Thermochemical conversion
Intervention fields
- Biomass combustion
- Air emission sampling
- Hydrotorrefaction
- Hydrothermal liquefaction
- Slow pyrolysis and torrefaction
- Fast pyrolysis
- Biocoal activation
- Energy densification
Expertise
- Biomass conditioning and characterization
- Development of biomass fuels
- Sampling of air emissions from stationary sources
- Development of various products made from renewable carbon ressources
- Granulation and briquetting of biomass
Our equipment
- Combustion
- Experimental biomass boiler with a power of 300 kW
- Multicyclone
- Bagfabric dust collector
- Air emission sampling
- Gas sampling equipment for isokinetic sampling
- Experimental stack emission sampling station
- Torrefaction
- Torrefaction pilot unit (100 kg/h)
- Hydrotorrefaction
- Reactors 100ml, 600 ml, 6 L, 20 L and 700 L
- Energy densification
- Pilot granulator (1 to 2 t/h)
- Wood chips briquetting pilot machine
- Test devices
- Calorimeter bomb
- Elemental analyzer (CHNS)
- Chlorine analyzer
- Water content (Karl Fisher)
- Total acid number
- Thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA)
- Surface area analyzer (BET)