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AEG CoalSwitch Test Results Detailed Information
AEG CoalSwitch Test Results Detailed Information.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2385R Active Energy Group PLC 07 March 2016 \n\n7 March 2016\nActive Energy Group Plc\n(\"Active Energy Group\" or the \"Group\" or the \"Company\" or \"AEG\")\nAEG CoalSwitch Deposition and Burn Test Results Confirm\nLower Emissions, More Efficient Combustion and Fewer Deposits than Coal;\nProve Technical and Commercial Viability, Further Information\nAEG CoalSwitch, the renewable energy division of Active Energy Group Plc (AIM: AEG.L), the AIM-listed supplier of timberland management and development services, industrial wood fibre and Biomass coal replacement fuels, announces that late last week it received the results from the burn testing of its CoalSwitch fuel at the University of Utah (announced in the RNS dated 8 February 2016).\nThe University reported on CoalSwitch's technical and commercial viability for use a standalone fuel - or co-fired in high concentrations with coal in coal-fired power plants - and confirmed that it provides significant environmental and commercial advantages for industrial power generators; exceeding the Board's expectations.\nThe burn testing, conducted at the University's Clean and Secure Energy Institute laboratory under the aegis of Dr Andrew Fry, Director of the Industrial Combustion & Gasification Research Facility and an internationally-recognised expert in the field, evaluated the performance of AEG CoalSwitch fuel in its 100kW pulverised coal combustor, which closely replicates the full-scale facilities utilised in industrial coal-fired power plants around the world.\nThe five-day testing process recorded the energy output, flame stability and behaviour, furnace reaction, depositions (fouling and slagging) and emissions produced by CoalSwitch Biomass fuel (in this case, derived from low-grade Aspen/Poplar feedstock) during combustion; included real-time analysis and interpretation of its combustion, particle and deposition characteristics; and compared the results to those achieved with Illinois Number 6 coal (a typical feedstock used for industrial power generation in the US), and a CoalSwitch/Illinois coal mix under the same test conditions.\nThe mix tests were conducted with a 50%/50% blend of CoalSwitch Biomass fuel and Illinois coal; a much higher concentration of Biomass material than it has previously been possible to use in existing coal-fired plants ...