure produced
at each location.
In Turkey there are more than 243
million chickens for eggs or meat
production, which produce nearly
5.4 million tones of manure per
year.
There is a need for new, state-of-the-art waste management systems that make animal operations economically
viable and environmentally friendly. Along with environmental drawbacks that traditional waste management
systems pose, rising energy and petroleum prices in the future are always a concern. Thus, there is expanded
interest in on-site biofuel production. Bringing biofuel production to farm-scale provides an opportunity for the
agricultural sector to reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuels while improving the soil, water and air quality.
The use of biological and thermochemical conversion (TCC) technologies in livestock waste-to-bioenergy
treatments can provide livestock operators with multiple, value-added, renewable energy products. These
products can meet heating and power needs or serve as transportation fuels. These energy conversion
opportunities can transform the treatment of livestock waste into a profit center.

Benefits
❚❚ Reduces greenhouse gases
❚❚ Eliminates environmental tt
t pollution and odor
❚❚ Transfer of knowledge regarding t
t animal and agricultural waste-to-t
t energy principles
❚❚ Stimulates the waste-to-tt
t energy industry
❚❚ Increases revenue by selling t
t electricity to the grid
❚❚ Decreases reliance on imported t
t fossil fuels
❚❚ Decreases national energy tt
tdeficiency

The Solution
A 2.46 MW biomass-to-energy plant in Beypazari, Ankara (Turkey) with
capacity of almost 40,000 tons per year, uses chicken manure and
other organic wastes in the pyrolysis process, through which syngas is
obtained. Syngas, a mixture of mostly of H2 and CO, is a highly energetic
gas which can be used as a gen-set fuel. The Beypazari biomass plant
uses three Dresser-Rand Guascor® SFGLD560 syngas gen-sets, installed
by Alternatif Power®.
The use of animal manure and other organic-based waste products
as bioenergy feedstocks for waste-to-bioenergy conversion processes
allows farmers to take advantage of new markets for traditional waste
products.