Workshop on Biomass Torrefaction, Milan, June 2012

Thursday June 21 2012

Torrefaction workshop :

Market Implementation of
a new Solid Biofuel and its midterm Prospects

European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Milan, Italy

The workshop presented and discussed the development of the torrefaction technology and its market implementation. It provided an overview
about the first steps towards an industrial scale fuel production and the connected on-going research activities to provide appropriate technologies, including suitable densification processes. The workshop showed developments and experiences from both from Europe and North America.

Presentations can be downloaded below

Start	Topic	Speaker	Organisation
13:30	Scientific and technical development of Torrefaction and the contribution of SECTOR	Anders Nordin	Umeå Universitet, Sweden
14:05	Torrefaction by ECN	Robin Zwart/ Jaap Kiel	ECN, The Netherlands
14:30	Torrefaction by Topell	Robin Post van der Burg	Topell, The Netherlands
15:05	coffee break
15:25	Densification Concepts	Jonas Dahl	DTI, Denmark
15:50	Industrial technology process development for torrefied materials – ACB technology	Klaus Trattner	Andritz, Austria
16:25	Developments in North America	Shahab Skhansanj	UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering, Canada
17:00	Final Remarks and SECTOR outlook	Anders Nordin	Umeå Universitet, Sweden
17:10	Closing

The workshop is organized jointly by DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum GmbH (coordinator of SECTOR) and IEA Bioenergy Task 32.