Broiler farm litter
mixed with wood
shavings and poultry
droppings
make an excellent
fuel for generating power, contends
Fibrogen Ltd, a
UK-based developer,
builder and
operator of power
stations (Technology Partnership
Initiative. issue 7).
Fibrogen buys
poultry litter and
transports the same
to covered storage pits in the
power station. Loaded
through conveyor
belts into the furnace, the fuel is
burnt at temperatures greater than
850'C. The furnace heats up water
in the boiler to
produce steam which
drives a conventional steam
turbine linked to a
generator with an
output of 15.1
MW. The net output
is supplied to a
33 kilovolt power
line which connects the power
station to the local
electricity
sub-station.
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