Open AccessMinnesota agripower project. Quarterly report, April--June 1997
Author(s) -
J. Baloun
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/629388
Subject(s) - power station , raw material , electric power , engineering , waste management , environmental science , biomass (ecology) , fluidized bed , combined cycle , steam turbine , turbine , agricultural engineering , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , agronomy , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering , biology
The Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers (MnVAP) propose to build an alfalfa processing plant integrated with an advanced power plant system at the Granite Falls, Minnesota Industrial Park to provide 75 MW of base load electric power and a competitively priced source of value added alfalfa based products. This project will utilize air blown fluidized bed gasification technology to process alfalfa stems and another biomass to produce a hot, clean, low heating value gas that will be used in a gas turbine. Exhaust heat from the gas turbine will be used to generate steam to power a steam turbine and provide steam for the processing of the alfalfa leaf into a wide range of products including alfalfa leaf meal, a protein source for livestock. The plant will demonstrate high efficiency and environmentally compatible electric power production, as well as increased economic yield from farm operations in the region. The initial phase of the Minnesota Agripower Project (MAP) will be to perform alfalfa feedstock testing, prepare preliminary designs, and develop detailed plans with estimated costs for project implementation. The second phase of MAP will include detailed engineering, construction, and startup. Full commercial operation will start in 2001