Pyrolysis

Commercial scale pyrolysis plant operating in Ontario, Canada.

When wood is “pyrolysed” (heated in the absence of oxygen), it breaks down into solid, liquid and gaseous fractions.

The liquid fraction is known as pyrolysis oil or bio-oil.  It comprises as much as 70% of the pyrolysis products, and has multiple uses:

a)    Immediately: as a fuel for the generation of renewable electricity and heat in gas turbines and boilers.

b)    In the longer term as markets are developed: extraction of industrial resins, food flavourings, and other natural chemicals.

Modular 200 tonne per day pyrolysis plant, similar to the new plant at Guelph in Canada.

ROC is working with Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation of Canada (www.dynamotive.com) to develop an Australian pyrolysis business.

Dynamotive is a world leader in biomass pyrolysis, with patented technology and many years of practical experience at the laboratory, pilot and commercial scale.

Dynamotive has built and operated the largest fast pyrolysis plants in the world, in Ontario, Canada. It is actively developing pyrolysis projects at other locations in the Americas and Europe.

Dynamotive’s technology has been tested successfully on more than one hundred different types of biomass.