A Babcock Wanson's coconut oil-fired boiler house

The company Huilerie de Tahiti in Papeete recently inaugurated its new coconut oil-fired boiler house in the presence of Oscar Témaru, the President of French Polynesia. The boiler house is equipped with Babcock Wanson's fire-tube boiler (3.5 t/h) and burner. Producing approximately 6 000 tons of coconut oil per year, which are mainly intended for cosmetics and food industries, Huilerie de Tahiti has therefore become a pioneer of green energy in the area with the assistance of Babcock Wanson. The use of this vegetable oil does not generate any efficiency loss and the level of emissions to the atmosphere is fully compliant with the environmental regulations. The successful commissioning of this boiler house illustrates Babcock Wanson's know-how and mastery of combustion of specific products such as biofuels, ethanol, biogas, or animal tallow. With a potential of coconut oil production about 6 million tons per year, French Polynesia wish to boost the working of coconut plantations in order to develop biofuels production. Babcock Wanson is ready to take up the challenge of new fuels whenever it concerns new installations or operations on existing boiler houses for energy optimisation.