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Recovering Water from Flue Gas Improves Plant Energy Efficiency

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:30:51 +0000

If you have ever seen a stack (i.e. chimney) for a boiler – say at a power plant or at an industrial facility – you may have seen a plume like this: Many people assume that this is smoke but it actually is a steam plume. How do you know? Look at the photo: there is

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Harvesting Water from Fuel – A Zero Water Supply Approach for New Biomass Power Plants

Terry Walmsley — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:06:42 +0000

Recently, Fibrowatt announced the development of a new technology (pdf) that significantly improves the performance of biomass renewable energy plants. One of the important characteristics of this new system is the extent that air emissions can be reduced in conjunction with substantial improvements in energy efficiency. Basically – these new plants will produce more electricity

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How Much Water Does a Fibrowatt Plant Use?

Terry Walmsley — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:27:06 +0000

As little as possible. As was mentioned in the post So – They have Tried to Convince You to Be Concerned about Fibrowatt’s Water Usage…, the Fibrominn plant typically uses about 100 – 125 gallons per minute (gpm) of water, most of which is used to reduce air emissions from the plant. Is this a

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So – They have Tried to Convince You to Be Concerned about Fibrowatt’s Water Usage? – Don’t Be

Terry Walmsley — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:34:26 +0000

Like most people, you have probably noticed that power plants are often located next to a river, lake or the ocean. This location is not a surprise as power plants typically have required significant water resources for cooling purposes. When Fibrowatt began development of it projects in North Carolina, local opposition would often try to

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What Happened In Surry County?

Terry Walmsley — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:58:08 +0000

As we have heard from Chairman Johnson, on Monday May 17, 2010 the Surry County Board of Commissioners voted to end negotiations with Fibrowatt regarding the development of the FibroHills Biomass Power Plant within the county. This action came as a result of a long and very contentious debate over the future direction of Surry

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