KLEAA grate furnace/fixed-bed gasifier:

Description:
KLEAA (Karlsruher Laboranlage zur Ermittlung des Abbrandverhaltens von Abfällen) was designed to characterise the combustion properties of fuels for grate firings and fix bed furnaces.
The procedures used by KLEAA are described exemplary in the standard CEN/TR 15716:2008 (E).

Combined heat and power plants (CHP plants) are challenged, especially by the amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), to find new market models for power generation und new fuels, in order to detect economic alternatives to the previously subsidized operation of the plants. Therefore, plant operators are looking for waste biomasses at attractive prices for an economically profitable operation of the plant. Along with the challenge of closing nutrient cycles, tests with many different biomasses are carried out to characterise the thermal behaviour on the one hand and to determine the nutrients available for plants on the other hand. In Combination with the service FuBe®, KLEAA is used to determine operating figures, which describe the thermal process. The service is especially interesting for companies, which are interested in using biomass as fuel for their own purposes.
According to prior agreement, KLEAA can be used for additional studies and with other experimental setups.