Liquid biomass heating system
AssigneeEnsyn Renewables, Inc.
InventorsBarry A. Freel, Geoffrey D. Hopkins, Cameron A. F. Stiles, R. Lee Torrens, Stefan Muller
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to the introduction of a liquid biomass in heating systems such as commercial boilers in order to reduce dependence on petroleum-based heating fuel oils as a source of combustion fuel. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses utilizing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into commercial and industrial boiler or thermal systems such as boilers, furnaces, and kilns, and methods for generating renewable identification numbers (RINs), alternative energy credits (AECs) and renewable energy credits (RECs).
Claims18
A heating system, comprising:
- a burner system, comprising:
- i) a burner configured to operate in at least two modes, the at least two modes comprising:
- (a) a petroleum heating oil mode for combusting a petroleum heating oil;
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- (b) a renewable fuel oil mode for combusting a renewable fuel oil;
- ii) a petroleum heating oil feed train configured to provide a stream of the petroleum heating oil to the burner;
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- iii) a renewable fuel oil feed train configured to provide a stream of the renewable fuel oil to the burner, the renewable fuel oil feed train configured to preheat the stream of the renewable fuel oil from a temperature of between 10° C. and 40° C. to a temperature of between 50° C. and 70° C. for a period of no more than 20 seconds prior to providing the stream of the renewable fuel oil to the burner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.