Pre-normative work on sampling and testing of solid biofuels for the development of quality management (BioNorm)

Project programme

Fifth Framework Programme (FP5)

Period

01.01.2002 - 31.12.2004

Project status

Completed

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Database link

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/60344_en.html

Standards are seen as a major measure to develop the markets for solid bio fuels to achieve the environmental, social and agricultural goals of the Commission. On this background the aim of the BioNorm project is to work out a quality assurance system for solid bio fuels to help to develop the bio fuel market. This will be based on extensive work on sampling (i.e. investigations of the sampling errors and the sample reduction errors) and the testing of physical-mechanical fuel characteristics (i.e. moisture content & bulk density, ash melting behaviour, particle size distribution & particle dimensions, durability and raw density of pellets & briquettes) and chemical fuel characteristics (i.e. sulphur & chlorine content, major & minor elements). The results of this work will contribute to the work of CEN TC 335 “Solid Biofuels”. To ensure a successful project progress an Advisory Board will be installed.

Total cost: 5 672 156 EUR (LEI part: 20 580 EUR)

Coordinator: UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany

Participants:

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF GEMBLOUX, Belgium
ASSOCIATION FORET CELLULOSE, France
BAYERISCHE LANDESANSTALT FUER LANDTECHNIK, Germany
BUNDESANSTALT FUER LANDTECHNIK, Austria
CENTRAL LABORATORY OF GENERAL ECOLOGY – BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Bulgaria
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, Greece
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain
COMITATO TERMOTECNICO ITALIANO, Italy
DK-TEKNIK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, Denmark
ELSAM ENGINEERING A/S, Denmark
ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, Netherlands
FORESTRY CONTRACTING ASSOCIATION LTD., United Kingdom
FREIBERG UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, Germany
GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Austria
GREEN LAND RECLAMATION LTD, United Kingdom
HOLZFORSHUNG AUSTRIA, DER OESTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER HOLZFORSCHUNG, Austria
IFE-ANALYTIK GMBH, Germany
INSTITUT FUER ENERGETIK UND UMWELT GMBH, Germany
INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING, MECHANISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE, Poland
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL ENERGETICS, Latvia
KONEKO MARKETING LTD, Czech Republic
LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE, Lithuania
NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, Portugal
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, Greece
NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH – TNO, Netherlands
OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER CHEMIE UND TECHNIK, Austria
OY KESKUSLABORATORIO – CENTRALLABORATORIUM AB, Finland
SIGNALSFROMNOISE.COM LTD, United Kingdom
SKELLEFTEA KRAFT AB, Sweden
SP SWEDISH NATIONAL TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Sweden
SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH STATION FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND ENGINEERING, Switzerland
THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Sweden
TPS TERMISKA PROCESSER AB, Sweden
UNIVERSITY OF OULU, Finland
UNIVERSITY OF UMEAA, Sweden
UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY, Hungary
VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Austria

Project Team

Project Team

Name, surname	Office	phone.	e-mail
LEI Representative
Stanislovas Vrubliauskas			Stanislovas.Vrubliauskas@lei.lt
Project Team
Nerijus Pedišius

Ref no.	Project name	Pre-normative work on sampling and testing of solid biofuels for the development of quality management (BioNorm)

Name of legal entity	Country	Overall contract value (EUR)	Proportion carried out by legal entity (%)	No of staff provided	Name of client	Origin of funding	Dates (start/end)	Name of consortium members, if any
Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)	Lithuania	5 672 156 EUR	0,36	2	European Commission	European Commission	01.01.2002 / 31.12.2004	UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF GEMBLOUX, Belgium. ASSOCIATION FORET CELLULOSE, France. BAYERISCHE LANDESANSTALT FUER LANDTECHNIK, Germany. BUNDESANSTALT FUER LANDTECHNIK, Austria. CENTRAL LABORATORY OF GENERAL ECOLOGY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Bulgaria. CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, Greece. CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain. COMITATO TERMOTECNICO ITALIANO, Italy. DK-TEKNIK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, Denmark. ELSAM ENGINEERING A/S, Denmark. ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, Netherlands. FORESTRY CONTRACTING ASSOCIATION LTD., United Kingdom. FREIBERG UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, Germany. GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Austria. GREEN LAND RECLAMATION LTD, United Kingdom. HOLZFORSHUNG AUSTRIA, DER OESTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER HOLZFORSCHUNG, Austria. IFE-ANALYTIK GMBH, Germany. INSTITUT FUER ENERGETIK UND UMWELT GMBH, Germany. INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING, MECHANISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE, Poland. INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL ENERGETICS, Latvia. KONEKO MARKETING LTD, Czech Republic. LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE, Lithuania. NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, Portugal. NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, Greece. NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO, Netherlands. OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER CHEMIE UND TECHNIK, Austria. OY KESKUSLABORATORIO - CENTRALLABORATORIUM AB, Finland. SIGNALSFROMNOISE.COM LTD, United Kingdom. SKELLEFTEA KRAFT AB, Sweden. SP SWEDISH NATIONAL TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Sweden. SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH STATION FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND ENGINEERING, Switzerland. THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Sweden. TPS TERMISKA PROCESSER AB, Sweden. UNIVERSITY OF OULU, Finland. UNIVERSITY OF UMEAA, Sweden. UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY, Hungary. VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Austria.

