On 1st June 2007, the ERA-NET Bioenergy launched a Joint Call on cleaning and treatment of product gas from biomass gasifiers (Joint Call Gasification). The call aimed to generate joint European research and development activities.
Biomass gasification research is very diverse and its applications can be seen in different areas. However, the long-term perspective in the market is seen as promising. Gasification offers the possibility of higher efficiencies, high flexibility and good economics both for power production and for production of liquid biofuels. The topic for the joint call was restricted to gas cleaning and gas treatment. The call was open for the development of a range of different technologies to clean and treat the different produced gases from gasifiers and to enable the utilisation in all different applications.
In total, 10 proposals were evaluated by an international jury in November 2007. As a result of the evaluation, 6 proposals were selected for funding. Each consortium consists of two or more partners with at least one industrial partner involved in order to implement the developed technological and scientific know-how gained in the course of the project.
On 27th October 2008, a meeting with all the consortia and the agencies took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The goals of this meeting were to introduce the individual projects, the consortia and to present the interim results after 6-9 months of work. It also gave the researchers a chance to network.
The presentations of the projects are now available.
General presentations
Introduction to the JWP Gasification – Matté Brijder (SenterNovem)
Status gasification in Europe – Bram van der Drift (ECN)
Project presentations
| Title of the project | Partners | Abstract |
| Development of a photoionization-detection technique for on-line measurement of biomass tar concentrations | Biomass Technology Group (The Netherlands), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Sweden) | Abstract of the project |
| Mop Fan and Electrofilter: an innovative approach to cleaning product gases from biomass gasification | Berlin University of Technology (Germany), AEROB-BETH Filtration GmbH (Germany), ERK Eckrohrkessel GmbH (Germany), University of Nottingham (UK), NUaire Ltd (UK) | Abstract of the project |
| Tar removal from low-temperature gasifiers | Energy Research Centre, ECN (The Netherlands), Dahlman (The Netherlands), Dall Energy (Denmark), Danish Technical University-MEK (Denmark), Danish Fluid Bed Technology (Denmark), Anhydro (Denmark) | Abstract of the project |
| Intensification of syngas cleaning and hydrogen seperation (Synclean) | Institüt für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH (Germany), Newcastle University - School of chemical engineering and advanced materials (UK), ITI Energy Ltd. (UK) | Abstract of the project |
| Energy efficient selective reforming of hydro carbons | Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), S.E.P. Scandinavian Energy Project AB (Sweden), Göteborg Energi (Sweden), Technical University of Denmark - Chemical Engineering (Denmark) | Abstract of the project |
| OptiBtl Gas – Optimisation of the H2:CO-ratio in synthesis gases for the production of 2nd generation biofuels | CUTEC - Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut GmbH (Germany), H.C. Starck (Germany), Technische Universität Wien (Austria), REPOTEC - Renewable Power Technologies Umwelttechnik GmbH (Austria), Biomasse Kraftwerk Güssing GmbH & Co KG (Austria) | Abstract of the project |
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