Benefits of Hull "Fuel"
Defining electricity costs & revenues
Low cost power for plant consumption
Revenue from sale of excess electricity to utility grid
Environmental Disposal Solutions
Additional revenue from rice hull ash
Alternate uses:
• Energy produced
• Parboiling
• Drying
• Refrigeration
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Typical Power Plant Profile
Operation: 24 hrs/day, year-round
One planned annual mantenance outage
Availability average 95%
Meets or beats emissions standards in all 50 states including California
PC based DCS/PLC control system
Can require as few as 2 men per work shift
Supplies all plant's own power needs, adjacent rice mill and administrative buildings
Creates surplus electricity which is sold to regional utility company
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Step-By-Step Process
Rice hulls enter plant by pneumatic convey or by truck from other mills
Storage silos contain three-day fuel supply
Rice hulls are conveyed to boiler
and mix hulls with heated air, which fuels furnace
Furnace heats water in a surrounding boiler to create steam
Steam drives turbine to create electricity
Rice hull ash is quickly removed from system to storage silos until packaged
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