Name of legal entity

Country

Overall contract value (EUR)

Proportion carried out by legal entity (%)

No of staff provided

Name of client

Origin of funding

Dates (start/end)

Name of consortium members, if any

Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)

Lithuania

5 672 156 EUR

0,36

European Commission

01.01.2002 / 31.12.2004

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF GEMBLOUX, Belgium.
ASSOCIATION FORET CELLULOSE, France.
BAYERISCHE LANDESANSTALT FUER LANDTECHNIK, Germany.
BUNDESANSTALT FUER LANDTECHNIK, Austria.
CENTRAL LABORATORY OF GENERAL ECOLOGY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Bulgaria.
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, Greece.
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain.
COMITATO TERMOTECNICO ITALIANO, Italy.
DK-TEKNIK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, Denmark.
ELSAM ENGINEERING A/S, Denmark.
ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, Netherlands.
FORESTRY CONTRACTING ASSOCIATION LTD., United Kingdom.
FREIBERG UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, Germany.
GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Austria.
GREEN LAND RECLAMATION LTD, United Kingdom.
HOLZFORSHUNG AUSTRIA, DER OESTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER HOLZFORSCHUNG, Austria.
IFE-ANALYTIK GMBH, Germany.
INSTITUT FUER ENERGETIK UND UMWELT GMBH, Germany.
INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING, MECHANISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE, Poland.
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL ENERGETICS, Latvia.
KONEKO MARKETING LTD, Czech Republic.
LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE, Lithuania.
NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, Portugal.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, Greece.
NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO, Netherlands.
OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER CHEMIE UND TECHNIK, Austria.
OY KESKUSLABORATORIO - CENTRALLABORATORIUM AB, Finland.
SIGNALSFROMNOISE.COM LTD, United Kingdom.
SKELLEFTEA KRAFT AB, Sweden.
SP SWEDISH NATIONAL TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Sweden.
SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH STATION FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND ENGINEERING, Switzerland.
THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Sweden.
TPS TERMISKA PROCESSER AB, Sweden.
UNIVERSITY OF OULU, Finland.
UNIVERSITY OF UMEAA, Sweden.
UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY, Hungary.
VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Austria.

Detailed description of the project	Type and scope of services provided
Standards are seen as a major measure to develop the markets for solid bio fuels to achieve the environmental, social and agricultural goals of the Commission. On this background the aim of the BioNorm project is to work out a quality assurance system for solid bio fuels to help to develop the bio fuel market. This will be based on extensive work on sampling (i.e. investigations of the sampling errors and the sample reduction errors) and the testing of physical-mechanical fuel characteristics (i.e. moisture content & bulk density, ash melting behaviour, particle size distribution & particle dimensions, durability and raw density of pellets & briquettes) and chemical fuel characteristics (i.e. sulphur & chlorine content, major & minor elements). The results of this work will contribute to the work of CEN TC 335 “Solid Biofuels”. To ensure a successful project progress an Advisory Board will be installed.

Detailed description of the project

Type and scope of services provided

Standards are seen as a major measure to develop the markets for solid bio fuels to achieve the environmental, social and agricultural goals of the Commission. On this background the aim of the BioNorm project is to work out a quality assurance system for solid bio fuels to help to develop the bio fuel market. This will be based on extensive work on sampling (i.e. investigations of the sampling errors and the sample reduction errors) and the testing of physical-mechanical fuel characteristics (i.e. moisture content & bulk density, ash melting behaviour, particle size distribution & particle dimensions, durability and raw density of pellets & briquettes) and chemical fuel characteristics (i.e. sulphur & chlorine content, major & minor elements). The results of this work will contribute to the work of CEN TC 335 “Solid Biofuels”. To ensure a successful project progress an Advisory Board will be installed.