BIOMASS – RENEWABLE ENERGIES

INTRODUCTION

PALSERRINSA is set up in 1981 as a biomass treatment company by grilling olive, eucalyptus and pine tree minced firewood. One of its main clients are brick factories and steam boilers, since these were damaged by the oil cost increase.

We have 50.000m2 facilities to store our products, making them available at any moment and season of the year.

BIOMASS DEFINITION

• Organic material grown in an spontaneous or induced biological process used an energy source. Plants turn sun light energy into chemical energy and this is stored as organic material.

• Thermal applications with heat and sanitary hot water production are the most common within the biomass field. Nevertheless it can also be used to produce energy.

PRODUCTS

• ALMOND SHELL• PINAPPLE SHELL• DRIED OLIVE STONE• HUMID OLIVE STONE• OLIVE CAKE

BIOMASS – PURCHASING INFO

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STONE CAKE LEAVE

2008/09

2009/10

DRY OLIVE STONE

This is the product that we develop through a drying process, performing analysis and guaranteeing parameters related to humidity, ashes, calorific power I and gravimetric analisis. It can be supplied in bulk and in 15kg sacks. We count on all kind of trucks for this supply.

PARAMETERS RESULTS UNITS

Humidity 105 oC (gravimetric analysis) 14.28 % m/m

Ashes (gravimetric analysis) 0.57 % m/mSECA

Hydrogen (estimated) 6.56 % m/rnJK,l

Calorific Powers

CPS dry base 4864 cal/.

CPS humid base 4169 cal/.

CPI dry base 4449 caVg

CPI humid base 3814 callu

DRIED STONE: INDUSTRIAL USE IN AGRICULTURE

DRIED STONE:INDUSTRIAL USE

• HEATED SWIMMING POOLS • INDUSTRIAL BOILERS• FARMING• DOMESTIC USE: HEATING

AND CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM