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Technical advice, arranging financial support and assistance on several gasification projects [500-2000 kWe].
Year(s) duration: 2006-2008
Information available: No.
Chemical engineering and process design assistance for a 4 t/h conventional pyrolysis kiln, tar cracker, scrubber and selection of gas engines.
Year(s) duration: 2006-2008
Information available: No.
Provision of flowsheets for a 2 t/h fast pyrolysis plant utilising feedstocks in India.
Year(s) duration: 2006
Information available: No.
Cost benefit analysis of the use of encroachment bush in thermal conversion systems in Namibia – evaluation of options for heat, power and products.
Year(s) duration: 2007-2009
Evaluation of the use of furniture factory offcuts for downdraft gasification to heat and power at ~ 250 kWe/400 kWth.
Year(s) duration: 2007
Information available: No.
Lectures on the Centre for Alternative Technology MSc in Renewables in the Built Environment Course, the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales.
Year(s) duration: 2008-2012
Information available: No.
Design of gas cleaning unit operations for biomass gasification combined heat and power projects to 9 MWe.
Year(s) duration: 2008-2010
Information available: No.
Feedstock evaluation for large scale gasification and high temperature pyrolysis [analysis, characterisation, testing, mass and energy balances].
Year(s) duration: 2008-2009
Information available: No.
Large scale biochar production for soil applications. UK
Year(s) duration: 2008-2011
Information available: No.
Design and build of a 50 kg/h pyrolysis system for biochar production at Cornell University.
Year(s) duration: 2010-2017
Information available & reference number: Yes. Request Ref: 18
Comprehensive review of UK and Ireland gasification and pyrolysis technologies: focus on wastes and power production.
Year(s) duration: 2007-2008
Information available: No.
Assessment of a pyrolysis technology for environmental compliance, health and safety and operability on diverse materials, UK. Feedstock testing, monitoring of test, analysis and mass and energy balances.
Year(s) duration: 2009
Information available: No.
Upgrading of R&D scale fluid pyrolysis rigs, UK
Year(s) duration: 2008-2009
Information available: No.
Fast Pyrolysis of sapropel* to syngas and char. Gasification assessment of sapropel to producer gas for heat and power.
* an unconsolidated sludge consisting of the decomposed remains of aquatic organisms, especially algae, that accumulates at the bottoms of lakes and oceans.
Year(s) duration: 2008-2010
Information available: No.
Production of liquid transport fuels from biomass and wastes fast pyrolysis for diesel fuel blends and petrol fuel additives [Carbon Trust Pyrolysis Challenge].
Year(s) duration: 2008-2014
Information available: No.
Study on Role and Impact of Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Energy Research Framework Programme Projects. EC funded project SME-20090909
Year(s) duration: 2009
Information available: No.
Support services relating to the commissioning and operation of a batch combustion facility, Scotland – health and safety compliance and assessment of documented procedures.
Year(s) duration: 2009-2010
Information available: No.
High level assessment of a high temperature pyrolysis technology: industry comparison and evaluation v’s competitors and gasification technologies.
Year(s) duration: 2010
Information available: No.
Preliminary market evaluation of commercial biomass gasification to power companies worldwide < 10MWe.
Year(s) duration: 2010
Information available: No.
Technical review of a novel 10 kg/h R&D fluid bed pyrolysis rig for liquids production, UK.
Year(s) duration: 2010-2011
Information available: No.
Pyrolysis and Gasification of wastes: UK and Ireland review
Year(s) duration: 2010-2011
Information available: No.
High temperature R&D pyrolysis of a peat-derived material for the recovery of specific high value metals, including in the residual char: yields and product recovery and initial cost assessment at large scale for peat processing in Kyrgyzstan. Gasification assessment of the peat material for producer gas.
Year(s) duration: 2011
Information available: No.
Universal gasification system process analyser – Gas-Pro-Bio-Waste. EU Contract FP7-SME-2010-1-261911- Gas-Pro-Bio-Waste
Year(s) duration: 2019
Information available & reference number: Yes. Request Ref: 19
Universal gasification system process analyser – Gas-Pro-Bio-Waste. EU Contract FP7-SME-2010-1-261911- Gas-Pro-Bio-Waste
Year(s) duration: 2019
Information available & reference number: Yes. Request Ref: 19
Production of biochar, heat and power in a modular pyrolysis process: initial assessment of drying, pyrolysis and power generation options at 5 t/h [dry greenwaste] base case, UK.
Year(s) duration: 2011
Information available: No.
Technical assessment of documentation and FAT pertaining to ship-based pyrolysis systems, UK.
Year(s) duration: 2011
Information available: No.
Process engineering design of a quench system for a fluid bed fast pyrolysis process in Canada. The design consists of parallel quench columns and electrostatic precipitators with heat recovery and gas demisting.
Year(s) duration: 2011-2012
Information available: No.
Tender assessment of slow pyrolysis technologies for charcoal production for a South African company for deployment in Mozambique.
Year(s) duration: 2011-2012
Information available: No.
Advice on UK ROCs and long-term biomass supply and costs in the UK.
Year(s) duration: 2012
Information available: No.
R&D pyrolysis rig relocation and PLC upgrades, UK
Year(s) duration: 2013
Information available: No.
Due diligence on a waste gasification technology, Australia.
Year(s) duration: 2013
Information available: No.
Assessment of an existing imported high temperature pyrolysis system – compliance with H&S and ATEX II, Ireland.
Year(s) duration: 2014
Information available: No.
Assistance to specialist accountants and pyrolysis company on R&D tax credit compliance, UK.
Year(s) duration: 2014
Information available: No.
Selection of a farm-based 35 kWe gasification to power system, Scotland.
Year(s) duration: 2014
Information available & reference number: Yes. Request Ref: 20
Provision of a full fabrication and build package for a 5 kg/h fluid bed fast pyrolysis system with char fines recovery, full liquids collection system and manuals, Vietnam.
Year(s) duration: 2014
Information available: No.
Costs of production of heat, power and biochar by pyrolysis in the UK at up to 10 t/h: technology selection, mass and energy balances and overall efficiencies using various configurations and power generation options.
Year(s) duration: 2014-2017
Information available: No.
Expert services for tender evaluation for a waste gasification demonstrator – 1.5 MWe pressurised gasification system. Energy Technologies Institute, UK
Year(s) duration: 2014-2020
Information available and reference number: Yes. Request Ref: 21
Design, specification, sourcing and testing of a high temperature 50 kg/h rotating kiln pyrolysis system, Germany and Ireland. Disposal of human remains to heat, char and/or ash.
Year(s) duration: 2014-2016
Information available: No.
Technical due diligence of a high temperature 150 kg/h waste pyrolysis system, UK
Year(s) duration: 2015-2016
Information available: No.
Gas cleaning of producer gas and syngas for power applications. Technical support to a gas cleaning company, UK
- Identification of contaminants
- Feedstocks and effects on yields of gaseous contaminants in gasification and pyrolysis processes.
- Establishment of engine problems which may be encountered as a result of syngas contaminants
Year(s) duration: 2015-2016
Information available: No.
Biochar production in Uganda from small pyrolysis kilns for crop applications: nutrient recycling and carbon sequestration. Sourcing suppliers for batch kilns in Africa.
Year(s) duration: 2017
Information available: No.
Design and build of R&D scale wet walled electrostatic precipitators, Greece
Year(s) duration: 2017 & 2022
Information available: No.
Market opportunities for wood vinegar in the USA and Canada for a USA producer.
Year(s) duration: 2018
Information available: No.
Market report: platform chemicals from biomass derived pyrolysis liquids: guaiacol and other vanillin precursors
Year(s) duration: 2018
Information available: No.
Market report on a range of chemicals from: General Biomass Waste Conversion; Biomass Pyrolysis and Plastic Pyrolysis.
Year(s) duration: 2018
Information available: No.
CTO for PyroCore Ltd.. Commercial development of pyrolysis of biomass and wastes for biochar, heat, power and combined heat and power.
Year(s) duration: 2019-2024
Information available: No.
Technical and upgrade assessment of a mobile reed pyrolysis system to fix serious operational issues, Ireland.
Year(s) duration: 2021
Information available: No.
Independent technical and operational assessment of a 1 t/d batch slow pyrolysis in the UK.
Year(s) duration: 2021
Information available: No.
Modelling of a mobile fast pyrolysis system [2+ t/h] for biochar production in corn fields in Texas, USA. Engineering advice and expertise on process optimisation and energy efficiency.
Year(s) duration: 2024-2025
Information available: No.
Advice on European Fit for 55 policy package, Japan.
Year(s) duration: 2025
Information available: No.
Engineering support in the technical review of a 50 kg/h pyrolysis system for biochar production, Scotland
Year(s) duration: 2025
Information available: No.
Ad hoc consultancy and advisory services provided to multiple international networks.
Other projects relating to updraft gasification and tyre pyrolysis are ongoing and biochar applications.