1. April 10, 2011
MU Biomass Energy
Advancing Energy Conservation, Efficiency and Renewables
MU Campus Facilities-Energy Management

2. Steam
Building
Automation & Electric
Commissioning
Energy
Water
Conservation
Compressed International District Energy Association
Chilled Water
Air System of the Year

3. $7.2 million total annual
42 % reduction Cost-Avoidance
in greenhouse • $5.2 million energy
gas emissions
per square foot • $2.0 million capacity
14 % reduction (Capital Avoidance)
in energy use per
square foot

4. 66 MW Generation 950,000 lb/hr Steam
25,000 Tons Chilled Water 4 Million gal/day water
• Self-sufficient capacity to serve all campus energy needs
• Equivalent of serving a city of about 50,000 people
• Combined Heat & Power process since 1892

5. 2010 EPA Energy Star CHP Award Winner!

6. • Provides local renewable fuel source for
MU and helps Missouri’s economy
• Lowers emissions including greenhouse
gases and supports MU’s sustainability
commitment
• Supports Mizzou Advantage through
research efforts in sustainable energy
MU began co-firing biomass in 2006

7. Bubbling Fluidized Bed Boiler to replace existing coal
boiler.
Biomass CHP to use 100,000+ tons of biomass
annually
This project is expected to reduce MU’s coal use by
up to 25%.
Project Designer
Sega
CMR Contractor
McCarthy
.
Boiler Supplier
B&W

8. Biomass Handling Construction

9. Biomass Handling Construction

10. Boiler Construction

11. Missouri Biomass Sources
Urban wood waste
Mill residues
Logging residues
Forest Thinning
Agriculture residues
Waste papers
Bio-fuel waste streams
Energy Crops

12. • Supply Reliability
• Biomass Quality
• Sustainability
• Indexed Pricing
• Flexibility
• Storage
• Preparation
• Transportation

13. • Acceptable Sources and Types
• Forest Material Harvest Notifications
• Woody Biomass Best Management Practices
• Accountability – Third Party Audits

14. • HARC Center Energy Plantation Demonstration
• Managed Forest Thinning – Biomass Harvest
• Feasibility of Corn Stover in Missouri
• Switchgrass and Short Rotation Willow BioEnergy Trial
• Dynamic Modeling of Biomass Supply Chain System
• Biomass Co-Firing at Power Plants Survey for USDA
• Biomass MO/MS River Corridor Study

15. Solar Thermal Process Heating Feasibility Study
18kw Solar PV Demonstration at Power Plant
20kw Wind Turbine Demonstration
Exploring Off Campus Energy Procurement

16. “The cheapest energy is the energy you don’t use in the first place.”
— Sheryl Crow, musician and MU alum