Abstract
Heat demand in households always depends on the building, the behavior of the inhabitants, the weather conditions as well many other factors. Therefore, there is always a fluctuating and often not very predictable need for heat. As heating systems have solved this problem for some time now, all heat generators are basically demand-based. Depending on the technology, heat buffering systems are sometimes required. Generally speaking, improved efficiency and low emissions were often achieved in the past by reducing start and stop procedures and applying some kind of base load heat generation. These kind of systems are very commonplace, providing the majority of renewable heat – not only in Germany but also in many other countries. In the future, heat from biomass will have to compare with other renewable heating options and will assume the role of securing heat provision at those times when temperatures fall considerably, when there is limited electricity available in the grid from renewables or when solar thermal systems are not working. This means that the biomass heat generators have to become more flexible in load changes over the total load range without increasing emissions and without significant efficiency losses. Basically, an appropriate design of the conversion system and its conceptual integration will enable a flexible heat supply through solid biomass. The available technologies and concepts for heat supply from solid biomass can be optimized by improved control units, automatic feeding, as well as additional heat storage systems. Consequently, there are a number of options to support the transition to a more renewable-based energy supply, also taking into account better insulation and a fall in the demand for heat in the housing sector. Nevertheless, this transition is more of a vision for decades to come and is still only just emerging in Germany.
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Notes
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According to the wide range of different technologies and constructions, all of the given values are only an average of the total, describing as many of the technologies and constructions without becoming too unspecific.
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For the evaluation of the flexibility of heat generation from biomass it is important to understand the difference between conversion technology and the plant/operation concept. The conversion technology is only the heater or the boiler. The plant/operation concept is the conversion technology in addition to all of the components to integrate the heat production into the total heat supply system, e.g. a buffer tank, a second boiler for biomass or even for non-biomass fuels, solar-thermal heat supply and the system control unit.
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Lenz, V., Thrän, D. (2015). Flexible Heat Provision from Biomass. In: Thrän, D. (eds) Smart Bioenergy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16193-8_6
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