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Hans Hartmann,
Peter Turowski
• Introduction
• Outlook
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filt test
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• Test procedure
• Conclusions
Hartmann
Technologie- und Förderzentrum
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German emission directive
– Proposed future limitations for room heaters/stoves
Requirements for type tests according to 1.BImSchV
1.BImSchV-amendment,
amendment, emissions given at 13 % O2-conc.
conc.
(here: no inspection by chimney sweep shall be required!)
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Technologie- und Förderzentrum
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State-of-the-art wood furnaces in Germany – Recent measurements
from practice oriented trials. Here: total dust and particle sizes
Average of 10 to12 measurements (per furnace) using hard and soft wood in the usual moisture range
80
>10µm 72
3
mg/Nm 2,5-10µm 2%
2500
(13 % O2 ) 1-2,5µm 3%
<1µm 58 2%
60 6%
2%
50 4%
mission
7%
40 34 92%
Particle em
6%
12% 89%
5% 26
30 3% 11%
20 0%
3% 7%
20 1%
4% 83%
10 70% 3%
91% 1 96%
0
Pellet- Wood chip Log wood Tiled Chimney Heating oil
boiler boiler boiler stove stove boiler
Source: TFZ, unpublished
Hartmann
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Spanner ESP-type (Germany): SFF 20, SFF 50 and SFF 100
Electrostatic precipitator for small scale application
• Manufacturer: Spanner Re²
Re², Neufahrn
Neufahrn,Germany
Germany Integrated electrostatic
precipitator (by Spanner)
• Power of boiler: <30 kW, <85 kW and <150 kW on top of pellet boiler
• Voltage: 15 kV (50 W transformer)
• Pressure drop: 40 Pa
• PM
PM-emission:
i i <10
10 mg/Nm³
/N ³
• Automatic cleaning system by vibration (daily)
• State: field testing of prototypes
• Prospected price: around 1000,-/1500,- €
retrofit
unit
4 precipitating pipes with ventilated insulation (20 kW)
Hartmann
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Spanner ESP-type: Large filter version (SFF 50)
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Test results with Spanner ESP-type (SFF 20):
Particle removal from log wood boiler exhaust fumes
PM emissions and removal effiency measured with 30 kW log wood boiler at the
TFZ test stand with different wood fuels (unpublished data by TFZ)
removal effiency
PM emission
62
60 40
46
39
P
33 36 36
32 30
26 28
30 25 24 20
16 19 18
7 9 5 6
4 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 2
2
0 0
birch beech spruce, m c=23% spruce, m c=13% spruce, m c=13%
m c=18% m c=14% norm al logs unsplit large logs
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Test results with Spanner ESP-type (SFF20):
Particle size distribution
100
< 1 µm
% 2,5 - 1 µm
80 10 - 2,5 µm
Share of particle size
30 6% 15%
6%
6% 15%
3% 8%
20 7%
6%
3%
10% 12% 27% 7%
6%
10 7% 3% 19%
19% 19%
11% 3% 9% 10% 10%
7%
4%
0
ESP-status: off on off on off on off on off on
F l
Fuel: Birch Beech Spruce Spruce,
Spruce Spruce,
Spruce
w=23 % round wood big logs
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Ruegg- / K&W-type ESP (Switzerland/Germany):
Electrostatic precipitator for small scale application
• Mainly for wood stoves
• Min. 1,5 m metal exhaust pipe required
• Voltage: 20 kV
• Cleaning by hand
• El t consumption:
Electr. ti 12/3
12/3,6
6W
(on/standby)
• State: series (Switzerland),
field testing (Germany)
• Price:
Pi around d 1300
1300,- €
Photos:
Electrode and particle deposition in exhaust pipe Particle deposition in exhaust pipe Ruegg, Switzerland
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Ruegg- / K&W-type ESP: Examples of applications
Application in living rooms Application in chimneys
Filter insert
• Electrode
• Thermostat
Feed pipe
• Purge air
• High voltage
Control module
• Contol unit
• Ventilator
• Electr. supply 230V
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Test results with Ruegg- / K&W- type ESP
Further conclusion: - Particle reduction by mass is slightly lower than by particle numbers (SMPS)
- Separation is largely independent from total dust concentrations
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APP-type ESP (R ESP, by APP Applied Plasma Physics,
esidential
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Oeko Tube ESP (by OekoSolve AG, Liechtenstein/Switzerland)
Electrostatic precipitator for chimney-top applications
• Mainly for wood stoves 01 Chimney head
• Max. power output: 35 kW 02 Oeko Tube
03 Electrical connection
• Voltage: not specified
04 Electrode
• Cleaning by hand (chimney sweep ?):
first revision after 2 months
• Electr. consumption: 20 - 30 W
• Price: about 1400,- €
• State: series
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Spartherm ESP ("Airbox", Germany)
Electrostatic precipitator for living room applications
• Mainly for wood stoves or fireplaces
• Max. power output: 15 kW
• Manual bypass operation
• Voltage: not specified
• Cleaning by hand (every 100 hours, using
vacuum cleaner)
• Electr. consumption: not specified
• Price: yet unknown
• Ptate: yet unknown
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Developing an "electrostatic scrubber"
(Project FH Gelsenkirchen/Germany)
Scrubber by Schräder Abgastechnik Load distribution and orientation
of electrical field
1000
gas
800
iin diluted flue g
600
400
200
0
3
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 mg/Nm
4000 4500
-200 (13 % O2)
Organic gaseous carbon emission (OGC,
(OGC undiluted)
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Particle sampling using dilution tunnel
Hartmann
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Open questions on filter test setup
Hartmann
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Conclusions
Hartmann
Technologie- und Förderzentrum
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Thank you
for your attention !
www.tfz.bayern.de
Hartmann
Technologie- und Förderzentrum
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im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe