(MENAFN- ProactiveInvestors - UK) Active Energy GroupPLC (LON:AEG) chief executive Richard Spinks has hailed the success of the company's CoalSwitch technology which he said 'fully justified' the investment made over the past 12 months.
CoalSwitch is an environmentally-friendly process that cleanses the raw biomass by removing salts minerals and other contaminants that harm the atmosphere and damage power plant furnaces.
Crucially and this is significant it means the fuel can be burned in coal fired power stations or alongside coalnegating the need for an expensive conversion.
Today the company which also has forestry and timber assets unveiled the results of a University of Utah study that looked at the commercial viability of this game-changing technology.
The testing process compared CoalSwitch 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.
The results from burn tests of the fuel which can be used on its own or in combination with coal were impressive.
Researchers from the university's Clean andSecure EnergyInstitute found:
CoalSwitch fuel burned at near-identical temperatures to coal. It burned more efficiently than coal and produced far less ash. It burned cleaner than coal. The mineral ash particle size distribution of CoalSwitch fuel was nearly the same as that for coal. The fuel was essentially free of both potassium and sodium so combustion did not cause the fouling issues that are commonly a barrier to the use of biomass fuels in coal-fired power plants.
Chief executive Spinks told investors: "The results of the CoalSwitch testing prove that the group's faith in the technology and our investment in it over the past twelve months were fully justified and demonstrate that for the first time to our knowledge the glass wall between coal and biomass usage within existing power generation plants has been shattered."
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