Biomass is a renewable and sustainable source of energy that can be used to create power, and a biomass power plant is fuelled by organic materials.
At Cramlington Biomass CHP Plant – expected to be up and running by the end of 2017 – the CO2 savings of 56,000 tonnes annually compared to a gas-fired power plant leads to a reduction of greenhouse gas emission equivalent to taking 25,000 cars off the road every year.
With the reheat technology the steam is led through two heating processes and two turbines for an increased utilisation. This improves fuel efficiency and provides a higher plant output – an advantage to both the economy and the environment. The Cramlington project will be the first reheat biomass plant in the UK.
The turbine bypass system is a group of valves protecting the turbine in a power plant from steam not having optimal parameters. The Cramlington CHP plant is delivered by the Danish power plant specialist BWSC and the turbine bypass system for the plant is delivered by AVK Flow Control and TEC artec.
AVK’s turbine bypass system is made simple and optimised for durability and for a longer lifetime.
