Your choices so far:
1 Residual oils/fats etc.; 2 Process heat
| What is your resource? | What do you want to deliver? | What is the service the customer wants? |
| Biomass (digestible sludge) | District cooling | Comfortable indoor climate |
| Biomass (fermentable sludge) | District heating | Electricity |
| Biomass (solid) | Electricity | Process cooling (< 0 °C) |
| Geothermal | Fuel: Gaseous | 2 Process heat/steam (50 - 150 °C) |
| Sunshine | Fuel: Liquid | 2 Process heat (150 - 1000 °C) |
| Water | Fuel: Solid | 2 Process heat (> 1000 °C) |
| Wind | Local cooling (ind. house) | Transport |
| 1 Residual oils/fats etc | Local heating (ind. house) |
FAME can be used to replace light fuel oil in any process. However, the corrosive properties of FAME will be different from those experienced in fossil oil firing so it is advisable to review the materials used in the oil supply system.
To judge the potential usability of a fuel for a high-temperature process it must be remembered that the heating value of the fuel is not enough. The most crucial parameter is instead the theoretical flame temperature. FAME will have a theoretical flame temperature above 1800 °C. This means that it can well be used to produce temperatures in the range of 1500 °C.