Description of the laboratory skills (Lab'InSight Biomass to Energy 11/12/2012)

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iMMC/TFL
Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil
Engineering
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve
Prof. Hervé Jeanmart
Lab’InSight « Biomass to Energy » -
CTA, December 11th 2012»

2. Fields of Expertise
Thermochemical conversion of biomass
- Pyrolysis (low and high temperatures)
- Gasification (wood, residues, and waste)
-Combustion (small and large furnaces)
Industrial application fields
Renewable electricity production
Combined heat and power
Waste valorization
Fuels production
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FIELDS OF EXPERTISE AND
INDUSTRIAL TARGETS
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3. In our lab
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Coll. : Xylowatt
Gasification of wood : syngas
composition and LHV
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In our lab
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Ash deposition tests
Coll. : GDF-Suez

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In other labs
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Coll: Stûv
Designed and build
by UCL, installed at
Stûv

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In the computer: the SPY model
Validations with CEA experiments
Coll. : CEA
Validation of the
Single particle
PYrolysis model
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7. Biomass combustion : apparent
kinetics
Coll: GDF-SUEZ
Recom (D)
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8. Biomass combustion : complete CFD
model
Température
Température
Coll: Stûv
Temperature field in
a stove at peak
pyrolysis conditions
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LABORATORY CONTACT INFORMATION
Prof. Hervé Jeanmart
Herve.jeanmart@uclouvain.be - Phone : +32 10 47 22 09
(sec. : +32 (0)10/47.22.00)
UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve/iMMC
Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil engineering
Place du Levant, 2
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
www.uclouvain.be/immc/
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