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. Our process is fast or "flash" pyrolysis, which maximises the liquid fraction known as pyrolysis oil or BioOil.  This oil 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 (and potentially in slow speed diesel engines).

b)    As the feedstock for hydro-reforming, a process that enables the BioOil to be upgraded to useful hydrocarbon liquids. See the Dynamotive website for more details.

c)    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. The oil produced is quite stable and may be transported or stored for long periods.