WBaug22pgs_cs.qxp_Wood Bioenergy Magazine 7/12/22 7:36 AM Page 18
■ conference recap
Equipment Companies
Reveal Latest Developments EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of three parts in the coverage of the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo held March 29-30, 2022 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center and hosted by Wood Bioenergy magazine. Part one in the June issue focused on the keynote talks from producer and consultant personnel. Part two highlights several presentations delivered by representatives of equipment and technologies companies. Look for part three in the October issue. ATLANTA, Ga. yler Player, president of Player Design Inc. (PDI), addressed the company’s development and technology involvement in collaboration with Active Energy Group (AEG) on the CoalSwitch steam-beneficiated pellet, now in pilot scale production in Ashland, Maine, and undergoing testing at sites in North America and Japan.
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Player pointed to several advantages of the product over white pellets, including energy production, cost efficiency, co-firing with coal, and minimal expenditure to convert existing fossil fuel operations. He addressed impressive performance data of CoalSwitch, noting it has “proven to Tyler Player blend with coal at the conveyor or supplant coal entirely with retrofitting for existing coal fired power stations” and with carbon values comparable to coal. As the venture expands marketing and sales efforts domestically and internationally, the product has
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