ExpertiseUpdated on 30 April 2025
Thermochemical conversion of feedstocks – characterization of the conversion behavior and of products
Area Management at BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH
Wieselburg, Austria
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Our partners use it to develop and optimize their processes, test new feedstocks for thermochemical conversion, demonstrate carbon product application at full scale.
Process optimisation:
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Investigation of the pyrolysis kinetics of sunflower seeds and walnut shells with the aim to replace fossil coal in steel production (https://best-research.eu/content/BRISK%20II))
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Conduction of conversion experiments as a basis for CFD modelling (https://brisk2.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CS25-Przemyslaw-Maziarka-Case-study.pdf))
Feedstock tests:
- Testing gasification and pyrolysis in continous operation of walnut shells, wheat bran, compost screening overflow, river debris,... (Alps4GreenC - Alpine Space Programme (alpine-space.eu)
Product demonstration:
Dedicated production of biochar for utilization in polymer composites (https://projekte.ffg.at/projekt/3701249))
from lab to pilot:
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TGA (milligrams)
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batch lab-reactor simulating fixed bed pyrolysis/gasification (400g)
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continous lab-pyrolysis (2kg/h)
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continous lab-gasification (5kg/h)
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continous pilot pyrolysis (100kg/h) https://best-research.eu/content/en/infrastructure/greencarbon_lab
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continous dual fluidized bed gasification (250kg/h) https://best-research.eu/en/infrastructure/Syngas_Vienna
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