Industrial biomass boiler at Australian enterprise

Ramboll provided engineering consultancy services to an international food producer on one of their Australian enterprises. The objective of the project was to construct a new biomass boiler to replace an existing natural gas boiler. The reason was that price for natural gas has increased significantly in recent years and any decisive reduction was not foreseen in the near future.

The biomass boiler will produce steam and will have a thermal capacity of 10-15 MW. After establishment of the new boiler, the natural gas boilers will be decommissioned and no longer available for production of steam. 

Ramboll’s role as the Owner’s Engineer was to assist to successfully develop and implement the project. Focus was on ensuring that the project was developed and delivered specifically to the owners needs and demands. Special focus was paid to interfaces and integration with the existing facilities and on technically sound and well-proven solutions resulting in as little manual operation and as little down time as possible. 

Ramboll was engaged to provide Owner’s Engineer services; including preparation of white paper, reviews, tendering and procurement activities. Ramboll services also included assistance concerning obtaining planning and building approvals.